Gaynor, Niamh ORCID: 0000-0001-5645-7032 (2011) The global development project contested: the local politics of the PRSP process in Malawi. Globalizations, 8 (1). pp. 17-30. ISSN 1474-7731
Abstract
Development, in an age of globalizations, has indeed become a global project. However, this project remains contested and contestable. While much attention has been given to this contestation at a macro-policy level, the dynamics of such contestations on the ground remain less studied. Noting that development projects, policies and programs are themselves products of power relations and social struggles, this paper focuses on the dynamics of these relations and struggles in relation to the dissemination of the global development project in Malawi. Drawing from the experiences and fractious journey from 2000 to 2006 of the broad-based civil society network involved in Malawi’s ongoing PRSP process, the paper shows how local actors draw creatively on globalized discourses of participation and representation to contest and confound the objectives of the elites, thereby complicating the channels through which the global development project is promulgated.
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Globalization Social Sciences > Sociology Social Sciences > Political science |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Institutes and Centres > Centre for International Studies (CIS) DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Publisher: | Taylor-Francis (Routledge) |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2011.544194 |
Copyright Information: | © 2011 Taylor-Francis (Routledge) |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 14925 |
Deposited On: | 14 Apr 2011 11:21 by Niamh Gaynor . Last Modified 13 Nov 2019 10:22 |
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