Avoiding Responsibility
The Politics and Discourse of European Development Policy| By: | Nathalie Karagiannis |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780745321899 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781849642224 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Post-colonial European politics have undergone profound changes. Constructing an intellectual history of European development discourse, this book brings together post-structuralist and critical approaches to understanding development.
Nathalie Karagiannis analyses three key terms of European development discourse: 'responsibility', 'efficiency' and 'giving'. Situating these terms in a concrete history of European post-colonial politics, the author shows how European policy has shifted from accepting responsibility for colonialism - constructed as it is on the paternalistic model of the gift - to a more amnesiac politics in which post-colonial countries are responsible for their own fate.