The Paternalism of Partnership: A Postcolonial Reading of Identity in Development AidThe development industry has been criticized recently from very diverse quarters. This book is a nuanced and original investigation of Northern donor agency personnel as they deliver aid in Tanzania. The author explores in particular how donor identities are manifested in the practices of development aid, and how calls for equal partnership between North and South are often very different in practice. She demonstrates the conflicts and tensions in the development aid process. These reflect both the longstanding critique of the Eurocentric nature of development, and discourse that still assumes images of the superior, initiating, efficient 'donor' as opposed to the inadequate, passive, unreliable 'partner' or recipient. |
Contents
Identity and development aid | 1 |
The white mans burden and other stories | 32 |
Situating identity in the development aid context | 72 |
unreliable partner | 109 |
Conclusion ཙབརྣ | 166 |
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The Paternalism of Partnership: A Postcolonial Reading of Identity in ... Maria Eriksson Baaz No preview available - 2005 |