While the possibility of producing a de-colonized, post colonial knowledge in development studies became a subject of considerable debate in the 1990s, there has been little dialog between post colonialism and development. However, the need for development studies that is post colonial in theory and practice is now increasingly acknowledged. This means recognizing the significance of language and representation, the power of development discourse and its material effects on the lives of people subject to development policies. It also means acknowledging the already post colonial world of development in which contemporary re workings of theory and practice, such as grassroots and participatory development, indigenous knowledges and global resistance movements, inform post colonial theory."Postcolonialism and Development" explains, reviews and critically evaluates recent debates about post colonial approaches and their implications for development studies. By outlining contemporary...

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