TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNamara,Thomas
TI  - A village and its NGOs: co-constructing NGO presence in rural Malawi 
T2  - African Social Studies Ser
SN  - 9004513523
AV  - HC935 .M36 2022
U1  - 338.96897 23/eng/20220413
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Malawi
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
KW  - Fishing villages
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - D�eveloppement �economique
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - Organisations non gouvernementales
KW  - Villages de p�echeurs
KW  - Conditions �economiques
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
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