Subject(s): Development studies -- Radical history of development studies -- Great promise, hubris and recovery- participants history of development studies : Prologomenon, positivist orthodoxy, challenges of act V, globalisation, globalization -- From colonial administration to development studies-post colonial critique of the history of development studies, critical reflections of a development nomad, secret diplomacy uncover-research on the world bank in 1960s and 1980s -- Development studies and Marxists, political struggle and intellectual dynamism, journeying in radical development studies - reflecting on thirty years of researching pro-poor development,Marxian modes of production analysis, gender and development, development studies, nature and natural resources,populist environmentalism, political ecology -- Individuals, organizations and public action - trajectories of non-governmental in development studies, NGOs research in development studies