Deconstructing Development
The Use of Power and Pity in the International Development Discourse1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6273391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Naylor (0000-0002-4374-0303, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Tristen Naylor |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 177-197 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8833 • E-ISSN: 1468-2478 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00640.x |
| OpenAlex | W2132005995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 22 |
This study examines how power operates within international development discourse and investigates its effects on development organizations and on individuals—donors and recipients of aid alike. It analyzes the narratives pertaining to Afghanistan that are (re)produced by five different types of development actors: a donor state, a recipient state, an international financial institution, an international organization, and a non-governmental organization. I argue that the operation of multiple, interrelated types of power has both ideational and material effects which manifest in development policies, programs, and projects. I demonstrate how these types of power operate discursively through a Politics of Pity which (re)creates and perpetuates hierarchical, coconstituted relationships between and among these actors, and which (re)constitutes the identities and abilities of actors
Economic system · Economics · Institution · Narrative · Pity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |