After the Third World? History, destiny and the fate of Third Worldism

The changing contexts of the desertification debate

“…incorporation of the Sahel into regional and global institutions, changes in governments, and a tendency toward decentralization) (Batterbury and Warren, 2001), and changes in development paradigms (i.e. continuing evolution of scientific and political thinking on the nature of development) (Peet and Hartwick, 1999;Berger, 2004;Randall, 2004).…”

Crossing borders: development, learning and the North – South divide

“…Notwithstanding the differences and nuances within and between these varied perspectives, the close relationship throughout the post-war period between geopolitics and intellectual global categorisation divided the imagination of development studies and practice along lines of interacting but separate blocs. While terms like Third World and Global South are increasingly problematised and rethought to account for new geographies of wealth and poverty, connection and disconnection, across divides (Berger, 2004;Dirlik, 2004), one implication of this categorisation has been to mitigate the opportunities to learn about development through examples from North and South. Knowledge, of course, frequently travels from wealthier, more powerful countries in the development industry, but it generally travels one way and it generally travels as a "solution" rather than as a basis for learning (Mawdsley et al, 2002;Ellerman, Denning, and Hanna, 2001;Ellerman, 2002).…”

Contending masculinities: the gendered (re) negotiation of colonial hierarchy in the United Nations debates on decolonization

“…The core of this block was newly independent Asian and African countries, which coalesced especially after the Bandung Conference (Hovet 1960:87-88), and which continued to develop a sense of collective identity and purpose throughout the 1950s (Berger 2004;Legum 1958;Mortimer 1984). While the analysis above identifies two key anti-colonial narratives, with one emphasizing that underdevelopment leads to dependency and the other arguing that dependency leads to underdevelopment, I do not want to make too much of this distinction.…”