Development and the Politics of Knowledge: A Critical Interpretation of the Social Role of Modernization Theories in the Development of the Third World

Banuri, Tariq

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“…There are two main possibilities for this outcome, utilizing social representations theory: one, that the NGO environment serves to confirm the representation of development as linked with profit, which would fuel the fire of left-wing claims that development is inherently an imposition of Western neo-liberalism on developing countries (Banuri, 1990); or two, that the hierarchy of knowledge is a barrier to true dialogue between for-profit and nonprofit sectors, which is based on a willingness of participants to question their own established reality. In all likelihood, both of these are true, to some degree.…”

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Are the Sectors Compatible? International Development Work and Lessons for a Business–Nonprofit Partnership Framework

Mannell

2010

J Applied Social Pyschol

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In recent years, there has been increased involvement of the for‐profit sector in the development of nonprofit frameworks for organizational transformation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The present paper uses a social psychological approach to examine an exchange between the sectors in which business management consultants travel to developing countries to offer their skills to NGOs. Social representations theory provides a means of delving into the various meanings these business management consultants attribute to international development and the NGO work environment. The study reveals that consultants tend to interpret the NGO sector and international development through a lens of profit and efficiency, and that experience working with an NGO may actually strengthen this perspective.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Are the Sectors Compatible? International Development Work and Lessons for a Business–Nonprofit Partnership Framework

Mannell

2010

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…They reframed the debates regarding models of development and capitalism, social difference, and the subjects of resistance. Meanwhile, many activists and professionals from the Third World denounced development as a project of Eurocentric modernity, which imposed Western rationality and marginalized non-Western systems of knowledge (Apffel Marglin and Marglin 1990;Banuri 1990;Esteva 1987;Rahnema and Bawtree 1997;Sachs 1992;Sheth 1987;Shiva 1988). * These and other writers argued that traditional lifestyles and livelihood practices of marginalized local communities suggested the possibility of sustainable alternatives to development and heralded a "post-development" era.…”

Section: Post-development Reduxmentioning

confidence: 99%

After Post‐Development: On Capitalism, Difference, and Representation

Asher

Wainwright

2018

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The post-development school associated with the thought of Arturo Escobar treats development as a discursive invention of the West, best countered by ethnographic attention to local knowledge of people marginalized by colonial modernity. This approach promises paths to more equitable and sustainable alternatives to development. Post-development has been criticized vigorously in the past. But despite its conceptual and political shortcomings, it remains the most popular critical approach to development and is reemerging in decolonial and pluriversal guises. This paper contends that the post-development critique of mainstream development has run its course and deserves a fresh round of criticism. We argue that those committed to struggles for social justice must critically reassess the premises of postdevelopment and especially wrestle with the problem of representation. We contend that Gayatri Spivak's work is particularly important to this project. We review some of Spivak's key texts on capitalism, difference, and development to clarify the virtues of her approach.Resumen: El pos-desarrollo, la corriente de pensamiento asociada con Arturo Escobar, trata el desarrollo como una invención discursiva de Occidente, la cual es contrarrestada de mejor forma a través de la atención etnográfica a saberes locales de los pueblos marginalizados por la modernidad colonial. Este enfoque ofrece alternativas al desarrollo que son más equitativas y sustentables. El pos-desarrollo ha sido criticado rotundamente en las últimas décadas. Pero, a pesar de sus deficiencias conceptuales y políticas, sigue siendo la crítica más popular al desarrollo y está resurgiendo en teorías decoloniales y de pluriverso. Este trabajo plantea que la corriente de pos-desarrollo como crítica del desarrollo dominante ha sido agotada, y que el desarrollo merece una nueva mirada crítica. Proponemos que los comprometidos con las luchas por justicia social deben revisar las premisas del pos-desarrollo y lidiar especialmente con la representación como una problemática central al desarrollo. Sostenemos que la obra de Gayatri Spivak es clave para este proyecto. Ofrecemos una reseña de algunos textos claves de Spivak sobre capitalismo, diferencia y desarrollo, aclarando sus aportes para una evaluación crítica del desarrollo dominante. Palabras clave: capitalismo, desarrollo, Escobar, pos-desarrollo, Spivak [Let us] demystify theory that ignores subaltern experiences and knowledge … in order to relocate their politics of place as key to our understanding of globalization. (Escobar 2008: 15)[T]o confront them is not to represent them (vertreten) but to learn to represent (darstellen) ourselves. (Spivak 1988: 288)

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“…This fits into a more general pattern. Banuri (1990) has shown how mainstream theory neutralizes challenges made to it. When a discourse becomes mainstreamed, it may be amended, adjusted and stripped of notions implying a break with the existing consensus.…”

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Transnational Advocacy Networks and Affirmative Action for Dalits in India

Lerche

2008

Development and Change

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In India, movements and parties representing the lowest ranking dalit caste groups have followed different strategies in their struggle against social, economic and cultural discrimination. In this article, a new dalit movement making use of a ‘transnational advocacy network strategy’ will be compared to a more ‘classical’dalit political party. The main policy target for the new movement is an extension of existing affirmative action policies, while the dalit BSP party focuses more on emancipatory issues. Based on an analysis of the impacts of the BSP and of the new movement at the grassroots level, it is argued that the achievements of the new movement are tempered by the fact that in order to make use of international discourses and political pressure, the movement has had to develop a strategy and policy proposals compatible with existing mainstream neoliberal discourses. This depoliticizes the policies, and hence makes them of less importance strategically. It is argued that this is likely to be a difficulty for transnational advocacy networks in general.

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Development and the Politics of Knowledge: A Critical Interpretation of the Social Role of Modernization Theories in the Development of the Third World

Cited by 68 publications

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Are the Sectors Compatible? International Development Work and Lessons for a Business–Nonprofit Partnership Framework

Are the Sectors Compatible? International Development Work and Lessons for a Business–Nonprofit Partnership Framework

After Post‐Development: On Capitalism, Difference, and Representation

Transnational Advocacy Networks and Affirmative Action for Dalits in India

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