Social Reform, Modernization and Technical Diplomacy

Plata-Stenger, Véronique

doi:10.1515/9783110616323

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“…The period that some authors have termed the "development century" (MACEKURA; MANELA, 2018) was notoriously marked by colonial realities, policies, and situations, visible in discourses, programs, and imaginaries or in the profusion of development plans created by imperial and colonial administrations. The gradual, albeit bumpy, and increasingly intrusive inclusion of colonial or "non-autonomous" territories in the scope of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, from the International Labor Organization (ILO) (MAUL, 2019;PLATA-STENGER, 2020) to the World Health Organization (WHO) (BONOHO, 2022), has both reflected and contributed to this relationship between colonialism and development.…”

Section: Reinventing Colonialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Welfare” Policies in the Portuguese Empire in Africa (1960s)

JERÓNIMO

2023

Varia hist.

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Following World War II (1939-1945), in different ways and to different extents, European imperial and colonial endeavors manifested dynamics of institutional, administrative, and ideological innovation, aimed at addressing the multiple obstacles to their legitimacy and continuity. Critical scrutiny of their modi operandi intensified, involving a growing number of individuals, groups, and networks, each operating in different contexts, with varying motivations and objectives. Pressures to renew or dismantle imperial and colonial solutions multiplied. As these changes unfolded, sometimes proactively and at other times reactively, imperial and colonial authorities conceived and developed new languages and repertoires of administration. These approaches were marked by arguments and plans for development and societal modernization, as well as new policies of difference, producing renewed mechanisms of regulation, and social, political, and economic inclusion and exclusion. This article analyzes a specific aspect of these transformations, namely, the emergence of “welfare colonialism” in the Portuguese colonial empire. It contextualizes this phenomenon within an international framework, which includes inter-imperial dynamics. The text mainly focuses on the “overseas province” of Angola, particularly on the field of labor, showing how developmentalist and “welfare” orientations were deeply conditioned by (and thus became useful for) security concerns.

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Section: Reinventing Colonialismmentioning

confidence: 99%