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The Postcolonial Politics of Development

Ilan Kapoor

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Description:This book uses a postcolonial lens to question development s dominant cultural representations and institutional practices, investigating the possibilities for a transformatory postcolonial politics.Ilan Kapoor examines recent development policy initiatives in such areas as governance, human rights and participation to better understand and contest the production of knowledge in development - its cultural assumptions, power implications, and hegemonic politics. The volume shows how development practitioners and westernized elites/intellectuals are often complicit in this neo-colonial knowledge production. Noble gestures such as giving foreign aid or promoting participation and democracy frequently mask their institutional biases and economic and geopolitical interests, while silencing the subaltern (marginalized groups), on whose behalf they purportedly work. In response, the book argues for a radical ethical and political self-reflexivity that is vigilant to our reproduction of neo-colonialisms and amenable to public contestation of development priorities. It also underlines subaltern political strategies that can (and do) lead to greater democratic dialogue.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Postcolonial Politics of Development. To get started finding The Postcolonial Politics of Development, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 184

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2008

ISBN: 1135976805

Description: This book uses a postcolonial lens to question development s dominant cultural representations and institutional practices, investigating the possibilities for a transformatory postcolonial politics.Ilan Kapoor examines recent development policy initiatives in such areas as governance, human rights and participation to better understand and contest the production of knowledge in development - its cultural assumptions, power implications, and hegemonic politics. The volume shows how development practitioners and westernized elites/intellectuals are often complicit in this neo-colonial knowledge production. Noble gestures such as giving foreign aid or promoting participation and democracy frequently mask their institutional biases and economic and geopolitical interests, while silencing the subaltern (marginalized groups), on whose behalf they purportedly work. In response, the book argues for a radical ethical and political self-reflexivity that is vigilant to our reproduction of neo-colonialisms and amenable to public contestation of development priorities. It also underlines subaltern political strategies that can (and do) lead to greater democratic dialogue.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Postcolonial Politics of Development. To get started finding The Postcolonial Politics of Development, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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