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The Aid Effect: Giving and Governing in International Development
David Mosse (Ed.)
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Description for The Aid Effect: Giving and Governing in International Development
Paperback. A critical account of the politics of aid-giving. Editor(s): Mosse, David; Lewis, David. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JKSR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction. What does this mean for the local and international dimensions of aid relationships?
The Aid Effect demonstrates the fruitfulness of an ethnographic approach to aid, policy reform and global governance. The contributors provide powerful commentary on hidden processes, multiple perspectives or regional interests behind official aid policy discourses. The book raises important questions concerning the systematic social effects of aid relationships, the nature of sovereignty and the state, and the working of power inequalities built through the standardisations of a neoliberal framework. ... Read more
Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction. What does this mean for the local and international dimensions of aid relationships?
The Aid Effect demonstrates the fruitfulness of an ethnographic approach to aid, policy reform and global governance. The contributors provide powerful commentary on hidden processes, multiple perspectives or regional interests behind official aid policy discourses. The book raises important questions concerning the systematic social effects of aid relationships, the nature of sovereignty and the state, and the working of power inequalities built through the standardisations of a neoliberal framework. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745323862
SKU
V9780745323862
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About David Mosse (Ed.)
David Mosse is Professor of Social Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. He is author of The Rule of Water (Oxford University Press, 2003), Cultivating Development (Pluto, 2004) and The Aid Effect (Pluto, 2005). David Lewis is Professor of Social Policy and Development in the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics. He is the ... Read more
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