TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cornwall,Andrea
AU  - Eade,Deborah
TI  - Deconstructing development discourse: buzzwords and fuzzwords 
SN  - 9781853397066
AV  - HD75 .D436 2010
U1  - 338.9 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Rugby, Warwickshire, UK, Oxford
PB  - Practical Action Pub., Oxfam
KW  - Development economics
KW  - Language
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Entwicklungspolitik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Semantik
KW  - Diskursanalyse
KW  - Utvecklingsekonomi
KW  - diskursanalys
KW  - sao
N1  - "This volume is based on Development in Practice Volume 17, Numbers 4 & 5, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Limited"--Title page verso
N2  - "Writing from diverse locations, contributors critically examine some of the key terms in current development discourse. Why should language matter to those who are doing development? Surely, there are more urgent things to do than sit around mulling over semantics? But language does matter. Whether emptied of their original meaning, essentially vacuous, or hotly contested, the language of development not only shapes our imagined worlds, but also justifies interventions in real people's lives. If development buzzwords conceal ideological differences or sloppy thinking, then the process of constructive deconstruction makes it possible to re-examine what have become catch-all terms like civil society and poverty reduction, or bland aid-agency terms such as partnership or empowerment. Such engagement is far more than a matter of playing word games."--
ER  -