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    Reflection on

    Development
    Grassroots Approaches
    and Alternatives Politics in
    the Third World
    By Arturo Escobar

    MAIN IDEA
    an optimistic perspective toward grassroots
    movements as a solution for the failure of
    development
    OBJECTIVE
    Radical critique to the discourse of
    development (through Foucault)
    Redefine representation: local knowledge
    and culture (ethnographic)
    Defense of pluralistic grassroots
    (transformation from above)

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Colombian anthropologist (University
    professor in the US)
    (After

    this article)1995 book Encountering


    Development: The Making and Unmaking
    of the Third World

    1996

    Best Book Prize of the New England


    Council of Latin American Studies

    CONTEXT
    Beginning of 90s After cold war, and crisis of the
    80s, the dynamic was not the confrontation
    between Capitalism Vs Communism
    Searching for New perspectives, critique to
    neoliberalism dev
    Undeveloped world was following the recipe for 40
    years
    Inequality, guerrillas, famine, Drug cartels,
    corruption, new independent countries, ethnic
    conflict
    Public disapproval of peacekeeping and
    intervention (panama, Persian Gulf war n Somalia)

    ARGUMENTS
    Analysis

    Development discourse
    Domination and submission
    Assessment

    of critique made by scholars,


    emphasize the role of grassroots movement

    Grassroots

    movement as determinant
    factor to dismantle the Development
    discourse

    MY CRITIQUE
    structure
    It was a well-organized article with a
    strong theoretical support
    The author uses different disciplines.
    Its a qualitative research, that approach
    to a social and political reality by an
    extensive revision of theories
    deconstruction Based on his finding the author propose a
    new perspective

    Development

    Vs Grassroots M.
    Linked to Dependency Theory
    The author doesnt talk about those third
    world countries that were improving
    economically
    Grassroots movement is able to break with
    the dependency relations between
    developed n undeveloped?
    Clearly Todays reality allows us to see it
    Positive: Rethink development, each country
    should be autonomous
    Grassroots = expression of a plural society

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