Preface and Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - List of Contributors - Introduction - Development Discourse as Hegemony: Towards an Ideological History, 1945-1995; D.B.Moore - Democratization and Demystification: Deconstructing 'Governance' as Development Paradigm; G.G.Schmitz - Structural Adjustment and the Prospects for Democracy in Southern Africa; M.A.Bienefeld - From African Socialism to Scientific Capitalism: Reflections on the Legitimation Crisis in IMF-ruled Africa; J.Ferguson - Urban Social Movements, the Housing Question and Development Discourse in South Africa; P.Bond - From 'Equity' and 'Participation' to Structural Adjustment: State and Social Forces in Zimbabwe; L.M.Sachikonye - NGOs and the Problematic Discourse of Participation: Cases from Costa Rica; L.Macdonald - Participation: Local versus Expert Knowledge at the Environmental Public Hearings for a Pulp Mill in Northern Alberta, Canada; M.Gismondi, J.Sherman, M.Richardson