Vient de paraître: Deconstructing Development Discourse. Buzzwords and Fuzzwords

Cornwall A. et Eade D. ed., 2010, Deconstructing Development Discourse : Buzzwords and Fuzzwords, Warwickshire/Oxford, Practical Action Publishing/Oxfam.

Un ouvrage collectif qui propose une analyse critique engagée des principaux mots du développement : participation, civil society, peace building, best practices, etc.

téléchargeable sur http://www.guystanding.com/files/documents/Deconstructing-development-buzzwords.pdf

EADI Publication Digest for 18/10/2013

Contents:

• Knowledge Gaps and Rural Development in Tajikistan: Agricultural Advisory Services as a Panacea?
• The Eritrean Diaspora: Savior or Gravedigger of the Regime? Diaspora Responses to the Imposition of UN Sanctions
• Partnering for a Nuclear-Safe World: The EU, its Strategic Partners and Nuclear Non-Proliferation
• Bureaucratic Pluralism and the Transformation of Development Cooperation
• Negotiating Tradition, Power and Fragility in Afghanistan: Institutional Innovation and Change in Value Chain Development
• Blending Loans and Grants for Development: An Effective Mix for the EU?
• Disaster Risk Governance in Volcanic Areas
• Post-2015 – Why Another Approach is Needed
• Ethiopia after Meles Zenawi
• Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of ‘Complex’ Development Interventions

invitation au colloque  » Ismayl Urbain, les saint-simoniens et le monde arabo-musulman » (24-25 octobre 2013, Paris)

Ismaÿl Urbain,  les saint-simoniens et  le monde arabo-musulman
24-25 octobre 2013

Colloque international pour le bicentenaire  de la naissance d’Ismaÿl Urbain Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal (BnF)  et Institut du Monde Arabe

Société des études saint-simoniennes – LIRE, UMR
5611, CNRS/Lyon 2 – Chaire d’histoire contemporaine  du monde arabe, Collège de France – Centre Roland Mousnier, UMR 8596, CNRS/Paris IV – IISMM, EHESS –  IREMAM, UMR 7310, CNRS/Aix-Marseille

Conditions d’acces
= Bibliotheque de l’Arsenal : réservation obligatoire (01 53 79 39 02 ou arsenal@bnf.fr)
= Institut du Monde Arabe : entrée libre

Urbain (© BnF) – Médersa de Constantine (© M. Levallois) – Émir Abd El Kader (par P.-E. Carjat, © M. Levallois) – Médaille saint-simonienne (Bibl. de l’Arsenal, © BnF)

CGD Annual Lecture: Prof Uma Kothari ˜Popular representations of development and the construction of a new common humanity? (12 nov, Manchester)

12 November 2013, 17:00-19:00
Centre for Global Development Annual Lecture: Popular representations of development and the construction of a new common humanity?

Professor Uma Kothari, University of Manchester
Business School Maurice Keyworth LT (G.02)

Abstract: Different kinds of global identities and commonalities are reflected and created through popular representations of development. Indeed, most people gain their knowledge about poverty and inequality and other development concerns from very public representations of the lives of other people in distant places. However, although the academic study of development and its policy implementation is well established, less considered are these broader understandings that often shape development agendas and priorities. Since the 1980s there has been a vast proliferation of campaigns, charity adverts, musical movements, fair trade marketing, celebrity endorsements and media promotions to support international development. But do these popular representations of international development concerns (such as Living Below the Line, Make Poverty History and Live Aid) and the diverse public spheres in which engagements with development take place have the
potential to instil ideas of global interconnectedness, create a common humanity, produce an ethos of care for distant suffering others and forge new kinds of global alliances between, say, Third World producers and western consumers? Or do popular visual images and the increasing involvement of public figures and the media reproduce global inequalities, obscure the structural realities of poverty and rather than forging a common humanity reinforce distances and hierarchies between people and places? This lecture explores these issues through an analysis of historical and contemporary representations of international development.

Uma Kothari is Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies at University of Manchester. Her research focuses on critical analyses of histories, discourses and representations of international development as well as transnational migration and diasporas

*Event to be followed by a drinks reception
** There is no registration for the event

6 bourses de thèse « Moral Economies of Modern Societies » Max Planck Institut Berlin

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-

Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin are offering up to six PhD scholarships for the International Max Planck Research School for Moral Economies of Modern Societies (IMPRS Moral Economies) under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert.

The PhD scholarships will commence on October 1st, 2014. Candidates admitted to the IMPRS Moral Economies receive a monthly grant to cover their living expenses, presently set at 1,365€. The funding is initially for two years, with consecutive extensions up to a maximum of four
years, pending successful progress evaluations.

Highly motivated M. A. (respectively M. Phil. or equivalent) graduates in history or a related field with an outstanding academic record
and a strong interest in the relevant topics are encouraged to apply for a PhD scholarship.

Application period: November 1st to December 1st, 2013.
Please see www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-mems for details regarding the application process and admission. For further queries please contact Monika Freier at moral.economies@mpib-berlin.mpg.de

Appel à candidatures – projet SPD de Proparco (Groupe Agence Française de Développement)

Proparco qui est l’institution financière de développement française, appartenant au groupe Agence Française de Développement (AFD) – l’opérateur pivot de la coopération française ( http://www.proparco.fr/site/proparco/Accueil_PROPARCO et http://www.afd.fr/home ), lance un appel à candidature de stagiaire qui pourrait intéresser les étudiants de l’école doctorale de l’EHESS.

