Development and Patronage : Selected articles from Development in Practice
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Development in Practice Reader
ISBN-10
0855983760
ISBN-13
9780855983765
Edition
Annotated
Publisher
Oxfam Publishing
Imprint
Oxfam Professional
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 15th, 1997
Print length
112 Pages
Weight
234 grams
Dimensions
24.50 x 18.80 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
Development studies
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''Aid thus becomes a means by which unequal relationships of power are maintained and patronage is fostered.'' This reader examines these issues, which are currently being debated in development circles, through a selection of articles by contributors from North and South.
Some argue that the concept of development is far from a liberating process for all. It is contended that much of what has been done in the name of development has served to reinforce the intellectual, material and financial dependence of those on the receiving end. Some argue that the very concept of development is essentially a vehicle in which cultural values and social norms as well as resources are exported from one part of the world to another, along a one-way route from rich to poor. Aid thus becomes a means by which unequal relationships of power are maintained and patronage is fostered. This reader examines these issues, which are currently being debated in development circles, through a selection of articles by contributors from North and South.
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