Introduction
Crossing the Lines? Local actors’ responses to developmental challenges in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21764837 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edalina Rodrigues Sanches (0000-0001-6007-3680, Centro de Estudios Científicos), Pedro Figueiredo Neto (0000-0001-7687-7202, Centro de Estudios Científicos), Ndangwa Noyoo (0000-0002-4549-4863, Centro de Estudios Científicos) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 41 |
| Pages | 7-14 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Estudos Africanos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1645-3794 • E-ISSN: 2182-7400 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/cea.6536 |
| OpenAlex | W4211122914 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Enduring colonial legacies continue to shape contemporary politics and policies in Africa. As former and new actors seek to expand economic and political influence in the continent, new forms of domination arise to accommodate neo- and post-colonial agendas. Development, an all-encompassing word that foresees linear pathways towards socially and politically engineered goals, has been used as normative justification for such endeavours (see Escobar, 2011; Ferguson, 1994). The underlying message being that those in the Global South need to modernize and come closer to the development standards of those in the Global North (Alemazung, 2010; Easterly, 2007; Ferguson, 2006; Rist, 2007)
Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Development, Ethics, and Society · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |