Essays about: "discursive object"

Showing result 21 - 22 of 22 essays containing the words discursive object.

1. 21. Postcolonialism and Development - A critical analysis of “The European Consensus on Development”

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linnea Idh Lundgren; Claire Peacock; [2010]
   Keywords : post-colonialism; colonialism; EU; development theory; paternalism; the ‘others’; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The discursive analysis of development began in the 1980’s. We will continue in its tradition, specifically with a focus on the often concealed ties shared by development theory and colonial theory. READ MORE

3. 22. Power and Ownership : A critical analysis of the Bretton Woods Institutions' Country Owned Poverty Reduction Strategies

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Mattias Hjort; [2008]
   Keywords : Poverty Reduction Strategies; capacity building; discourse analysis; Foucault; governmentality; neo-Gramscian theory; hegemony; common sense;

   Abstract : Previously, studies in the intersection of power and development have predominantly concentrated on power as domination; how powerful actors can force recipient countries into embracing specific policies due to economical asymmetries. Yet, with the introduction of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) approach to development employed by the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWI), conditions on certain policies have decreased and it is said that the approach allows for country ownership as development strategies are written by the countries themselves. READ MORE