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Postcolonial Development Studies

Postcolonial Development Studies is a critical approach within development studies that interrogates Western epistemologies and decolonizes development paradigms by examining the historical and contemporary effects of colonialism on development theory and practice.

419

Publications

29.6K

Citations

553

Authors

265

Institutions

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2017–2026

90

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Publications

419

Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World.

Susan Greenhalgh, Arturo Escobar · Population and Development Review · 1995 · 5.5K citations

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Postcolonial computing

Lilly Irani, Janet Vertesi, Paul Dourish et al. · 2010 · 752 citations

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Pluriverse: a post-development dictionary

Lela Rekhviashvili · Eurasian Geography and Economics · 2021 · 739 citations

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Colonialism and Development: A Comparative Analysis of Spanish and British Colonies

Matthew Lange, James Mahoney, Matthias vom Hau · American Journal of Sociology · 2006 · 471 citations · Full text

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Encountering Development: The Making and the Unmaking of the Third World

Teresa Barrio Traspaderne · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2015 · 447 citations · Full text

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Authors

553

  1. AE
    Arturo Escobar

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    5 publications · 6K citations

    5

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  2. MP
    Marcus Power

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 134 citations

    4

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  3. SM
    Sally Matthews

    Rhodes University, South Africa

    4 publications · 214 citations

    4

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  4. UK
    Uma Kothari

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 406 citations

    4

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  5. RA
    Robert A. Packenham

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 83 citations

    3

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Institutions

265

  1. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    611 citations

  2. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    625 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    737 citations

  4. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    462 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    281 citations

  6. Center for Global Development

    Washington D.C., United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    392 citations

  7. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    493 citations

  8. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    310 citations

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Venues

  1. Third World Quarterly

    30 publications · 2.5K citations

    23

    h-index

  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 1.2K citations

    11

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  3. World Development

    7 publications · 655 citations

    7

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  4. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

    7 publications · 431 citations

    7

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  5. Progress in Development Studies

    7 publications · 410 citations

    7

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See also

Postcolonial Development Studies

Core Theories

Colonial Legacies

Knowledge Politics

Policy Critiques

Key Thinkers