Ineptitude, ignorance, or intent: the social construction of failure in development

Venugopal, Rajesh ORCID: 0000-0002-7498-7712 (2018) Ineptitude, ignorance, or intent: the social construction of failure in development. World Development, 106. 238 - 247. ISSN 0305-750X

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Abstract

This paper explores the social construction of failure in development policy and academic narratives. Talk of failure is commonplace in development, and this paper seeks to use that as a heuristic to understand what that it signifies beyond face value. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary texts to provide illustrative evidence, the paper explores how failure is constructed, and advances a three-fold typology of failures that vary in terms of their positionality, the critical variables they identify as responsible, their epistemological stance, and the importance they accord to politics.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.journals.elsevier.com/world-developmen...
Additional Information:	© 2018 Elsevier Ltd.
Divisions:	International Development
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2018 14:28
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2024 18:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86847

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