Moral Critique of Development : In Search of Global Responsibilities
Quarles van Ufford, Philip (EDT); Giri, Ananta Kumar (EDT)
ISBN 10: 0415276268 ISBN 13: 9780415276269
Published by Routledge, 2003
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Recent critiques of international development practice, affecting aid organizations such as Oxfam, Action Aid and the Red Cross, have attacked the motives of those heading the 'machine' of development suggesting that it is in reality just too politically complex for good ever to come of it. But, despite the genuine need for a critical appraisal of development work, the anti-development backlash would appear to result in a moral dilemma. Should we try to help countries and people in need, or refuse potentially corrupt or harmful involvement? This book comments on how international development might once again become a visionary project. With perspectives from workers in the development industry, it draws lessons from actual projects to propose a theory of 'emergent ethics': that local moral responses to specific projects must form the basis of a way forward.
About the Author: Anta Kumar Giri, Philip Quarles van Ufford
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Title: Moral Critique of Development : In Search of...
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New