Development beyond neoliberalism? : governance, poverty reduction and political economy / David Craig and Doug Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craig, David, 1961-

Contributor:

Porter, Doug.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--International cooperation.

Economic development.

Economic assistance--Developing countries.

Economic assistance.

Poverty--Government policy.

Poverty.

Developing countries.

Neoliberalism.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : New York ; Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Development's current focus - poverty reduction and good governance - signals a turn away from the older neoliberal preoccupation with structural adjustment, privatisation, and downsizing the state. For some, the new emphases on empowering and securing the poor through basic service delivery, local partnership, decentralisation and institution building constitute a decisive break with the past, and a whole set of new Development possibilities beyond neoliberalism.

Taking a wider historical perspective, this book charts the emergence of poverty reduction and governance at the centre of Development. It shows that the Poverty Reduction paradigm does indeed mark a shift in the wider liberal project that has underpinned Development: precisely what is new and what this means for how the poor are governed are here described in detail.

This book provides a compelling history of Development doctrine and practice, and in particular offers the first comprehensive account of the last 20 years, and Development's shift towards a new political economy of institution building, decentralised governance and local partnerships. The story is illustrated with extensive case studies from first hand experience in Vietnam, Uganda, Pakistan and New Zealand.

Contents:

1 Governing poverty: development beyond neoliberalism? 1

Development Reinvents Itself 1

Governance and the poor 7

This Book's Focus: (Neo-)liberalism, Poverty Reduction and Governance 10

Part I Liberal Development and governance from free trading to 'neoliberal institutionalism' 10

Part II Cases from Vietnam, Uganda, Pakistan and New Zealand 15

This Book's Analysis: Political Economy, Polanyi, Liberal and Territorial Governance 21

Conclusions: Explaining Our Critical Stance 26

Part I Liberal Development and governance from free trading to 'neoliberal institutionalism'

2 Historical hybrids of Liberal and other Development, c.1600-1990: markets, territory and security in Development retrospect 31

Liberalism and (British) Imperial Development in the Colonial Retrospectoscope 32

'A rough idea of the provinces' 37

The Quest for Freedom and Security 42

Bretton Woods, debtor adjustment and the Liberal establishment 44

The Truman doctrine 46

Rostow's retrospectoscope 49

Crisis and the legitimating turn 52

Financial Crisis and the Rise of Neoliberalism 54

Neoliberal institutionalism 59

3 The rise of governance since 1990: the capable state, poverty reduction and 'inclusive' neoliberalism 63

Governing the New World (Liberal) Order, and its Peripheral Disorders 64

Crisis and re-embedding 64

Global Governance summitry 67

Disciplining the culprit 68

Finessing the MDB charters 69

Good Governance 72

Asian Currency Crisis and the Rise of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 75

Into the crucible again 75

Ownership, Participatory Poverty Assessment and fixing the poor in places 77

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative 81

PRSP's Development beyond neoliberalism? 85

Assessing PRSP 87

Third Way 'Inclusive' Neoliberalism 89

Opportunity, plus responsibility equals community 91

4 Local institutions for poverty reduction? 1997-2005: re-imagining a joined-up, decentralized governance 95

From 1997 Wdr to the Decentred But Capable State 97

A striking degree of unanimity 98

The transparent skeleton of the invisible hand 101

Decentring the State 103

The Governance Techniques of 'Inclusive' Neoliberalisms' Global and Local Reterritorialization 105

Decentralization resurgent 106

National-local governmental techniques for joined-up governance 108

Securing the new order 113

Governing the Poor 116

The Accountability Triangle 117

Part II Cases from Vietnam, Uganda, Pakistan and New Zealand 123

5 Vietnam: framing the community, clasping the people 125

Liberalization and the socialist state 127

PRAs and LDFs in the wider story of this book 130

Pra, Binding Binh Lam Commune to New York 132

Sensitivity, checking-in, the correct way 133

Clasping community, framing the project 135

Databases, Filtering and Sensitivity 144

Creating a 'window of opportunity' for policy experimentation 145

The local planning process 151

6 Uganda: telescoping of reforms, local-global accommodation 155

From the Politics of Revolutionary Command to the Technicalities of Good Governance 159

Reaching a global-local accommodation 159

Decentralization, a contemporary necessity 161

From the District Development Project to the Local Government Development Program 162

Embedding the DDP 165

The Fund begins 168

Evaluating the flagship 170

The Fall and Rise Again of DDP 171

Time for the programme to figure on wider stages 171

HIPC, PAF and the Uganda PRSP 172

What to do? Overreach further 178

DDP to LGDP, with SWAps, the MTEF and PRSP 180

7 Pakistan: a fortress of edicts 185

A hope, pinned on a hope 185

Where Power Goes, the Law Follows 189

The construction of Territorial, executive power 190

Territorial power 194

Devolved Governance Meets Entrenched Patrimonial, Territorial Power 197

A most favoured pariah state 197

Pakistan's devolution project 199

Give us the facts: but don't open Pandora's Box 201

The three-cornered accountability framework 202

What did the Study find? 204

Marketized Service Delivery vs. Territorial Social Regulation 209

Stronger incentives to deal with Territorial power 210

Separations, power and social regulation 213

8 New Zealand: joining up governance after New Institutionalism 217

Poverty and Governance in New Zealand 220

The governmental revolution 222

The unravelling and reaction 226

Reform and Reaction on the Ground 230

Local resistance to NIE fragmentation 233

The Waitakere way and the 'muffin economy' 236

The Third Way Inclusive Liberal Turn 240

Managing for outcomes 244

9 Conclusions: accountability and Development beyond neoliberalism? 249

Looking back, looking forward 250

Where to Now: Development Beyond Neoliberalism? 253

Scenario 1 Stronger strategic states making territorial (or market) tradeoffs 254

Scenario 2 Peripheralization 255

Vexed Accountabilities, and What to Do About Them 258

1 Beyond narrow neoliberal political economies of opportunity 259

2 Empowerment 262

3 (Social) security with scarce resources 265

4 Smart re-politicizing? 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-326) and index.

ISBN:

0415319595

0415319609

OCLC:

60644719

Publisher Number:

9780415319591

9780415319607