David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers and Michael Woolcock have recently proposed that works of fiction may be just as valid and useful sources of knowledge than official reports and academic papers: “Not only are certain works of fiction ‘better’ than academic or policy research in representing central issues relating to development, but they also frequently reach [...]
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Development as Fiction: The Failure of the MDGs
Posted in Development Theory, International Politics on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Divine End of Demonic Neoliberalism
Posted in Development Theory, International Politics on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Charity in truth is a force that builds community.” The Pope has spoken. His latest Encyclical Letter ‘Caritas in Veritate‘ (“of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women Religious, the Lay Faithful, and All People of Good Will on Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth”) is a [...]
‘Let me tell you what to think’: Discourse and the Limits of Democracy
Posted in Development Theory, International Politics, Peace and Conflict on July 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The German pollster agency TNS Emnid recently broke the news that the majority (57%) of East German respondents among the total 1,208 Germans in all 16 federal states asked about their views of the bygone German Democratic Republic (GDR) agreed with the statement that the GDR ‘had more positive than negative aspects’ and that although [...]
What Makes Global Health Political?
Posted in Development Theory, Health and Development on June 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Lawrence Gostin, in a recent scholarly op-ed in JAMA, has argued passionately that health inequality is deeply unethical. I fully agree. The question is how the current architecture of global health assistance can be changed so that it becomes more responsive to the unethical reality of global health disparities. I just finished an essay for [...]
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