James Ferguson Livres

Development is often viewed as beneficial and essential, leading the West to intervene in impoverished regions worldwide. However, when these initiatives fail, they generate unrecognized consequences, such as the growth of bureaucratic state power and the transformation of poverty and powerlessness into "technical" challenges for development agencies. This book aims to shed light on the political implications of these effects through a case study of the development industry in Lesotho, focusing on a specific project. Employing an anthropological lens influenced by Foucault, the author, James Ferguson, examines the institutional structures behind these projects and the nature of "development discourse." He reveals that despite the expertise involved in crafting development initiatives, they often overlook the historical and political contexts of the areas they aim to assist. Through a detailed analysis of the Thaba-Tseka project in Lesotho, Ferguson illustrates how this flawed approach manifests, portraying the development apparatus as an "anti-politics machine." This mechanism obscures political realities while simultaneously reinforcing state authority in the region. James Ferguson is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California at Irvine.

DIVA collection of Ferguson's essays that bring the question of Africa into the center of current debates on globalization, modernity, and emerging forms of world order./div

This is the second edition (the first appeared in 1990) of a work commissioned, edited, and published by Minorities Rights Group International, an organization dedicated to human rights protection and promotion for nondominant ethnic, religious, and linguistic communities.The World Directory of Minorities is an authoritative, concise and up-to-date reference book on the contemporary situation of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities worldwide. Covering more than 200 states and dependent territories, and over 700 minority groups, this region-by-region and country-by-country study provides a coherent and wide-ranging introduction to international, regional and local minority rights issues, complete with key bibliographical references and listings of organizations active in the field.