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Development and Diffusionism
Jeremiah I. Dibua
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Description for Development and Diffusionism
Paperback. This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; HBL; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning.
This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349449385
SKU
V9781349449385
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99-15
About Jeremiah I. Dibua
Jeremiah I. Dibua is a Professor of History and coordinator, Graduate Programs in History and African American Studies at Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA. He has published extensively on modern African history, politics and economy, and on the political economy of development. He is the author of Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa: The Nigerian Experience (2006).
Reviews for Development and Diffusionism
'I find this book to be cogent in its arguments and criticisms, and apt and rigorous in its theoretical analysis. It represents par excellence a good blend and balance of theoretical and empirical analyses and it is a paradigm of how theoretical and empirical analyses can mutually support and inform each other to produce a good scholarly work. As a ... Read more