How Can the Post-Development Criticism of Development Be Applied to Post-Development

question 18

Multiple Choice

How can the post-development criticism of development be applied to post-development itself?

• A) Post-development theorists critique the monolithic nature of development but arguably offer a monolithic alternative
• B) Both examples are informed by external theorists
• C) Post-development is equally coercive to local populations and opposing viewpoints, entrenching local power structures
• D) Both schools of thought sacrifice human conditions to ideological rigidity
• E) Post-development and development are both a simplification of an overly complex set of human institutions and there is no basis to validate one over the other

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