scholarly journals Rethinking d/Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 030913252110531
Author(s):  
Emma Mawdsley ◽  
Jack Taggart
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
State Capitalism ◽  
Dialectical Relationship

A dialectical relationship between ‘big D’ Development (broadly, the formal interventionist, international Development sector) and little ‘d’ development (the immanent structures and processes of capitalism) is a concept widely invoked in Geography and Development Studies. In this paper, we ask how the d/Development dialectic is evolving under current conjunctures of emergent state capitalism(s). We suggest that, going beyond ‘containment’, Development is ever more deeply inhabited by (capitalist) development; with implications for its palliative and restructuring roles, and for praxis, contestation and transformation.

scholarly journals Alternativas de desarrollo: viejos desafíos y nuevas hibridaciones en China y América Latina

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 57-86
Author(s):  
Paul Bowles ◽  
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Henry Veltmeyer ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The Many ◽  
Economic Development Theory ◽  
International Development Studies

In the current, dominant conceptualisation of International Development Studies, «development» is based on the emancipation from poverty for the more than one-billion people who are unable to satisfy their basic human needs, in a world that has never been richer in material terms. Critical development studies attempts to understand why the many projects of development that have been implemented have not led to the stated emancipatory goal after five decades of multiple initiatives and resources, and propose alternatives to the conventional model. To that end, this article examines and theorizes the dynamic of capitalist system's development project; offers tools for the analysis of States, societies and communities which have attempted to create better living conditions and defy orthodox models; outline the resistance to capitalism and the search for alternatives in the peripheries; conceptualize peripheral capitalist subdevelopment or development and post-capitalism or post-development from a perspective of unequal development; reveal the failure of dominant economic development theory and policy that is unable to understand or ignores the underlying dynamic of capitalist development. Consequently, the article proposes going beyond capitalism with the forces of progressive change, oriented toward an alternative development. It analyzes case studies in China and Latin America, where a series of hybridizations are identified that could offer lessons for how to create alternatives to capitalism.

Religious Dimension in Development Studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Nathan Loewen
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Religious Dimension ◽  
Religious Dimensions

Religion, spirituality and faith are themes gaining interest and prominence in the field of development studies. This “religious turn in development” (Pearson and Tomalin 2008, 49) has gone largely unnoticed by religious studies scholars. The range of current publications on the topic is not produced by self-identified religion scholars. I wish to give an overview of this nascent topic for study in order to suggest how the acumen of religious studies scholars might engage it. I will first make some remarks about the field of international development in order to locate challenges within the ‘religious turn’ within the current IDS discourse. I wish to conclude with some proposals for studying the religious dimensions of international development.

scholarly journals Methodological individualism versus class analysis : the “great recession” as a test case.

Soft Power ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-57
Author(s):  
Emiliano Brancaccio ◽  
Gabriella Paul
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
International Development ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Capitalist Development

While the mainstream economic analysis relates with the other branches of social sciences in an “imperialistic” perspective, an alternative paradigm of social reproduction can contribute to develop an interdisciplinary approach to political economy. Originated in the contributions of Classical economists and Marx and currently developed by the critical schools of economic thought, the paradigm of social reproduction rejects the individualistic foundations of mainstream economics and recognize social classes and related conflicts on production and distribution as essential elements to make economic analysis consistent with the current reality of capitalist development and crisis. In this sense, the alternative paradigm suggests an interpretation of the recent “Great Recession” based on the specific anthropology of consumption of social classes within capitalism and its implications on the pace of aggregate expenditure. Empirical evidence gives support to this interpretation, which also offers some insights about the possible relations between the complex spatial and temporal dynamics of capitalist crisis and the international development of progressive social movements.

scholarly journals Whither development studies? Reflections on its relationship with social policy

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Copestake
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
International Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Evolving System ◽  
The Uk

This paper contributes to an ongoing conversation between development studies (DS) and social policy (SP) as academic fields, particularly in the UK. Using Andrew Abbott's analysis of the social sciences as an evolving system of knowledge lineages (KLs), it reflects on the status of DS and its relationship with SP. Defining DS as a distinctive KL centred on critical analysis of ideas and projects for advancing human well-being, I suggest that it has lost coherence even as research into international development thrives. Indeed it is easy to envisage its gradual assimilation into other KLs, including SP. The two increasingly overlap in their analysis of the causes of relative poverty and injustice, and what can be done to address them, within countries and globally. Strengthening links between the two fields can be justified as a political project, even at the risk of some loss of plurality and plenitude across the social sciences.

Power, Politics and “Sport for Development and Peace”: Investigating the Utility of Sport for International Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon C. Darnell
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
International Development ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Social Politics ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dominant Ideologies ◽  
Commonwealth Games

Sport is currently mobilized as a tool of international development within the “Sport for Development and Peace” (SDP) movement. Framed by Gramscian hegemony theory and sport and development studies respectively, this article offers an analysis of the conceptualization of sport’s social and political utility within SDP programs. Drawing on the perspectives of young Canadians (n = 27) who served as volunteer interns within Commonwealth Games Canada’s International Development through Sport program, the dominant ideologies of development and social change that underpin current SDP practices are investigated. The results suggest that while sport does offer a new and unique tool that successfully aligns with a development mandate, the logic of sport is also compatible with the hegemony of neo-liberal development philosophy. As a result, careful consideration of the social politics of sport and development within the SDP movement is called for.

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