Reinventing Development: Aid Reform and Technologies of Governance in Ghana by L

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This book shows how the new architecture of aid has important implications in three distinct but related ways: the discursive construction and production of post-colonial societies; the changing focus of Western aid and development policy interventions; and the reproduction of the politics of inclusive exclusion.

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Global development actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund claim that the shift to the poverty reduction strategy framework and emphasis on local participation address the social cost of earlier adjustment programs and help put aid-receiving countries back in control of their own development agenda. Drawing on the case of Ghana, Lord Mawuko-Yevugah argues that this shift and the emphasis on partnerships between donors and poor countries, local participation, and country ownership simultaneously represents a substantive departure from earlier versions of neo-liberalism and an attempt by global development actors and local governing and social elites to justify, and legitimize the neo-liberal policy paradigm. This book shows how the new architecture of aid has important implications in three distinct but related ways: the discursive construction and production of post-colonial societies; the changing focus of Western aid and development policy interventions; and the reproduction of the politics of inclusive exclusion. The author provides detailed and original research on the new development paradigm and develops a critical theoretical approach to re-think conventional analyses of the new discourses on aid whilst offering a fresh, alternative interpretation of changes in international aid relations.

Author Biography

Lord C. Mawuko-Yevugah is an international relations specialist and a political economist with years of experience both as a researcher and practitioner. He is currently based in Accra, Ghana and teaches international development and public policy at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He started his career as a political journalist with the Business and Financial Times newspaper in Ghana and later as a Program Officer and Researcher at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Ghana. Between 2007 and 2011, he worked as a tutor in global studies and political economy at the Athabasca University in Canada. From there he joined the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa as a Lecturer in International Relations. Before his current appointment, he worked as a Research Fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A native of Ghana, Lord Mawuko-Yevugah completed a doctorate in political science with a specialization in international political economy at the University of Alberta, Canada and holds a Master's degree in development studies from Cambridge University, United Kingdom. He completed an undergraduate degree in political science and linguistics with a First Class Honors from the University of Ghana, Legon.

Table of Contents

Preface, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord; Series Editor's Preface, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord; Chapter 1 Introduction: Discourses on Aid and Development Policy Reform, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord; Chapter 2 Developmentality: A Postcolonial Perspective on the New Architecture of Aid, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord; Chapter 3 Africa and the New Politics of International Development Cooperation, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord; Chapter 4 Neoliberalism and the Transformation of Development Policy in Ghana, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord; Chapter 5 Civil Society, Part icipatory Poverty Reduction and Neoliberal Hegemony, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord; Chapter 6 Conclusion: A New Architecture of Aid or New Technologies of Governance?, Mawuko-Yevugah Lord;

Review

'Grapples with the conundrum of whether countries that depend heavily on international development aid can ever pursue truly nationally-driven development strategies. A provocative analysis of how and why the global aid architecture has evolved since the 1980s, highlighting challenges posed for the people of Africa and for their governments.' Rod Alence, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 'An insightful and penetrating critique of neoliberalism as a global hegemonic construct that iniquitously undermines sovereignty of states in the Global South generally, and Ghanaian postcolonial governments specifically. A new and refreshing look at an old (neo)conservative govern-mentality that makes not only the state and the market fallaciously indistinguishable, but also makes a mockery of development theory and citizens' rights, as well as their very existence.' Lisa Aubrey, Arizona State University, USA and University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

Long Description

Global development actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund claim that the shift to the poverty reduction strategy framework and emphasis on local participation address the social cost of earlier adjustment programs and help put aid-receiving countries back in control of their own development agenda. Drawing on the case of Ghana, Lord Mawuko-Yevugah argues that this shift and the emphasis on partnerships between donors and poor countries, local participation, and country ownership simultaneously represents a substantive departure from earlier versions of neo-liberalism and an attempt by global development actors and local governing and social elites to justify, and legitimize the neo-liberal policy paradigm. This book shows how the new architecture of aid has important implications in three distinct but related ways: the discursive construction and production of post-colonial societies; the changing focus of Western aid and development policy interventions; and the reproduction of the politics of inclusive exclusion. The author provides detailed and original research on the new development paradigm and develops a critical theoretical approach to re-think conventional analyses of the new discourses on aid whilst offering a fresh, alternative interpretation of changes in international aid relations.

Details ISBN1472426746 Author Lord Mawuko-Yevugah Series Contemporary African Politics Year 2014 ISBN-10 1472426746 ISBN-13 9781472426741 Format Hardcover Subtitle Aid Reform and Technologies of Governance in Ghana Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 338.9109667 Publication Date 2014-07-16 Pages 158 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Illustrations black & white illustrations Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Short Title Reinventing Development Language English Series Number 1 UK Release Date 2014-07-16 AU Release Date 2014-07-16 NZ Release Date 2014-07-16 Alternative 9781138252899 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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