Exchange of Expertise/H

ISBN-13: 9780367017866 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 276 str.

Spitzberg, Irving J.

Opis

The vision of the New International Order emphasizes justice and equality. It also raises profound questions about the nature and future of the relationship between postindustrial and Third World countries. The counterpart system describes one aspect of this relationship: an expert from a postindustrial country teaches a special skill to a Third World national. In this collection contributors draw on political science, economics, education, sociology, history, and communications theory to illuminate the forces that shape the nature of the exchange of expertise between postindustrial and Third World countries. Each author raises theoretical points and offers practical observations about the future of this exchange—a critical point of contact--in the New International Order.

Spis treści

A Westview Replica Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- Alternative Analytical Frameworks -- Some Thoughts About Counterparts: The Political, Ethical, and Educational Aspects of the Relationship -- Colonial Antecedents of the Counterpart System in British and French Africa -- Damned If You Do-Damned If You Don't: Counterparts, Neocolonialism, Dependency and the International Balance of Power1 -- Disciplinary Perspectives on the Exchange of Expertise in the Counterpart System -- Rethinking the Change Agent Role in the Technical Assistance Process to Facilitate the New International Order1 -- Interpersonal Relations in the Counterpart System: Some Variations on the Model -- The Contribution of Learning Principles to the Counterpart Relationship -- Increasing Skills and Technical Independence: An Economic Analysis -- Cases and the Context -- Interaction Between Foreign Assistance Personnel and Local Counterparts -- Experts and Counterparts: A Professional Problem -- Counterpart Training: The Implications for Scientific and Educational Policy in Emergent Scientific Communities -- Civilian Control, Military "Professionalism," and the Expert-Counterpart Relationship: Theory and Cases from Africa -- Alternative Perspective of the New International Order -- The Process of Technical Assistance and the Expert-Counterpart Relationship