People
Who was the one key influencer?
Stuart Hall
What is Discourse?
How stories and events are framed to push certain views to be unconsciously adopted (variations of truth by perspective).
What was one of the major regions discussed?
Mexico and Europe
Why did Harry Truman find less developing countries Threatening?
He feared they’d become communist
What is the concept of "Development as an Amoeba?"
Describes how development is "shapeless," taking on any form and is diversified through new projects, terms, and ideas.
What is the name of the Liberation Group?
Zapista Army of National Liberation
Who were the two people that agreed on Discourse?
Stuart Hall and Michel Foucault
What is the concept of the Anti-Politics Machine by James Ferguson?
Framework for describing how political and structural issues become technical issues needed to solved through development projects
What Model is challenged in Germany?
Hegemonic Model: Europe rejects parts of this model due to the conflictions with post development thinking!
Who was the influencer that fought for the Independence of India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Describe the difference between "Alternative Development" and "Alternatives to Development"
Alternative Development: Views the world's majority as "underdeveloped" and in need of adopting Western development models (a different way of doing development)
Alternatives to Development: centralized around local autonomy, self-defined goals, and grassroots movements (rejection of the idea of development)
Do you recall what the Normative or Empirical Claim is to Post-Development
Who were the 5 people that influenced Post-Development theory?
Ivan Illich, Mahadama Gandhi, Michel Foucault, Stuwart Hall and Franz Fanon
Name one of the key components talked about that remain consistent through development definitions (there are 4 main ones)
- Economic growth
- Intervention in societies viewed as "less developed"
- Eurocentrism and the concept of the "developed self"
- Universal scaling for country comparison
Define and Compare Development and Post Development Briefly
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