The anti-politics machine” by James Ferguson, a political and economic anthropologist, is an analysis on the failure of financial aids by more than 26 countries of Lesotho, a small landlocked nation of 1.8 million population surrounded by South Africa. The author positions two major critics; first, Lesotho is not of great economic or strategic importance, second, the history of development projects in Lesotho indicates that Lesotho cannot stand its economy and political stability through foreign
explore this concept in his book “The Anti-Politics Machine: ‘Development’, Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho”. The book is an extension of Ferguson’s PhD dissertation and was published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press. The book is interesting in that it seeks to give the reader a critical understanding and insight of the actual processes that take place when development projects are implemented. Using the small African country of Lesotho as his setting, Ferguson’s book is centre
A decade before the United Nations established the Millennium Development Goals, an anthropologist named James Ferguson wrote a book called The Anti-Politics Machine, highlighting the damaging effects of so-called “development” on Lesotho. Much of this stemmed from a lack of consideration of the real economic and political situation in Lesotho. Similar development packages are used in many “Third World” countries and indicators such as GDP growth are used without consideration of things such as
In the books, Sacred Rice by Joanna Davidson and The Anti-Politics Machine by James Ferguson we see how cultural misunderstandings or ignorance by development agencies can lead to their projects at their intended goal. In fact within these two books we see how two resources that many may see as unimportant or trivial led to these failures due to the fact that development organization did not look into such possibilities. With this in mind I am going to compare and contrast the idea’s, history, and
SADC: Recent Developments and Achievements Introduction Regional groupings such as SADC aims to bring neighbouring countries into a league or association or union where they will be able to work together in terms of matters concerning politics, economics and development, the ultimate being regional integration. The concept of regional integration is nothing new. During biblical times the Canaanites comprising of different countries formed a union to deal with the invading band of Israelites
truth. The mechanisms that result in “one story” truth may also affect the way poverty manifests itself and why so many solutions have proved to be ineffectual. Works Cited Ferguson, James. (1990) The Anti-politics Machine: ‘Development’, Depoliticisation, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne; Cambridge University Press McMichael, Philip. (2000) “Development and social change: a global perspective.” pp 41-84. Pine Forge Press, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Pigg, Stacy
Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF at the organization’s global headquarters in New York from 1995 to 1999. He was Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988. Although Stephen Lewis never finished university, he was always active in politics. Lewis was the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party from 1970-1978, which is when he became leader of the Official Opposition. In 2003 Stephen Lewis was awarded a
1991 to 1997. Nelson Mandela was appointed the Secretary General from 1998 to 1999, of the Movement of Non-Alignment. Mandela studied Law when he attended the University of Witwatersrand and Fort Hare University. He got involved in anti-colonial politics at the time he lived in Johannesburg. He joined the ANC and later became a founding and prominent member of the Youth league. Nelson Mandela came to power after the National party of South Africa. He ascended to grea... ... middle of paper ...
Rebecca Nerheim December 9, 2013 GEOG Research Paper Why Has Economic Development Been So Hard in the Global South? As a senior at the University of Arizona with a double major in Economics and Geography, economic development in the global south is something I would like to pursue as a career after graduation. It is therefore necessary to understand the problems associated with it and why different approaches have not been as successful as agencies have hoped. First, I will define economic development
Apartheid in South Africa Apartheid is the political policy of racial segregation. In Afrikaans, it means apartness, and it was pioneered in 1948 by the South African National Party when it came to power. Not only did apartheid separate whites from non-whites, it also segregated the Blacks (Africans) from the Coloreds (Indians, Asians). All things such as jobs, schools, railway stations, beaches, park benches, public toilets and even parliament. Apartheid also prevented blacks from living
Africa. He overcame this to become on of the most influential man through both religion and politics. He can make his voice louder than many others, and he can voice his opinions throughout the world. He holds a major role in the religious community, having been archbishop in many places. Many strong and powerful government officials believe what Tutu has to say, and they voice his opinion through politics. Desmond Tutu is still alive today. He still strives to help the world become a better place
Introduction First and for most it is significant to get the definition for hegemony, which may be loosely defined as the leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others .Taking great consideration the question ,deed South Africa is indeed the hegemony of the SADAC region ,considering the fact that it possessed one of the greatest economy in Africa thus it is bound to have great influence to the rest of the SADAC region . .SADAC Is the S. As much as that is the case however
were not imperialized. Imperialism is the domination by one country of political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region and occurred during the 1800’s in Africa. Imperialism in Africa was caused by four factors in Europe: economy, politics/military, humanitarian/religion, and Social Darwinism (Ellis). The Industrial Revolution in Europe caused the need for oversea expansion because the manufacturers needed things like: rubber, petroleum, and palm oil all of which Africa had. Europe
13): 782-86 Wines, M. 2007. Virulent TB in South Africa may imperil millions. New York Time. January 8. Accessed online at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/world/africa/28tuberculosis.html?pagewanted=all Beyrer, C.1998. War in the blood: Sex, politics, and AIDS in Southeast Asia. New York: Zed Books, Ltd. Alchon, S.A. 2003. A pest in the land: New World epidemics in a global perspective. Albuquerque: university of New Mexico Press. Murray, M.2006. The epidemiology of SARS. In SARS in China:
1. Intro Regionalism has become one of the most noticeable aspects of African politics (). To a certain extent, African countries have integrated the achievement of a multilaterally profitable Regionalism and for this purpose; they have directed their policies and laws so that they match the objectives and policies of the different regional organizations, coalitions and alliances, they have joined, signed or subscribe into (). It has been argued that Regional integration is the most appropriate way
There is a fundamental problem with the democratic process in Canada. This problem is rooted within our electoral system. However, there is a promising solution to this issue. Canada should adopt the mixed-member proportional representation electoral system (MMP) at the federal level if we wish to see the progression of modern democracy. The failure to do so will result in a stagnant political system that is caught in the past and unable to rise to the contemporary challenges that representative
Works Cited Ferguson, James. The Anti-Politics Machine: “Development”, Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997. Print. Freeman, Carla. “Designing Women: Corporate Discipline and Barbados's Off-Shore Pink-Collar Sector.” Cultural Anthropology 8.2 (1993) 169-186. Web. 12 Nov 2010. http://www.jstor.org/stable/656469 Gregory, Steven. The Devil Behind The Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic. California:
Nowadays, the words globalization and migration are very usual nearly for any person. We hear them via mass media; we learn them at universities etc. The main question which is very popular now is to determine, is there any relations and interactions between migration and globalization, and how do they interact between each-other? Globalization- is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture (1). Due to Robert
are each designed to liberalize textile trade and provide equal market access to both developing and developed countries. Despite the potential economic and social benefits, the effectiveness of these trade policies is limited by special interest politics in the developed world. The presence of a political economy in developed countries can affect both the formation of and the adherence to international trade agreements; industry leaders can still appeal to the World Trade Organization or their Trade
As in many things of life, there is no true right way or wrong way to handle either of the arguments and so many factors are involved that a ‘simple’ solution is simply not an option. Dr. Noah Zerbe is a professor and chair of the department of politics at Humboldt State University in California and someone who has spent time in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. Dr. Zerbe goes in depth into the factors that surrounded the 2002 famine in Africa, where 14 million Africans were on the brink of starvation