Author： Matthews Sally
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1360-2241
Source： Third World Quarterly, Vol.29, Iss.6, 2008-09, pp. : 1035-1049
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Abstract
The debate between post-development theorists and their critics has raised several important questions, one of them being the question of how relatively privileged people may respond meaningfully to poverty while not perpetuating the flaws of past development practice. In this article I build upon the ideas of several contributors to the post-development debate in order to suggest three ways in which we who are relatively privileged may play a role in struggles against poverty. I argue that we can work to rethink the concepts informing development practice; that we may find ways to give our support to popular initiatives, and that there are aspects of our own societies which we may change in solidarity with the struggles of distant others.
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