A village and its NGOs : co-constructing NGO presence in rural Malawi /
McNamara, Thomas (Lecturer in development studies),
A village and its NGOs : co-constructing NGO presence in rural Malawi / Thomas McNamara. - 1 online resource - African Social Studies Ser. . - African Social Studies Ser. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dependent development in Vsawa and Malawi -- Moral economies of patronage, inequality and development -- The schooled and the educated in Vsawa's moral economy -- Village headmen and the dyad between development and traditional rule -- NGO staff, culturalist projects and the developer-beneficiary dichotomy -- Volunteers' labour and the creation of stable development discourse.
"In rural Northern Malawi, villagers co-construct meanings for NGOs' projects and resources. NGOs and their staff are invoked within, yet simultaneously influence, intra-community debates. This book explores NGO presence through detailing relationships, personhoods and social changes within a rural community. It argues that NGOs' projects have less impact on many Malawians' lives than the ways their presence encourages villagers to re-image development and renegotiate intra-community obligations and entitlements. The book examines moral economies and discourses of development by detailing how development narratives are built around the symbols development actors emit. It also investigates the intra-village social lives of development brokers"--
9004513523 9789004513525
2022010552
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects--Malawi.
Non-governmental organizations--Malawi.
Fishing villages--Economic conditions.--Malawi
D�eveloppement �economique--Aspect moral--Malawi.
Organisations non gouvernementales--Malawi.
Villages de p�echeurs--Conditions �economiques.--Malawi
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
Economic history.
Non-governmental organizations.
Malawi--Economic conditions.
Malawi--Conditions �economiques.
Malawi.
Electronic books.
HC935 / .M36 2022
338.96897
A village and its NGOs : co-constructing NGO presence in rural Malawi / Thomas McNamara. - 1 online resource - African Social Studies Ser. . - African Social Studies Ser. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dependent development in Vsawa and Malawi -- Moral economies of patronage, inequality and development -- The schooled and the educated in Vsawa's moral economy -- Village headmen and the dyad between development and traditional rule -- NGO staff, culturalist projects and the developer-beneficiary dichotomy -- Volunteers' labour and the creation of stable development discourse.
"In rural Northern Malawi, villagers co-construct meanings for NGOs' projects and resources. NGOs and their staff are invoked within, yet simultaneously influence, intra-community debates. This book explores NGO presence through detailing relationships, personhoods and social changes within a rural community. It argues that NGOs' projects have less impact on many Malawians' lives than the ways their presence encourages villagers to re-image development and renegotiate intra-community obligations and entitlements. The book examines moral economies and discourses of development by detailing how development narratives are built around the symbols development actors emit. It also investigates the intra-village social lives of development brokers"--
9004513523 9789004513525
2022010552
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects--Malawi.
Non-governmental organizations--Malawi.
Fishing villages--Economic conditions.--Malawi
D�eveloppement �economique--Aspect moral--Malawi.
Organisations non gouvernementales--Malawi.
Villages de p�echeurs--Conditions �economiques.--Malawi
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
Economic history.
Non-governmental organizations.
Malawi--Economic conditions.
Malawi--Conditions �economiques.
Malawi.
Electronic books.
HC935 / .M36 2022
338.96897