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The paternalism of partnership : a postcolonial reading of identity in development aid / Maria Eriksson Baaz.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Zed Books, c2005.Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 184277414X (Hb)
  • 1842774158 (Pb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.91 22
Contents:
Preface1. Identity and development aid2. 'The white man's burden' and other stories3. Situating identity in the development aid context4. The omniscient self and the backward, passive and unreliable partner5. The equal partner and politics of desire6. Concluding remarks
Summary: This volume concerns the assumptions which underlie development aid in practice.
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Includes bibliographical references ([197]-207) and index.

Preface1. Identity and development aid2. 'The white man's burden' and other stories3. Situating identity in the development aid context4. The omniscient self and the backward, passive and unreliable partner5. The equal partner and politics of desire6. Concluding remarks

This volume concerns the assumptions which underlie development aid in practice.

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