ABSTRACT

The manner in which people have been talking and writing about ‘development’ and the rules according to which they have done so have evolved over time.

Development Discourse and Global History uses the archaeological and genealogical methods of Michel Foucault to trace the origins of development discourse back to late colonialism and notes the significant discontinuities that led to the establishment of a new discourse and its accompanying industry. This book goes on to describe the contestations, appropriations and transformations of the concept. It shows how some of the trends in development discourse since the crisis of the 1980s – the emphasis on participation and ownership, sustainable development and free markets – are incompatible with the original rules and thus lead to serious contradictions. The Eurocentric, authoritarian and depoliticizing elements in development discourse are uncovered, whilst still recognizing its progressive appropriations. The author concludes by analysing the old and new features of development discourse which can be found in the debate on Sustainable Development Goals and discussing the contribution of discourse analysis to development studies.

This book is aimed at researchers and students in development studies, global history and discourse analysis as well as an interdisciplinary audience from international relations, political science, sociology, geography, anthropology, language and literary studies.

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315753782, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

 

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

The discourse of ‘development’
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part I|20 pages

Theory

chapter 2|18 pages

Poststructuralism, discourse and power

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part II|61 pages

Archaeology

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chapter 4|16 pages

An archaeology of development knowledge 1

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chapter 6|16 pages

Development discourse

Appropriation and tactical polyvalence
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part III|121 pages

Genealogy

chapter 7|11 pages

The transformation of development discourse

Participation, sustainability, heterogeneity
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chapter 9|14 pages

World Bank discourse and poverty reduction

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chapter 10|16 pages

‘Development’

Projects, power and a poststructuralist perspective
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chapter 11|18 pages

Millennium Development Goals

Back to the future?
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chapter 12|10 pages

Justice, not development

Sen and the hegemonic framework for ameliorating global inequality
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chapter 13|11 pages

Migration management as development aid?

The IOM and the international migration and development initiative
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chapter 14|14 pages

The post-2015 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals

The persistence of development discourse
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part IV|27 pages

Conclusion

chapter 15|25 pages

Conclusion

The contribution of discourse analysis to development studies
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