Avoiding responsibility [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and discourse of European development policy / / Nathalie Karagiannis

• Autore: Karagiannis Nathalie
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.91/401724
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Economic assistance, European - Developing countries; Postcolonialism
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic conditions; Developing countries Social conditions; European Union countries Foreign economic relations Developing countries; Developing countries Foreign economic relations European Union countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Europe and development revisited -- Out of America -- The failed myth of development -- The vocation of responsibility -- The passion of efficiency -- Pandora's box : giving development -- Europe's quest.
• Sommario/riassunto: Post-colonial European politics have undergone profound changes. Constructing an intellectual history of European development discourse, this book brings together post-structuralist and critical approaches to understanding development. Nathalie Karagiannis analyses three key terms of European development discourse: 'responsibility', 'efficiency' and 'giving'. Situating these terms in a concrete history of European post-colonial politics, the author shows how European policy has shifted from accepting responsibility for colonialism - constructed as it is on the paternalistic model of the gift - to a more amnesiac politics in which post-colonial countries are responsible for their own fate. In this way, Karagiannis illustrates that efficiency has become the overriding goal of development, and that the relationship between 'developed' and 'developing' countries is mainly defined by considerations pertaining to market capitalism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Avoiding responsibility
• ISBN: 1-84964-222-2; 1-281-75029-8; 9786611750299; 1-4356-6231-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454722603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II