Post-development, indicators and audit cultures: Critical reflections on governance and development

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  • Guilherme Francisco Waterloo Radomsky Professor do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2013.49.2.03

Abstract

The article explores three dimensions of the recent debate on development. Firstly, it briefly analyzes the critique of development in the proposal that became known as post-development. Secondly, the possible connection between post-development and the critical analysis of indicators, rankings and standardized goals for development and governance is examined. Finally, we analyze the complex and disputed relationship between colonization and development. As a conclusion, the article rethinks contemporary social theory and related issues from development studies, as agency and auditing, peoples’ desire/repulsion for development projects and the critique of modernity.

Key words: post-development, colonialism, indicators, Goals of the Millennium.

Author Biography

Guilherme Francisco Waterloo Radomsky, Professor do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2013-07-10

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (2013): May/August

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