DEVS 100 Chapter 8: Post-Development

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Global Development Studies
• Course: DEVS 100
• Professor: David A Mc Donald

Document Summary

Chapter 4: post-development & alternatives to development: the cultural turn" in the social and human sciences is associated with a new general awareness of symbolic representation. Eurocentrism in development theory and practice refers to a bias towards the european experience. Homogenization has resulted in a tendency for development plans to be one-size-fits-all: privatization is associated with neo-liberalism, according to timothy mitchell, egypt"s representation within the development discourse is ahistorical. The historical context of post-development studies is not marked by more realistic development goals: neo-liberalism is associated with the privatization of public goods, post-structuralist thought assumes that knowledge is socially constructed. According to ferguson, language has a real effect: according to escobar, development" results in the mapping and production of third world societies, neo-liberals oppose ahistorical development policies. Hegemony refers to powerful actors in society using force to impose their will on a population.