An Analysis of James Ferguson's The Anti-Politics Machine: Machine “Development,” Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho (The Macat Library)

The Anti-Politics Machine (1990) examines how international development project are conceived, researched, and put into practice. It also looks at what these project actually achieve. Ferguson criticizes the ides of externally-directed 'development' and argues that the process does not take proper account of the daily realities of the communities it is intended to benefit, often prioritizing technical solution for addressing poverty and ignoring its social and political dimensions. So the structures that these project put in place often have unintended consequences, such as strengthening the state power that authorized the project in the first place. Ferguson suggests that until the process becomes more reflective, development project will continue to fail. Book jacket.

• | Author: Julie Jenkins
• | Publisher: Macat Library
• | Publication Date: Jul 05, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 100 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1912128608
• | ISBN-13: 9781912128600