The Language of Global Development - 9781138701052

Taylor & Francis

The Language of Global DevelopmentA Misleading Geography\nAuthor(s): Marcin Solarz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138701052, 978-1138701052\nSynopsis\nTerms such as \""Third World\"", \""developing countries\"" and \""Global South\"" are ubiquitous in the discipline of development studies, but they are often poorly defined, ideologically weighted and misleading. \n\nTaking an intellectual history approach, this book examines the most commonly used spatial terms in the language of development, tracing their origins, meanings, evolution and processes of popularisation and demonstrating how geographical, political and economic concepts were used or misused in creating these terms. The book looks at the origins and the changing nature of fundamental development divisions from prehistoric times to the present day and analyses the process of conceptualising the contemporary North-South divide, focusing especially on the s.