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How do we approach the question of an alternative develop­ ment (for the Third World no less than for the First) in ways that go beyond mere literary utopias? This essay seeks to ex­ plore this question by examining the kinds of behavior that are revealed as the so-called popular classes of Latin Ameri­ can cities confront their daily struggles of survival and liveli­ hood. It is agued that their behavior reflects an existential Reason that must be balanced off against the cognitive Rea­ son which underlies the Enlightenment model ofmoderniza­ tion. Four aspects of this model are examined: in metaphys­ ics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, and the legal­ political order. The essay concludes by aguing that existen­ tial and cognitive Reason stand in a dialectical relationship where each defines and sets limits to the other, thus preven­ ting the totalization of any model, including the hegemonic model of capitalist modernization.

This paper, based on ethnographic and documentary work, presents an overview of the political conflict that arose in Huexca, Morelos, México, regarding the construction of a thermoelectric plant. The failure to consult the local population generated internal dynamics that divided the population between those who sympathized with the project and those who did not, which has resulted to date in the impossibility of the plant's operation. In addition, this division is a perverse by-product of the implementation of large infrastructure projects, if there is no effective consultation to reaffirm and unify populations in their acceptance or rejection. ; El presente trabajo, basado en trabajo etnográfico y documental, expone un panorama general del conflicto político surgido en Huexca, Morelos, México, a propósito de la construcción en la comunidad de una planta termoeléctrica, que alcanza más de una decada de confrontación. El no consultar a la población local, generó dinámicas internas que dividieron a la población entre los que simpatizaban con el proyecto y los que no, lo que ha derivado a la fecha, en la imposibilidad del funcionamiento de la planta. Adicionalmente, esta división es un subproducto perverso de la implantación de grandes proyectos de infraestructura, por la falta de una consulta eficaz que reafirme y unifique a las poblaciones en su aceptación o rechazo

Over the last decade, development management thinking, tools and practices have gained a prominent position in international development. In response to recent calls to problematize development management, this article, drawing on 14 months of empirical work with a Ugandan NGO, illuminates the spread of managerialism in the indigenous NGO sector and explores whether and how management thinking and practice have shaped the work and the role of NGOs in international development. This research shows how development management orthodoxy narrows the possibility for NGOs to engage in transformative practice and in social change agendas, while it wittingly or unwittingly supports the expansion of the political and cultural hegemony of western donors.

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This study examines the hegemonic discourses surrounding USAID's leadership in post-Ebola Liberia between 2015 and 2020. Using documents and critical discourse analysis, the study finds that USAID's overarching goal of empowering Liberians, especially women, was primarily on humanitarian grounds. However, the study revealed the significant extent to which ideological and political economic assumptions influenced USAID's prioritization of Liberia in the fight against Ebola in West Africa. These findings call for advancing research on the concept of national interest in international development discourse and practice, as well as the political economy of aid to sub-Saharan Africa from a neocolonialist lens.

Draws upon Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony (1991) to consider whether & how "postliberalism" could provide an effective analytical approach to counter-hegemonic struggles. Gramsci's concept of hegemony, described as a consensus-based form of social domination, is regarded alongside the concept of counter-hegemony. Postneoliberalism is explored both as a counter-hegemonic perspective & from a counter-hegemonic perspective. A postliberal frame of reference is used to examine the continuities & discontinuities of "alternatives." The point is illustrated through an analysis of the two different examples of "recovered enterprises" & "Piquetero organizations." Emphasis is placed on the wide range of postneoliberal approaches that can develop out of the same national context. It is argued that this heterogeneity negates political or strategic uses of the term postneoliberalism. Three reasons for not using postneoliberalism from what attempts to be an emancipatory perspective are: 1) post discursive or non-emancipatory co-optation of the term postneoliberalism; 2) an increased danger that discussions will also focus on whether or not something can be seen as "post"; & 3) the risk of homogenization. J. Lindroth

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. On the Origins and Nature of Meaning -- Chapter 3. Investigating the Meaning of Security -- Chapter 4. Securitisation as Hegemonic Discourse Formation -- Chapter 5. The Security-development Nexus -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.