Abstract
The article evaluates the ‘impossibility theorem’ of development studies. It is imperative to reject the ‘impossibility theorem’ based on essentialist perspectives and performative indicators of economic growth and development. It is necessary to revive the radical promise of Development Studies as a discipline to address the issues and predicaments of people and their societies around the world. A simple rejection of the ‘impossibility theorem’ is not possible unless Development Studies reassert itself as a critical discipline to analyse, understand and guide social, economic and cultural transformations based on historical experiences. The paper argues that Development Studies have to be free from the influences of economics and its model driven logic and revive its emancipatory language of transformation in our society.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-148 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Development Policy and Practice |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 30 Oct 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 30 Oct 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Development studies
- future
- economic growth
- impossibility theorem
- interdisciplinary
