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Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development
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ABSTRACT
This book is about the way ‘governance’ has become the new orthodoxy of development, following earlier failed attempts at building working market economies through policy reform in developing countries.
Considering how its proponents define ‘good governance’, the contributors to this volume assess why programmes of governance building in developing countries have proven to be no less problematic than the previous agendas of market reform.
Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development challenges ideas that deeper political and social problems of development may be addressed by institutional or governance fixes. It examines the principles and prescriptions of ‘good’ governance as part of larger conflicts over power and its distribution.
The volume provides:
- a series of case studies from Latin America, Middle East and Asia
- a link to current theorising on neoliberalism and the post-Washington Consensus
- a focus on governance at the global and national levels from a comparative perspective
The collection will be essential reading for researchers and scholars of international political economy, governance studies and political science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|12 pages
Development and the politics of governance: Framework for analysis
part |2 pages
Part 1 From ‘development as markets’ to ‘development as governance’
chapter 2|14 pages
Strange bedfellows: Political alliances in the making of neo-liberal governance
part |2 pages
Part 2 Behind the scenes at the global level: Global public goods or the globalisation of interests?
chapter 4|16 pages
Global governance, global public goods and the WTO: Contradictions between trade liberalisation and development
chapter 5|14 pages
Global public policy, transnational policy communities and the shaping of governance
chapter 6|16 pages
Governance, politics and the European Mediterranean Partnership: Problems of implementation or policy design?
part |2 pages
Part 3 Transplanting and defining the governance model at the ground level
chapter 7|12 pages
Real governance: Change and continuity in India’s authority and power structures
chapter 8|14 pages
The politics of governance of Indonesia’s forest industries: Progress and regress in a neo-liberal age
part |2 pages
Part 4 Governance and the perils of participation
chapter 9|14 pages
The politics of entrapment: Parliaments, governance and Poverty Reduction Strategies
chapter 10|15 pages
Attempting illiberalism: The World Bank and the embedding of neo-liberal governance in the Philippines
chapter 11|15 pages
Civil-society participation in donor-driven governance programmes: Experiences from Central America
part |2 pages
Part 5 Governance in post-crisis situations