The Postcolonial Politics of Development

Kapoor, Ilan

doi:10.4324/9780203946145

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“…Laclau and Mouffe (2001) claim that in order to radicalize democracy, subordinated groups must assemble innovative political strategies to construct an alternative hegemony. They advocate the formation of "chains of equivalence"-assemblages of collective political…”

Section: Towards Facilitating Democracy -Future Research Possibilitiesmentioning

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Accounting, accountants and accountability regimes in pluralistic societies

Brown

Dillard

Hopper

2015

Acc Auditing Accountability J

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to synthesize work in the emerging field of how accounting and accountability can be reoriented to better promote pluralistic democracy which recognizes and addresses differentials in power, beliefs and desires of constituencies. An agenda for future research and engagement is outlined, drawing on this and insights from other papers in this special issue of the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ) aimed at taking multiple perspectives seriously. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews and synthesizes the central themes associated with accounting, accountants and accountability regimes in pluralistic societies, especially with respect to the research studies in this AAAJ special issue, and it identifies possibilities for future research and engagement. Findings – Three central themes are identified: the challenges of achieving critical, pluralistic engagement in and through mainstream institutions; the possibilities of taking multiple perspectives seriously through decentred understandings of governance and democracy; and the value of an agonistic ethos of engagement in accounting. The articles in this issue contribute to these themes, albeit differently, and in combination with the extant social science literature reviewed here, open up pathways for future research and engagement. Practical implications – This work seeks to encourage the development of pluralistic accounting and accountability systems drawing on conceptual and practice-based resources across disciplines and by considering the standpoints of diverse interested constituencies, including academics, policymakers, business leaders and social movements. Originality/value – How accounting can reflect and enact pluralistic democracy, not least to involve civil society, and how problems related to power differentials and seemingly incompatible aims can be addressed has been largely neglected. This issue provides empirical, practical and theoretical material to advance further work in the area.

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Section: Towards Facilitating Democracy -Future Research Possibilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accounting, accountants and accountability regimes in pluralistic societies

Brown

Dillard

Hopper

2015

Acc Auditing Accountability J

133

142

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“…By 'postcolonial' we mean to indicate a commitment to the decolonization of the production of knowledge and, in particular, to question the tendency to theorize from Western experience or to place 'the West' at the centre of analysis. The goal is to draw attention to the ways in which such knowledge underpins policy interventions in the 'Global South' and to contrast this with perspectives from mundane and quotidian forms of African associational life (Kapoor 2008;Robinson 2003). It also entails a commitment to place Africa at the centre of the analysis, and to view transnational development networks from the perspective of those at 'home' in Africa as well as those in the diaspora in the West.…”

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Unsettling connections: transnational networks, development and African home associations

Mercer¹,

Page²,

Evans³

2009

Global Networks

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“…The research literature on foreign aid focused on two main themes: (1) the determinants or motives of aid, and (2) the outcomes, impact or effectiveness of aid (Kapoor, 2008;Alesina & Dollar, 2000). Research studies within both themes illustrate a focus on the use of state-level, structural and positivist approaches in examining foreign aid.…”

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Social Representations of Foreign Aid: Exploring Meaning-Making in Aid Practice in Sulu, Southern Philippines

Guzman

Montiel

2012

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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C onceptualising foreign aid as a controversial social object, this study utilised Social Representations Theory as a social constructionist framework to understand the meanings that arise from people's social interactions in relation to foreign aid practice in a particular historical, political and social context such as the province of Sulu in Southern Philippines. Key informant interviews and group discussions with representatives of various social groups involved in the practice of foreign aid in Sulu were conducted. Research data were examined using thematic analysis. Results showed two interrelated representational systems about foreign aid in the province. First, foreign aid was understood as a valuable resource for peace and development in Sulu. Second, based on narratives of aid practice in the province, the same social object was also represented as a profiteering enterprise that operates at various levels of the aid structure. Results are discussed in terms of meaning-making in aid practice; the possible psychological, social and political consequences of the social meaning of foreign aid as a profiteering enterprise; and the potential of these social representations for reflection, critique and transformation in the practice of foreign aid.

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The Postcolonial Politics of Development

Cited by 322 publications

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Accounting, accountants and accountability regimes in pluralistic societies

Accounting, accountants and accountability regimes in pluralistic societies

Unsettling connections: transnational networks, development and African home associations

Social Representations of Foreign Aid: Exploring Meaning-Making in Aid Practice in Sulu, Southern Philippines

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