Patterns of difference and practical theory: researching the new poverty strategy processes in Africa
✍ Scribed by David Booth
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0954-1748
- DOI
- 10.1002/jid.1040
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A collection on the past and future of social‐development analysis provides an opportunity to reflect and connect. This article reflects on a ten‐year‐old book called Rethinking Social Development and connects it with a recent study of Poverty Reduction Strategy processes in Africa. It argues that the recent work fills a gap in the empirical basis of the book, adding force to its main arguments—about dominance, agency and diversity in development—while also speaking to some unresolved issues: about the place of macro‐institutional analysis, the limits of ‘actor orientation’ and the generation of practical theory. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.