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Autore |
Lie Jon Harald Sande |
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Developmentality : an ethnography of the World Bank-Uganda partnership / / Jon Harald Sande Lie |
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New York : , : Berghahn Books, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic assistance - Uganda |
Economic development - Uganda - International cooperation |
Economic development - International cooperation |
International economic relations - Political aspects |
Uganda Economic policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Bergen, 2011, under the title: Developmentality : an ethnography of the new aid architecture and the formation of the World Bank-Uganda partnership. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introducing developmentality -- Developmentality -- The World Bank and the new aid architecture--the official discourse -- Moving beyond official discourse : interfaces and disjuncture within the Bank -- A meeting of partners : developmentality as seen from Uganda -- Developmentality and the politics of harmonisation -- A metamorphosis of power relations? : the new aid architecture, partnership and the state -- Conclusion : revisiting developmentality. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork within the World Bank and a Ugandan ministry, this book critically examines how the new aid architecture recasts aid relations as a partnership. While intended to alter an asymmetrical relationship by fostering greater recipient participation and ownership, this book demonstrates how donors still seek to retain control through other indirect and informal means. The concept of developmentality shows how the World Bank’s ability to steer a client’s behavior is disguised by the underlying ideas of |
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