Development studies is in a state of flux. A new generation of scholars has come to reject what was once regarded as accepted wisdom, and increasingly regard development and globalization as part of a continuum with colonialism, premised on the same reductionist assumption that progress and growth are objective facts that can be fostered, measured, assessed and controlled. Drawing on a variety of theoretical perspectives and approaches, this book explores the ways in which social movements in the Global South are rejecting Western-centric notions of development and modernization, as well as creating their own alternatives.

By assessing development theories from the perspective of subaltern groups and movements, the contributors posit a new notion of development ‘from below’, one in which these movements provide new ways of imagining social transformation, and a way out of the ‘developmental dead end’ that has so far characterized post-development approaches. Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization therefore represents a radical break with the prevailing narrative of modernization, and points to a bold new direction for development studies.

• 1. Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization: Social Movements and Critical Perspectives - Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor
  
• Part I: Indigenous and Peasant Movement Perspectives
  
  • 2. Subaltern Social Movement Post-Mortems of Development in India: Rural Dispossession, Trans-local Activism and Subaltern Re-visitations - Dip Kapoor
  • 3. Democratic Hopes, Neoliberal Transnational Government(re)ality: Grounded Social Movements and the Defence of Communal Natural Resources in Ghana - Jonathan Langdon
  • 4. Indigenous Movement Politics in Bolivia: Forging New Citizens of a Plurinational and Decolonized State - Stéphanie Rousseau
• Part II: Acting across Borders
  
  • 5. What are Peasants Saying about Development? La Vía Campesina and Food Sovereignty - Annette Aurélie Desmarais
  • 6. Debunking the Productivist Myth: Food Sovereignty Movements - Eric G. Chaurette and Beatriz Oliver
  • 7. Neoliberal Immigration and Temporary Foreign Worker Programs in a Time of Economic Crisis: Local/Global Struggles - Aziz Choudry
  • 8. Working for a Day Off: Advocating for the Rights of Migrant Women in Southeast Asia - Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons
  • 9. The Alter-globalization Movement: A New Humanism? The Case of the World Social Forum - Kléber Ghimire
• Part III: Reflections on Critical Knowledge, Culture and Pedagogy
  
  • 10. Liberating Development from the Rule of an Episteme - Dia Da Costa
  • 11. Neoliberal Globalization as the Settler Colonialism the Remix: Centring Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence - Sandy Grande and Naadli (Todd Ormiston)
  • 12. Globalization, Culture and Development: Perspectives on Africa - Ali A. Abdi
  • 13. Learning, Knowledge and Action in Social Movements - Brian K. Murphy
• 14. Conclusion - Dominique Caouette