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"First published in India [in 1988] by Kali for Women and Women Unli mited."

"Presents a clear case for why our current development paradigm is m ore accurately characterized as what Vandana Shiva calls 'maldevelopmen t'--the violation of the integrity of organic, interconnected and inter dependent systems that sets in motion a process of exploitation, inequa lity, violence, and injustice that is dragging the world down a path of self-destruction, threatening survival itself"-- Provided by publis her.