The New Conditionality: The Politics of Poverty Reduction Strategies

Author:   Jeremy Gould
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781842775233


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   20 September 2005
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Author:   Jeremy Gould
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.245kg
ISBN:  

9781842775233


ISBN 10:   1842775235
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   20 September 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Poverty, Politics and States of Partnership - Jeremy Gould 2. Tanzania: Merging in the Circle - Jeremy Gould & Julia Ojanen 3. Vietnam: Dealing with Donors - Irene Norlund, Tran Ngoc Ca and Nguyen Dinh Tuyen 4. Honduras: Transforming the Concessional State - Maaria Seppanen 5. The Politics of Consultation - Jeremy Gould

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'The great value of this book comes from seeing aid as profoundly political, that is, the new poverty reduction consensus is not dismissed as pure rhetoric, nor endorsed as an unquestionable good, but instead analysed in terms of its actual impact and reconfiguration of domestic political arenas. Most revealingly perhaps, the book shows how partnerships can undermine democratic accountability, promoting a distinctively technocratic approach to development. For anyone seeking to understand the contemporary aid relationship, this is both crucial and exciting reading.' - Rita Abrahamsen, author of Disciplining Democracy: Development Discourse and Good Governance in Africa 'A fascinating ground-level exploration of the current development mantras 'civil society participation' and 'country ownership'. The case studies pull no punches in arguing that international institutions, including some international NGOs, have entrenched their places at the policy-making table and helped marginalise independent national civil society formations and indigenous institutions. The analysis shows the dangers of a new generation of one size fits all thinking, but also the importance of national political circumstances in determining outcomes.' - Alex Wilks, Coordinator, European Network on Debt and Development


A fascinating ground-level exploration of the current development mantras 'civil society participation' and 'country ownership'. The case studies pull no punches in arguing that international institutions, including some international NGOs, have entrenched their places at the policy-making table and helped marginalise independent national civil society formations and indigenous institutions. The analysis shows the dangers of a new generation of one size fits all thinking, but also the importance of national political circumstances in determining outcomes. * Alex Wilks, coordinator of the European Network on Debt and Development * The arguments presented in this book are thought-provoking and, at times, extremely provocative. The forensic approach to some of the country case material makes the book an important contribution to the growing academic literature that offers a critique of the politics of post-conditionality. * Alison Evans, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex * This wonderful contribution...captivating...carefully written, with first-hand experience at the local level; this book is a fascinating account about the current situation of the politics of international aid. The book is a useful complementary book for undergraduate or graduate courses in development studies. * Carlos F. Liard-Muriente, Central Connecticut State University * The strength of the book is its emphasis on the role of civil society in the aid relatioship, a topic infrequently studied. * Diana Cammack, Overseas Development Institute, London * The great value of this book comes from seeing aid as profoundly political, that is, the new poverty reduction consensus is not dismissed as pure rhetoric, nor endorsed as an unquestionable good, but instead analysed in terms of its actual impact and reconfiguration of domestic political arenas. Most revealingly perhaps, the book shows how partnerships can undermine democratic accountability, promoting a distinctively technocratic approach to development. For anyone seeking to understand the contemporary aid relationship, this is both crucial and exciting reading. * Rita Abrahamsen, author of Disciplining Democracy *


'The great value of this book comes from seeing aid as profoundly political, that is, the new poverty reduction consensus is not dismissed as pure rhetoric, nor endorsed as an unquestionable good, but instead analysed in terms of its actual impact and reconfiguration of domestic political arenas. Most revealingly perhaps, the book shows how partnerships can undermine democratic accountability, promoting a distinctively technocratic approach to development. For anyone seeking to understand the contemporary aid relationship, this is both crucial and exciting reading.' - Rita Abrahamsen, author of Disciplining Democracy: Development Discourse and Good Governance in Africa 'A fascinating ground-level exploration of the current development mantras 'civil society participation' and 'country ownership'. The case studies pull no punches in arguing that international institutions, including some international NGOs, have entrenched their places at the policy-making table and helped marginalise independent national civil society formations and indigenous institutions. The analysis shows the dangers of a new generation of one size fits all thinking, but also the importance of national political circumstances in determining outcomes.' - Alex Wilks, Coordinator, European Network on Debt and Development 'The arguments presented in this book are thought-provoking and, at times, extremely provocative. The forensic approach to some of the country case material makes the book an important contribution to the growing academic literature that offers a critique of the politics of 'post-conditionality'. - Alison Evans, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK 'The strength of the book is its emphasis on the role of civil society in the aid relatioship, a topic infrequently studied.' - Diana Cammack, Overseas Development Institute, London 'This wonderful contribution...captivating...carefully written, with first-hand experience at the local level; this book is a fascinating account about the current situation of the politics of international aid. The book is a useful complementary book for undergraduate or graduate courses in development studies.' - Carlos F. Liard-Muriente, Central Connecticut State University, Progress in Development Studies


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Jeremy Gould is an anthropologist whose work deals with politics, development aid and the post-colonial state in Africa. The bulk of his fieldwork has been in Zambia where he is currently working on an ethnographic account of the legal domain. Among his publications are Localizing modernity. Action, interests and association in rural Zambia (1997) and Ethnographies of aid. Intimate explorations of development texts and encounters (2004). Gould is a fellow of the Academy of Finland, based at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki.

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