Framing African development : challenging concepts / edited by Kjell Havnevik, Terje Oestigaard, Eva Tobisson, Tea Virtanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Havnevik, Kjell.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Havnevik, Kjell J., editor.

Oestigaard, Terje, editor.

Tobisson, Eva, editor.

Virtanen, Tea, editor.

Series:

African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 16.

Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies ; volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

International cooperation.

Africa.

Economic development--Africa.

Economic development--Africa--International cooperation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 203 pages .)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book discusses and challenges concepts that are widely used in research and policy related to development issues in Africa. The main rationale for such an undertaking is that the concepts that are used to understand and define the world in general and Africa in particular are not merely describing social, economic and political processes and events; they are also largely framing these very same processes. Thus, the concepts by which we structure the world will implicitly or explicitly give premises for policies and practices; limiting or favouring certain types of actions and frameworks of interpretation and understanding in various contexts. It is therefore important to challenge commonly held conceptions about framing African development. Book jacket.

Contents:

Framing African development- challenging concepts / Kjell Havnevik

Developing the 'other' : perceptions of Africans and change / Terje Oestigaard

Misconceptions and poor understanding- the debate on poverty / Mats Hårsmar

Debating empowerment : a case study of knowledge practices in the development assistance committee / Rosalind Eyben

Beyond livelihoods : occupationality and career formation in African artisanal mining / Deborah Fahy Bryceson

The concept and paradoxes of displacement / Amanda Harnmar

Primitive accumulation : concept, similarities and varieties / Rune Skarstein

From food security to food sovereignty? / Kjell Havnevik.

Notes:

"This book is based on contributions t:o a serles of semlnars organized by the Rural and Agrarian research cluster at the Nordic Africa Institute (. NAI), LJppsala, between 2011 and 2013."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789004305465

9004305467

9004305416

9789004305410

OCLC:

932262029

Publisher Number:

9789004305410

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.