From a poststructuralist perspective tracing the relation between words and meanings, the paper discusses the implicit assumptions of the concept of "development". It argues that the concept has Eurocentric, depoliticising and authoritarian implications which can not easily be eliminated by...

Trade liberalization during the neoliberal era since the 1980s has been on the political agenda of many countries. However, in recent years and especially in the course of rising populist movements, protectionist measures seem to be gaining importance again. Nationalist economic policies...