Alternatives to Development Flashcards
1
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Why is language important?
A
Language is central to the understanding of social reality, or the ‘world-out-there’ and to shaping the ‘real world-out-there’
Creates hegemonic discourse
2
Q
Why is knowledge not neutral?
A
It is socially constructed
3
Q
What are the characteristics of the Development Paradigm?
A
It is always unjust A failure A mental structure (Eurocentric, universal, industrial, urbanization, modernity, stereotypes) A historical Unsustainable Ignorant of local conditions
4
Q
When does hegemony emerge?
A
When powerful actors in a given society or at the international level do not have to rely heavily on force to get citizens to accept their visions of the good life
