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Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development

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Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development

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Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development

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Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development book

Edited ByWil Hout, Richard Robison
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2008
eBook Published 24 November 2008
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203886953
Pages 240
eBook ISBN 9780203886953
Subjects Development Studies, Development Studies, Environment, Social Work, Urban Studies, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Politics & International Relations
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Hout, W., & Robison, R. (Eds.). (2008). Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203886953

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

ByWIL HOUT, RICHARD ROBISON

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

ByRICHARD ROBISON

chapter 3|16 pages

Development and governance: An uneasy relationship

ByWIL HOUT

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

ByRICHARD HIGGOTT

chapter 5|14 pages

Global public policy, transnational policy communities and the shaping of governance

ByDIANE STONE

chapter 6|16 pages

Governance, politics and the European Mediterranean Partnership: Problems of implementation or policy design?

ByKARIM KNIO

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

ByJOS MOOIJ

chapter 8|14 pages

The politics of governance of Indonesia’s forest industries: Progress and regress in a neo-liberal age

ByPAUL K. GELLERT

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

ByPASCALE HATCHER

chapter 10|15 pages

Attempting illiberalism: The World Bank and the embedding of neo-liberal governance in the Philippines

ByTOBY CARROLL

chapter 11|15 pages

Civil-society participation in donor-driven governance programmes: Experiences from Central America

ByKEES BIEKART

part |2 pages

Part 5 Governance in post-crisis situations

chapter 12|14 pages

Rebuilding governance in failed states: The case of Timor Leste

ByANDREW ROSSER

chapter 13|14 pages

The politics of public-management reforms in post-war NISRINE EL GHAzIRI

ByLebanon

chapter 14|4 pages

Conclusion: Where to now? The end of ‘good governance’ as a policy agenda

ByRICHARD ROBISON, WIL HOUT
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