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What Do We Mean by Development?

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e-Governance for Development

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This chapter aims to provide a critical literature review of some of the dominant ideologies which have driven development through the decades. It starts with a journey from the modernist concept of progress based on industrialisation and bureaucratic organisation in which the states provided the means by which development would be achieved. In the 1960s and 1970s, various alternative ideologies found expression such as basic needs and participatory development. Marxist scholars presented an alternative ideology in terms of systems of dependency and domination between developed and developing countries and the consequences of these systems on local social structures. Arguments against the role of the state gained increasing credence during the 1970s when economic stagnation, high unemployment and other economic crises affected the world economy. Under neoliberalism, a new set of relationships has emerged between the state, the market and civil society for the implementation of development projects. The focus has been on strengthening institutional and organisational capacity through improved management and information systems.

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Madon, S. (2009). What Do We Mean by Development?. In: e-Governance for Development. Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250499_2

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