INTD 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cultural Hegemony, Neoliberalism, Governmentality

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 350
• Professor: Kazue Takamura

Document Summary

One of the issues was visualizing africa as one single entity. Imposition of western cultural supremacy of modernity in low-income countries. Perpetuation of neoliberal ideologies and norms (neoliberal ideologies) through regulation and discipline: governmentality actors try to control behaviour of local beneficiaries. Governmentality is not necessarily a bad thing, it is center to the modern state only really bad thing is behaviour control. Outcomes : controlling behavior and attitudes of beneficiaries. Self-perpetuation of neoliberal ideologies by ngos, local actors. Thin and thick development: global shadows, mineral-extraction industry, governmentality, good governance, conditionality. Imposition of western norms and values: based on the model of western economic growth one size fits all, most of the ngos are western-based and think through a western lens (applying. Imposition (circulation) of false images of developing countries = fantasy of the third world in development discourse (james ferguson): unchallenged, unquestioned, and therefore accepted (self-perpetuated) world view. Ferguson talks about the quality of economic growth.