Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization: Social Movements and Critical Perspectives

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Development studies are currently in a state of flux. Long-accepted wisdom is being dismissed by new generations of scholars who increasingly set development and globalization on the same continuum as colonialism, premised as they are on a shared reductionist assumption that progress and growth are objective facts to be measured, assessed, and controlled.This book gathers contributions from a number of prominent scholars who are on the cutting edge of this transformation in development studies, and the result is a clear picture of where the field is today, and where it likely will be headed next. Positing a new “development from below,” one that foregrounds the perspective of previously marginalized groups and movements, the book enables us to reimagine development studies in a new, more productive, more radical way. Front Cover About the Editors Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements 1 Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization Introduction Beyond development and globalization: constructivism, post-development, postcolonial and subaltern studies and indigenous perspectives The book: beyond development and globalization References Part I: Indigenous and Peasant Movement Perspectives 2 Subaltern Social Movements and Development in India Introduction Accelerated development and subaltern displacement, dispossession and assertions in India Lok Adhikar Manch (LAM), Orissa and SSM post-mortems of development SSM articulations and the prospects for radical political praxis Concluding reflections Note References 3 Democratic Hopes, Neoliberal Transnational Government(re)ality Introduction Topographic power and transnational governmentality in Africa Grounding the discussion: defending the salt flats of Songor Being held in trust: a constitution for the people? Notes References 4 Indigenous Movement Politics in Bolivia Introduction Contemporary Bolivia Explaining the rise of the indigenous movement Decolonization Building a plurinational state Conclusion Notes References Part II Acting across Borders 5 What Are Peasants Saying about Development? Introduction The cultural politics of radical social movements Building unity within diversity Food sovereignty: ‘feeding the world and cooling the planet’ Conclusion Notes References 6 Debunking the Productivist Myth Introduction Productivism Global assault on farmers Pushing back: food sovereignty Sustainable Uruguay Conclusion Notes References 7 Neoliberal Immigration and Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes in a Time of Economic Crisis Introduction Neoliberal immigration management Canada’s brand of global capitalism pushing people to migrate Free trade, unfree labour Resistance through crisis: local and global Conclusion References 8 Working for a Day Off Introduction Fighting for a day off Links in different national contexts Efficacy of transnational activism Conclusion Notes References 9 The Alter-globalization Movement: A New Humanism? Introduction Basic conception of humanism The WSF as a humanist movement: key features The rigidity and contradictions in defining the actual role of an ‘open space’ The question of a political strategy The resources problem Conclusions Notes References Part III Reflections on Critical Knowledge, Culture and Pedagogy 10 Liberating Development from the Rule of an Episteme Introduction Ruling culture Counting the productivity of cultural work Conclusion Notes References 11 Neoliberal Globalization as Settler Colonialism the Remix Introduction Mapping the neoliberal order Indigenizing Harvey Transformations: Red Pedagogies of self-determination Notes References 12 Globalization, Culture and Development Introduction Conceptualizing and theorizing globalization: select pointers Colonialism and the problematic globalizing and de-culturing of Africa Globalization as counter-culture/development Conclusion References 13 Learning, Knowledge and Action in Social Movements Introduction Meaning in movements Dilemmas of making theory into practice and bringing practice to bear on theory Open space as a construct of collective praxis An aspirational universe Notes References 14 Conclusion Introduction Critiques of domination in the continuum colonization–development–globalization Subalterity, local culture and rootedness Collective identity, trans-local movements and scale of action State, governmentality and citizenship Knowledge, pedagogy and academia An opening as synthesis References About the contributors Index Back Cover