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30 - History

Sheffield Hallam University

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Chapter title

"Groβer Sprung nach vorn" oder "natürliche Entwicklung"? Zeitkonzepte der Entwicklungspolitik im 20. Jahrhundert.

Type

C - Chapter in book

DOI

Publisher of book

Campus

Book title

Entwicklungswelten : Globalgeschichte der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

ISBN of book

9783593390154

Year of publication

2009

URL

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Full title and details in English: Niels P. Petersson, Great Leap Forward or Natural Development? Concepts of Time in Development Policy. In: Daniel Speich / Hubertus Büschel (eds.), Worlds of Development: Towards a Global History of Development Policy. Frankfurt / New York (Campus) 2009, 89-112. ISBN: 9783593390154

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

Yes

English abstract

The article discusses the role of time and tempo in projects of modernisation and development since the late 19th century. Examples include colonial development (among others, Lord Cromer’s strategy of slowing down political change to match the pace of the ‘natural’ transformation of Egyptian society in response to the opportunities of modernity); Cold War development projects based on the conviction that development could be accelerated so as to achieve a ‘take-off’, and the role of speed and constant change in China’s Great Leap Forward. The final section discusses the political foundations and implications of ‘slow’ vs. ‘fast’ development strategies.