Development Theory and Practice: Critical Perspectives

244 Pages·2001·7.735 MB·English

by  Uma Kothari (editor), Martin Minogue (editor)

development
theory and
practice
critical perspectives
EDITED BY UMA KOTHARI
AND MARTIN MINOCUE

Development Theory and Practice

Development Theory
and Practice
Critical Perspectives
Edited by
Uma Kothari
and
Martin Minogue
Selection and editorial matter and Chapters 1 and 10 © Uma Kothari and
Martin Minogue 2002
Chapters 2-9 (in order) © Uma Kothari, Martin Minogue and Jocelyn DeJong;
Uma Kothari; Maia Green; Paul Francis; Rosemary McGee, Martin Minogue;
Philip Woodhouse; Paul Cammack 2002
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Development theory and practice : critical perspectives / edited by Uma Kothari
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Contents
Preface vm
Notes on the Contributors ix
1 Critical Perspectives on Development: An Introduction
Uma Kothari and Martin Minogue
2 The Political Economy of Globalization
Uma Kothari, Martin Minogue and Jocelyn DeJong 16
3 Feminist and Postcolonial Challenges to Development
Uma Kothari 35
4 Social Development: Issues and Approaches
52
Maia Green
5 Social Capital, Civil Society and Social Exclusion
71
Paul Francis
6 Participating in Development
92
Rosemary McGee
7 Power to the People? Good Governance and the Reshaping
of the State
117
Martin Minogue
8 Development Policies and Environmental Agendas
136
Philip Woodhouse
9 Neoliberalism, the World Bank and the New Politics of
Development
157
Paul Cammack
10 Conclusion: Orthodoxy and its Alternatives in
Contemporary Development
179
Martin Minogue and Uma Kothari
191
Bibliography
212
Index
Vll
Preface
The contributors to this book have been engaged in teaching,
researching, and advising on development issues for the past two
decades or more. In that time the ‘development agenda’ has been
substantially transformed by rapid political and economic changes,
which in turn have radically altered the thrust and focus of teaching
and research on development. It therefore seemed to us an appro¬
priate time to take stock of the development studies field, and in
particular to evaluate the dominant ideas that appear to govern
development practice and to consider the extent to which alternative
ideas (and practices) might challenge the prevailing orthodoxies. We
thank the many colleagues - not only at our own university but also
in a number of other universities, countries and development agencies
- who have helped to shape the ideas and interests of the contributors
to this book. We also owe thanks to the truly international body of
students who bring to our courses real experience and understanding
of development practice, and from whom we constantly learn.
We are particularly grateful to our Publisher Steven Kennedy, who
always gave sympathetic encouragement to our project; and to Karen
Hunt, who worked wonders to produce a respectable typescript at
very short notice.
Uma Kothari
Martin Minogue