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Critiques and alternatives: development in contexts of fragility
The question of effective development in fragile contexts is increasingly significant, but as the literature and case studies throughout this volume have shown, the existing literature and principles for development effectiveness are built on a narrow conceptualisation of fragility. By exploring case studies that go well-beyond the ‘usual’ examples of ‘fragile states’, this volume has demonstrated that a much broader range of fragile contexts (set of causes and characteristics) exist, requiring a much more nuanced range of principles and approaches. This concluding chapter therefore summarises the key critiques of development theory and practice in fragile contexts found woven throughout the literature review and case studies, then offers tentative first steps towards more nuanced, context-specific recommendations for the roles of development actors, development approaches and modalities of interaction with structures and use of power in development, arranged according to thoughts around potential key drivers and characteristics of fragility, as illustrated by the case studies.
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Development in difficult sociopolitical contexts: fragile, failed and pariah statesSeries
Rethinking International Development seriesChapter number
14Pagination
297 - 321Publisher
Palgrave MacmillanPlace of publication
Basingstoke, EnglandPublisher DOI
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9781137347626ISBN-10
1137347627Edition
1stLanguage
engPublication classification
B1 Book chapter; B Book chapterCopyright notice
2014, Palgrave MacmillanExtent
14Editor/Contributor(s)
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