The Politics of Progress: The Origins and Development of the Commercial Republic, 1600-1835

Matson, Cathy; Caton, Hiram

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“…Communities have provided organized means to support the social and economic existence of the people. Not until the industrial revolution that the social and economic structure of the human communities began to succumb to structural fragmentation (Caton, 1988). The collective behavior of economic and social institutions have become more autonomous, rational and driven by enlightened "self-interest."…”

Section: Communities and Knowledge-based Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contextualizing poverty and culture; towards a social economy of community centered knowledge based development

Raza

Murad

Zakar

2016

International Journal of Social Economics

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the critical interrelationships between poverty, culture and knowledge-based community development. Design/methodology/approach – The traditional approaches to the management of poverty such as infrastructure, literacy and economic aid have failed to deliver and ameliorate the lot of common people. The current paper engages in critical constructivist discourse on poverty as unfolding in the era of knowledge economy and seeks to propose a community focussed knowledge-based development model of human economic and social uplift. This model has three dimensions: community knowledge focus, interactions of local, regional and global knowledge shaping and influencing poverty management and finally collective responsibility (collective commitment) of groups to rid them of poverty trap. Findings – First, this paper looks at the social interconnections of poverty, culture and knowledge-based development in a critical discourse context. Second, it discusses the alternative worldviews of economic development. Third, it questions current epistemological and sociological assumptions of development paradigm. Originality/value – The paper looks at the issues of poverty, culture and economic development from a critical pluralistic epistemological standpoint. It also questions some of the prescriptive methods of development by poverty experts. It also proposes to effectively explore and integrate different cognitive styles in development discourse and their usefulness and relevance to global development discourse.

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Section: Communities and Knowledge-based Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%