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1 online resource |
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Routledge explorations in development studies |
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Routledge explorations in development studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; List of acronyms; 1 Introduction: On the postcolonial crossroads; The comparison and the analysis; Why Slovakia and Austria?; The analyzed actors; An overview of the book; Notes; Bibliography; 2 Slovakia and Austria as development donors; The origins of development apparatuses: development induced from the outside; Weak commitment to aid; The regional focus and the national interest: a possible ranking based on the recipients |
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The non-governmental sphere: too close for comfortMotivations for development cooperation: altruism, egoism, and professional interest; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Hierarchization of "us" over "them" and its disruptions; The continuity with the colonial hierarchy in development discourse and its effects; Logocentrism, the general law of development and their disruptions; Power in partnership: Austroprojekt's Plan of Operation; Disrupting the development hierarchy through deliberate positivism; Fighting "their" negative representations and stereotypes |
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An example of deliberate positivism: an interview with a respondent from CAREConclusion; Slovaks hierarchize more often and in a sharper way than Austrians; Deliberate positivism and its limits; Notes; 4 (De)Politicization of unequal power relations in development discourse; The political, politics, police, politicization, and depoliticization; Forms of depoliticization; Spatial depoliticization; Depoliticization through technological solutions, omissions of agents, an explicit consensus invocation, and temporal depoliticzation; Forms of politicization |
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The benign government and the potential for politicization through the good governance and policy coherence discoursesCultural depoliticization and politicization in archipolitics through education; Depoliticization through politicization of unequal gender relationships; Weak and strong politicization; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 5 (De)Legitimization of development; The usual understanding of development and developmentas progress; Other constructions of legitimation in the analyzed texts |
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The critical perspective: development as partnership, "real" development, Westernization, and sustainable developmentExplaining the discursive practice; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 6 Conclusion; The analysis and the compar; A tentative attempt at explaining some of the results; On the representativeness of the results and suggestions for further research; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Eastern European countries were said to be playing catch up with the West, and in the field of development cooperation, they were classified as 'new donors.' This book aims to problematize this distinction between old and new development donors, applying an East-West dimension to global Orientalism discourse. The book uses a novel double postcolonial perspective, examining North-South relations and East-West relations simultaneously, and problematizing these distinctions. In particular, the book deploys an empirical analysis of a 'new' Eastern European donor (Slovakia), compared with an 'old' donor (Austria), in order to explore questions around hierarchization, depoliticization and the legitimization of development. This book's innovative approach to the East-West dimension of global Orientalism will be of interest to researchers in postcolonial studies, Eastern European studies, and critical development studies |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
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Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
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Economic assistance, East European -- Developing countries
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Economic assistance, Austrian -- Developing countries
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Postcolonialism -- Developing countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Third World Development.
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Postcolonialism
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Post-communism
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Politics and government
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Economic assistance, East European
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Economic assistance, Austrian
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Diplomatic relations
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Economic history
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Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580
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Developing countries
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Eastern Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020693445 |
| ISBN |
9780429422485 |
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0429422482 |
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9780429749100 |
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0429749104 |
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9780429749094 |
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0429749090 |
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9780429749117 |
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0429749112 |
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