Life After Violence A People's Story of Burundi

by Uvin, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781848131804
• ISBN10: 1848131801
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-15
• Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Summary

Burundi recently emerged from twelve years of civil war. In this book, ordinary Burundians, farmers, artisans, traders, mothers, soldiers and students talk about the past and the future, war and peace, their hopes for a better life and their relationships with each other and the state. Young men, in particular, often seen as the cause of violence, talk about the difficulties of living up to standards of masculinity in an impoverished and war-torn society. Weaving a rich tapestry, Peter Uvin pitches the ideas and aspirations of people on the ground against the assumptions often made by the international development and peace-building agencies. This groundbreaking book on conflict and society in Africa will have profound repercussions for development across the world.

Author Biography

Peter Uvin is the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies and Academic Dean at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition

Introduction

Definitions of Development

Metamorphoses of a Western Myth

The Making of a World System

The Invention of Development

The International Doctrine and Institutions Take Root

Modernization Poised between History and Prophecy

The Periphery and the Understanding of History

Self-Reliance: The Communal Past as a Model for the Future

The Triumph of Third Worldism

The Environment, or the New Nature of 'Development'

A Mixture of Realism and Fine Sentiments

The Postmodern Illusion: Globalization as a Simulacrum of 'Development'

The Fight against Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals

Post-Development: Decroissance and the Changing Economic Paradigm

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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