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Ray Kiely - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Last Refuge of the Noble Savage? A Critical Assessment of Post-Development Theory
The European Journal of Development Research, 1999Co-Authors: Ray KielyAbstract:The most ostensibly radical response to the crisis in Development theory has been to reject outright the idea of Development. Theories of post-Development argue that all ideas of Development imply the exercise of power over subject peoples in the so-called Third World. Some writers argue that the idea of Development therefore constitutes a new form of colonialism. This article questions such views, by suggesting that not all theories of Development can be tarred with the same brush. Post-Development theory is guilty of homogenising the idea of Development, thereby conflating all theories of Development with the outmoded (and long discredited) theory of modernisation. Moreover, post-Development theory is reluctant to suggest concrete political alternatives, arguing the post-structuralist position that to do so implies ‘capture’ by the Development Discourse. But this view similarly homogenises the Development Discourse, and leads to an alternative politics that uncritically celebrates resistance without analysing its differing political implications. When more concrete alternatives are suggested (as for example by ecofeminism), the result is an uncritical, romantic celebration of the local which can have reactionary political implications. Finally, an alternative, dialectical approach is suggested, which seeks to combine deconstruction with reconstruction, and which stresses the contradictory unity of Development.
Nicolas Lamp - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The ‘Development’ Discourse in Multilateral Trade Lawmaking
World Trade Review, 2017Co-Authors: Nicolas LampAbstract:The impact of the idea of ‘Development’ in multilateral trade lawmaking is often reduced to the principle of ‘special and differential treatment’, which exempts developing countries from certain obligations imposed by the trade regime. The article shows that ‘Development’ has always presented a much wider challenge to the vision of the trade regime championed by the major trading nations. The Development Discourse has conceived the trade regime's historical significance, the regime's aims, and the relationships among its members in ways that were often fundamentally at odds with the conception preferred by most developed countries. The article explores how the Development Discourse has informed lawmaking initiatives by developing countries throughout the history of the trade regime. While not all of these initiatives were successful or necessarily fruitful, they show that the pursuit of Development in trade lawmaking has always been more than an effort to seek exemption from trade rules.
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The 'Development' Discourse in International Trade Lawmaking
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015Co-Authors: Nicolas LampAbstract:The impact of the idea of “Development” in international trade lawmaking is often reduced to the principle of “special and differential treatment”, which exempts developing countries from certain obligations imposed by the trading regime. The article shows that “Development” has always presented a much wider challenge to the vision of the trade regime championed by the major trading nations. The Development Discourse has conceived the trade regime’s historical significance, the regime’s aims, and the relationships among its members in ways that were often fundamentally at odds with the conception preferred by most developed countries. The article explores how the Development Discourse has informed lawmaking initiatives by developing countries throughout the history of the trade regime. While not all of these initiatives were successful or necessarily fruitful, they show that the Development Discourse in trade lawmaking has always been more than an effort to seek exemption from trade rules.
Patrick Bond - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Urban Social Movements, the Housing Question and Development Discourse in South Africa
Debating Development Discourse, 1995Co-Authors: Patrick BondAbstract:Urban South Africa offers fertile case study material in the application of political-economic theory to contemporary policy and practice, mediated by the twists and turns in the Discourse which surrounds Development.1 Political debate, policy analysis and contestation of Development processes are as advanced in South Africa’s cities as in any present-day setting. The 1994 election of the African National Congress (ANC) to lead the first democratic ‘government of national unity’ was, in important respects, the culmination of the first round of debate over post-apartheid Development Discourse. In brief, this transition period witnessed a contest between proponents of three distinct policy ideologies — neo-liberal, social democratic and radical — all of whom can claim to have won certain significant concessions.
Frank Bliss - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Participation in International Development Discourse and Practice : "State of the Art" and Challenges
2020Co-Authors: Frank BlissAbstract:Participation has become one of the most important buzzwords in the international Development Discourse since at least the middle of the 1990s. In the same way as older key terms such as gender and socio‐cultural conditions of Development, or new concepts such as good governance and ownership, the increasing claims for participation (of target groups, of beneficiaries, of stake‐holders etc.) are usually accompanied by a critical assessment of previous Development cooperation which needs to be improved by stronger, more comprehensive or target‐oriented participation. However, this positive connotation of participation shared by almost all actors in the field is increasingly challenged through critical remarks forwarded by theoreticians and practitioners alike. In this article the authors provide a critical overview of the dimensions and meanings of “participation” for different actors and in different contexts, and they summarize and analyze the current controversy surrounding the concept and its implementation. One important finding is that in many Development programmes (from the project level to sector‐wide approaches) and Poverty Reduction Strategy processes, participation is seen and implemented in a functional and utilitarian way to achieve predefined objectives, and not as a tool for empowerment. The same holds for the actors from bilateral and multilateral aid agencies, including many Nongovernmental Organisations. From this review current challenges of participation and Development are derived and discussed, including key issues such as legitimacy and representation of various groups of stakeholders, participation and decentralisation, participation and civil society, participation and the poor, and participation and conflict.
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Report Nr. 94 - Participation in International Development Discourse and Practice
2012Co-Authors: Frank Bliss, Stefan NeumannAbstract:Participation has become one of the most important buzzwords in the international Development Discourse since at least the middle of the 1990s. In the same way as older key terms such as gender and socio‐cultural conditions of Development, or new concepts such as good governance and ownership, the increasing claims for participation (of target groups, of beneficiaries, of stake‐holders etc.) are usually accompanied by a critical assessment of previous Development cooperation which needs to be improved by stronger, more comprehensive or target‐oriented participation. However, this positive connotation of participation shared by almost all actors in the field is increasingly challenged through critical remarks forwarded by theoreticians and practitioners alike. In this article the authors provide a critical overview of the dimensions and meanings of “participation” for different actors and in different contexts, and they summarize and analyze the current controversy surrounding the concept and its implementation. One important finding is that in many Development programmes (from the project level to sector‐wide approaches) and Poverty Reduction Strategy processes, participation is seen and implemented in a functional and utilitarian way to achieve predefined objectives, and not as a tool for empowerment. The same holds for the actors from bilateral and multilateral aid agencies, including many Nongovernmental Organisations. From this review current challenges of participation and Development are derived and discussed, including key issues such as legitimacy and representation of various groups of stakeholders, participation and decentralisation, participation and civil society, participation and the poor, and participation and conflict.
M. Tineshowri Devi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development Discourse of Tribes In India
2012Co-Authors: M. Tineshowri DeviAbstract:As per 2001 census, groups, communities described as tribes have been estimated at 83.4 million representing 8.2 per cent of country’s population. Though they constitute only 8.2 percent of the total population, they represent an enormous diversity in terms of size, language and linguistic traits, ecologicalsituations, physical features, extent of acculturation, modes of making a living level of Development. Up till independence the tribal population lived in comparative isolation form the national scene and lived almost a self sufficient life where they had their own diverse forms of political organisation. With the rise of British rule the situation changed as the introduction of new and uniform civil and criminal laws as well as administrative structures that were imposed on ‘tribal’ traditions and ethos. When India became independent in 1947, tribes still lived in isolation from social, educational and economicbackwardness and they found themselves increasingly losing control over their land resources as the tribal areas were integrated with the larger society through network of roads and railways on the one hand and trade and commerce on the other. All these opened up the floodgates for influx of people fromoutside in the areas as government officials, traders, merchants, moneylenders and even as land hungry peasants and cultivators. Despite the various interventions from the government to address the tribal Development issues, through both constitutional safeguards and interventionist five year plans, empirical studies indicated that tribal remained in a state of exclusion, exploitation and marginalisation.