englischThis book challenges assumptions prevalent among development experts that participatory forums and mechanisms enhance democracy in a highly unequal setting. These assumptions ignore the pernicious ways in which social and economic status and political standing differentiate citizenship. The [...]

englischThis critical social research study elaborates the underlying power configurations and forms of knowledge in the UN development agenda. Processes of empowerment can already be recognised in the UN’s re-course to the concept of the state and the group formations based on it. Alternative forms [...]

englischThis book provides hands-on recommendations on how to best coordinate development cooperation activities. This interdisciplinary study applies one of sociology’s grand theories to guide its comprehensive field research in two regions. As a result, it analyses how individuals’ actions scale [...]

englischThe European Union formulates ambitious joint principles for development policy, yet national implementation of these principles often lags behind. Which factors play a role in this? With a social constructivist norm approach, this study proposes a model for understanding the [...]

englischIn a rural region of Uganda (Busoga), people are trying to manage their everyday lives and gain agency despite the negative effects of globalisation on their living conditions. In this book, from a postcolonial perspective, the author examines the role of solidarity-based economic activities [...]

englischPostcolonial critique reveals the Eurocentrism of discourses and practices surrounding ‘development’. This volume opens up perspectives on combating global inequality beyond a Eurocentric world view. The authors analyse the colonial continuities of current development cooperation, explore [...]

englischBy combining postcolonial theory and development and technology research, this interdisciplinary work offers new research avenues. Through two detailed case studies, it contributes to theoretical knowledge as well as critical developmental practice.

First, it reflects on the role of (energy) [...]

englischIn academic as well as political and media discourse, fragile and failed states are described today as safe havens for transnational terrorists and thus as a global security threat. The vast majority of the states labelled as such are located on the African continent. Within these [...]

Die Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) der Vereinten Nationen sind ein universell gültiges System verschiedener Zielindikatoren mit denen bis 2030 auf globaler Ebene eine Transformation zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung erreicht werden soll. Die SDG lösen die so genannten Millennium Development Goals [...]

englischThrough this book the reader gains unique insights into how the international anti-corruption campaign and development discourse play out more broadly in a local context in Latin America. Building on post-development approaches, the book explores anti-corruption discourses in Paraguay and [...]