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The Will to Improve: Governmentality, Development, and the Practice of Politics
Tania Murray Li
The Will to Improve: Governmentality, Development, and the Practice of Politics
Tania Murray Li
Offers an account of development in action. Focusing on experts' attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia, this title exposes the practices that enable experts to diagnose problems and devise interventions, and the agency of people whose conduct is targeted for reform.
392 pages, 13 illustrations, 3 figures
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 16, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780822340270 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 277 |
Dimensions | 228 × 162 × 21 mm · 536 g |
Language | English |
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