Full Description
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.
Contributors include: Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Rosalind Eyben, Amanda Hammar, Kjell Havnevik, Mats Hårsmar, Terje Oestigaard and Rune Skarstein
Contents
Acknowledgement
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: Framing African Development - Challenging Concepts
Kjell Havnevik
Chapter 2: Developing the 'Other': Perceptions of Africans and change
Terje Oestigaard
Chapter 3: Misconceptions and poor understanding - The debate on poverty
Mats Hårsmar
Chapter 4: Debating Empowerment: A case study of knowledge practices in the Development Assistance Committee
Rosalind Eyben
Chapter 5: Beyond Livelihoods: Occupationality and career formation in African artisanal mining
Deborah Fahy Bryceson
Chapter 6: The Concept and Paradoxes of Displacement
Amanda Hammar
Chapter 7: Primitive Accumulation: Concept, similarities and varieties
Rune Skarstein
Chapter 8. From Food Security to Food Sovereignty?
Kjell Havnevik
Index
