DVM 2106 Lecture Notes - Postdevelopment Theory, Neoliberalism, Direct Democracy
22 Apr 2014
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Important points on foucault are in the slides, don"t worry if you don"t understand in the reading. Post-development rejects the development paradigm: popular one would be escobar, some consider it as a wide net that captures everyone outside of the current development framework, direct democracy vs. representative democracy. Every local person has a say in what effects the locals - you"re not talking about a central state but about making changes at a local, municipal level. China is a people"s democracy: it"s about working at the lower level and not moving up, just staying at the local level. Post-development theory: importance of language - local language and mannerisms are important - what"s the cultural norms and informal meaning behind these worlds. Even if you can speak it doesn"t mean that you know what it means. Post-development and neoliberalism: the post-developmentalists wont" say the economy will solve everything but they don"t want aid (ex.
