World Orders, Development and Transformation [Paperback]

The book examines how hegemonic development ideas and practices emerged in the context of?the changing world order post-1945 and how this transformation was characterized by neoliberalism and securitization of development and security. Sahle also explores the rise of China and the start of Obama's presidency.List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction PART I: WORLD ORDERS AND DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSES Analytical Framing World Orders, Development Discourse, and Coloniality State, World Order, and Development: Malawi and South Korea PART II: NEO-LIBERAL AND SECURITIZING WORLD ORDER: DEBATING TRANSFORMATION Global Governance Russia, China, Africa and Multi-Polarity Human Security, Neo-Liberalism, and Securitization of Development World Social Forum Epilogue: Global Financial Crisis, Barack Obama's Presidency, and World Order Notes Bibliography Index

'What is really meant by 'development'? This question faces new light with Eunice Sahle's pathbreaking contribution to international studies. In unpacking the 'transnational development historical bloc' of the post-1945 era, she combines insights from critical race, postcolonial and feminist theorizations with the best of Antonio Gramsci. The result is a lucid analysis and critique, where the realities of the global South are not merely 'integrated' but frame the analysis. All serious critical scholars will want, and need, to read this book.' - Abigail B. Bakan, Professor of Political Studies, Queen's University, Canada

'World Orders, Development and Transformation proves without a doubt that the debate over international development is as vital as ever before. If its theoretical breadth is impressive, the empirical content is no less commanding: showing that this is the result of the careful and solid work of one of the most experienced development thinkers of our time. The analysis of the current conjuncture is simply brilliant, in the best traditions of international political economl“Y