ID | 128460 |
Title Proper | New actors and alliances in development |
Language | ENG |
Author | Richey, Lisa Ann ; Ponte, Stefano |
Publication | 2014. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | New actors and alliances in development' brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars exploring how development financing and interventions are being shaped by a wider and more complex platform of actors than usually considered in the existing literature. The contributors also trace a changing set of key relations and alliances in development - those between business and consumers; ngos and celebrities; philanthropic organisations and the state; diaspora groups and transnational advocacy networks; ruling elites and productive capitalists; and 'new donors' and developing country governments. Despite the diversity of these actors and alliances, several commonalities arise: they are often based on hybrid transnationalism and diffuse notions of development responsibility; rather than being new per se, they are newly being studied as practices that are now coming to be understood as 'development'; and they are limited in their ability to act as agents of development by their lack of accountability or pro-poor commitment. The articles in this collection point to images and representations as increasingly important in development 'branding' and suggest fruitful new ground for critical development studies. |
`In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol. 35, No.1; 2014: p.1-21 |
Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol. 35, No.1; 2014: p.1-21 |
Key Words | Actors ; Alliances ; Relations ; Critical Development Studies |