Language, Discourse and Participation : Studies in Donor-driven Development in Tanzania

ISBN-13: 9783643500144 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 288 str.

Irmi Maral-Hanak

Opis

This study presents challenging findings on language choice and discourse formation in participatory development co-operation. Situated in the framework of two rural development programs in Tanzania, it questions multilingual routines in development co-operation and deals with issues of linguistic exclusion in postcolonial societies. At the same time, it demonstrates how development objectives are negotiated at grass-root level, addressing persistent questions of agency in donor-driven planning processes.

O autorze

Irmi Maral-Hanak is Associate Professor at the African Studies and Development Studies Programmes of the University of Vienna, Austria.