A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies

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Contents Acknowledgements 1 A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies - Uma Kothari PART I: INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS 2 Great Promise, Hubris and Recovery: A Participant's History of Development Studies - John Harriss Prolegomenon: the era of the 'positivist orthodoxy' The promise of development studies Hubris in the 1980s? Reinvention in the 1990s and the challenge of act v Conclusion: critical engagement with globalisation 3 From colonialism administration to development studies: a postcolonial critique of the history of development studies - Uma Kothari Understanding the colonial legacy of development studies Obscuring a colonial genealogy Memory, narratives and history From colonial administration to development studies Continuities and divergences 4 Critical Reflections of a Development Nomad - Robert Chambers Prologue Nomad and journey Reflections A radical agenda for future development studies: qualifications, caveats and context Conclusion: a radical reconfiguration? 5 Secret Diplomacy Uncovered: Research on the World Bank in the 1960s and 1980s - Teresa Hayter The purposes of aid: early illusions at the overseas development institute Research on the World Bank: an encounter with reality Reality is not for publication: the World Bank's attempts to 'bury' the ODI report The World Bank revisited The World Bank is finally exposed PART II IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES 6 Development Studies and the Marxists - Henry Bernstein Development studies I. The founding moment: big issues and big ideas Development studies II. The age of neo-liberalism: how less becomes more, and more less And the Marxists? I. political struggle and intellectual dynamism And the Marxists? II. political defeats and beyond Conclusion 7 Journeying in Radical Development Studies: A Reflection on Thirty Years of Researching Pro-Poor Development - John Cameron The original context The mid-1970s: Marxian modes of production analysis The early 1980s: engaging with a potentially developmentalist state Later 1980s: malign external hands and neo-liberal resource allocation priorities The early 1990s: thinking development anew, ancient and post-modern The mid-1990s: closely observing poverty The late 1990s: back to basics The present looking to the future 8 The Rise and Rise of Gender and Development - Ruth Pearson The birth of gender Integrating gender into development analysis and planning From equality to empowerment Mainstreaming gender in international development What is the development agenda that needs gendering? Is it better to travel hopefully than to arrive? 9 Development Studies, Nature and Natural Resources: Changing Narratives and Discursive Practices - Phil Woodhouse and Admos Chimhowu Colonial administration and the management of nature Modernist and populist narratives The crisis of modernisation and the rise of populist environmentalism: 1970s and 1980s 'Incorporated environmentalism' and political ecology: 1990s Conclusion 10 Individuals, Organisations and Public Action: Trajectories of the 'Non-Governmental' in Development Studies - David Lewis Encountering the non-governmental NGOs in development studies Re-remembering hidden histories? Problems of NGO research in development studies Looking back at the rise of non-governmentalism Conclusion