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" Deconstructing development discourse : "
edited by Andrea Cornwall and Deborah Eade
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692397
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b514586
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Deconstructing development discourse : : buzzwords and fuzzwords /\ edited by Andrea Cornwall and Deborah Eade
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| Publication Statement
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Rugby, Warwickshire, UK :: Practical Action Pub. ;Oxford :: Oxfam,, [2010]
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, ©2010
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x, 320 pages ;; 24 cm
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1853397067
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: 9781853397066
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"This volume is based on Development in Practice Volume 17, Numbers 4 & 5, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Limited"--T.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introductory overview : buzzwords and fuzzwords : deconstructing development discourse / Andrea Cornwall -- Development as a buzzword / Gilbert Rist -- Words count : taking a count of the changing language of British aid / Naomi Alfini and Robert Chambers -- Poverty reduction / John Toye -- Social protection / Guy Standing -- Globalisation / Shalmali Guttal -- The F-word and the S-word : too much of one and not enough of the other / Cassandra Balchin -- Participation : the ascendancy of a buzzword in the neo-liberal era / Pablo Alejandro Leal -- Citizenship : a perverse confluence / Evelina Dagnino -- Taking the power out of empowerment : an experiential account / Srilatha Batliwala -- Social capital / Ben Fine -- Reflections on relationships : the nature of partnership according to five NGOs in southern Mexico / Miguel Pickard -- Talking of gender : words and meanings in development organisations / Ines Smyth -- Sustainability / Ian Scoones -- From the right to development to the rights-based approach : how "human rights" entered development / Peter Uvin -- Civil society / Neera Chandhoke -- Public advocacy and people-centered advocacy : mobilising for social change / John Samuel -- NGOs : between buzzwords and social movements / Islah Jad -- Capacity building : who builds whose capacity? / Deborah Eade -- Harmonisation : how is the orchestra conducted? / Rosalind Eyben -- "Country ownership" : a term whose time has gone / Willem H. Buiter -- Best of practices? / Warren Feek -- Peacebuilding does not build peace / Tobias Denskus -- The uncertain relationship between transparency and accountability / Jonathan Fox -- Corruption / Elizabeth Harrison -- "Good governance" : the itinerary of an idea / Thandika Mkandawire -- The discordant voices of security / Robin Luckham -- Fragile states / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- "Knowledge management" : a case study of the World Bank's Research Department / Robin Broad -- Coda / Deborah Eade
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| Abstract
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Andrea Cornwall is Professor of Anthropology and Development in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. --
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Deborah Eade was Editor-in-Chief of Development in Practice from 1991 to 2010, prior to which she worked for 10 years in Latin America. She is now an independent writer on development and humanitarian issues, based near Geneva. --Book Jacket
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This book will appeal to anyone engaged in the development industry - academics, activists, practitioners and students - who is interested in how language shapes thinking, policy, and practice. --
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Writing from diverse locations, contributors critically examine some of the key terms in current development discourse. Why should language matter to those who are doing development? Surely, there are more urgent things to do than sit around mulling over semantics? But language does matter. Whether emptied of their original meaning, essentially vacuous, or hotly contested, the language of development not only shapes our imagined worlds, but also justifies interventions in real people's lives. If development buzzwords conceal ideological differences or sloppy thinking, then the process of constructive deconstruction makes it possible to re-examine what have become catch-all terms like civil society and poverty reduction, or bland aid-agency terms such as partnership or empowerment. Such engagement is far more than a matter of playing word games. The reflections included here raise major questions about how we think about development itself. --
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Development economics-- Language
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Economic development
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HD75.D44 2010
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Cornwall, Andrea,1963-
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Eade, Deborah
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