How Long to Read Development Betrayed

How Long Does it Take to Read Development Betrayed?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read Development Betrayed by Richard B Norgaard

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to this question. Development with its unshakeable commitment to the idea of progress, is rooted in modernism and has been betrayed by each of its major tenets. Attempts to control nature have led to the brink of environmental catastrophe. Western technologies have proved inappropriate for the needs of the South, and governments are unable to respond effectively to the crises that have resulted. Offering a thorough and lively critiques of the ideas behind development, Richard Norgaard also offers an alternative co-evolutionary paradigm, in which development is portrayed as a co-evolution between cultural and ecological systems. Rather than a future with all peoples merging to one best way of knowing and doing things, he envisions a future of a patchwork quilt of cultures with real possibilities for harmony.

How long is Development Betrayed?

Development Betrayed by Richard B Norgaard is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Development Betrayed Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read Development Betrayed aloud.

What Reading Level is Development Betrayed?

Development Betrayed is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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