Proparco publie tous les trimestres la revue Secteur privé et développement (SPD), qui traite de sujets liés au rôle du secteur privé dans le développement des pays à bas revenu. SPD a été créée en 2009 et jouit aujourd’hui d’une très bonne visibilité (notamment auprès des bailleurs de fonds et autres acteurs du développement). SPD est parrainée un Advisory Board composé de plusieurs personnalités ayant un lien avec nos sujets (Paul Collier, Mo Ibrahim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, …). Je vous joins le dernier numéro ; vous pouvez télécharger tous les numéros sur http://www.proparco.fr/Accueil_PROPARCO/Publications-Proparco/secteur-prive-et-developpement . Devant le succès de la revue, nous élargissons le concept SPD en créant un site qui accueille des contributions de même format que les articles de la revue, sur les thématiques déjà abordées par celle-ci, visant à mettre en avant des expériences du secteur privé ayant un réel impact positif sur le développement. En valorisant le réseau du groupe AFD et des différents bailleurs de fonds avec qui nous travaillons (Banque mondiale, …), l’objectif est de créer une communauté d’acteurs du secteur privé concernés par les problématiques de développement, et de valoriser leurs idées

Nous recrutons actuellement un stagiaire et recherchons également des volontaires pour faire partie de notre équipe éditoriale.

20131016_Appel à candidature comité éditorial SPD =_iso-8

offre postdoc : interdisciplinary team MPAs

une annonce de postdoc http://sesync.us/lhi qui peut peut-être intéresser certains (la discipline ne semble pas clairement définie…

CFP: Social policy and regimes of social welfare in Africa (Fribourg 14.09.2014)

International workshop organized by Daniel Künzler and Michael Nollert at the Division of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Fribourg on behalf of the Swiss Society for African Studies and the Swiss Sociological Association (Research Committee Economic Sociology).

There is a vast amount of scientific literature on social welfare in developed countries. In addition to research on individual strategies (micro level) and collective actors in specific policy fields (meso level), there is substantial research on welfare states (macro level). However, social welfare is not only provided by states but also by markets, households and non-governmental organizations. The description and analysis of these welfare mixes is frequently based on typologies, the most well-known being the differentiation between social democratic, conservative and liberal welfare regimes
(Esping-Andersen 1990, 1999). Research not only focuses on different social policies, welfare mixes and their outcomes such as reduction of poverty or inequality, but also on path-dependent developments and the variance of welfare regimes.

For other contexts, especially in the Global South where social policy is less pervasive, these concepts proved inspiring, but not directly transferable. In recent years, researchers increasingly began to empirically research other contexts and develop theoretical concepts for them. To underline the different position of states in the welfare mixes, typologies of welfare regimes were developed. Examples include the liberal-informal welfare state in Latin America, the productivist welfare regime and the emerging productivist welfare states, both in East Asia (Wood and Gough 2006). In this perspective, African countries are examples of the residual category, the insecurity regimes.

The Fribourg workshop seeks to provide a more nuanced and contextualized picture of the welfare mix in African countries based on the most recent typologies. Key note speakers will not only focus on these typologies, but also on (pre-)colonial legacies and its relations to welfare mixes. Additionally, two forums will host paper presentations that focus on social policy and regimes of social welfare in Africa. The organizers especially invite papers that use macro level conceptual frameworks to analyze cases of welfare mixes and explain their emergence or their outcomes. Additionally, papers can focus on regional and global influences on the welfare mix (e.g., processes of pressure and/or learning from international organizations or regional integration). The organizers furthermore look for paper proposals that further our conceptual and methodological understanding of regimes of social welfare in Africa. Comparative papers are strongly encouraged.

Call for papers:
Paper proposals of approx. 200 characters should be submitted to the contact address before 31 December 2013 and additionally include name
and institutional affiliation of the author(s). The organizers will support travel and accommodation for invited presenters.

Contact address:
Workshop “Social policy and regimes of social welfare in Africa” Daniel Künzler University of Fribourg, Division of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work
Route des Bonnesfontaines 11
CH-1700 Fribourg
Mail: daniel.kuenzler@unifr.ch<http://www.zasb.unibas.ch/?id=>
Phone +41 26 300 83 86, fax +41 26 300 96 63

Appel à communications colloque Mouvements étudiants en Afrique

Appel à communications ci-joint pour un colloque « Mouvements étudiants en Afrique francophone, des indépendances à nos jours » qui aura lieu à Paris du 3 au 5 juillet 2014.

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FSS – Appel 2014

La Fondation pour les sciences sociales lance, pour la 2e année consécutive, 12 bourses d’articles.
Thème 2014 : « Ville et logement : dynamiques des inégalités spatiales et politiques publiques ».

D’un montant de 2500 euros, chaque bourse ira à l’auteur d’un article inédit sur cette question, publié dans une revue scientifique fin 2014 et présentée à un plus large public à la 2e Journée des sciences sociales (novembre 2014), dans le même style que la 1re Journée, prévue le 14  novembre 2013 (voir pièce jointe).

Sélection des 12 lauréats : sur projet par le conseil scientifique de la Fondation. Juristes, économistes, sociologues, urbanistes, géographes, historiens, quelle que soit votre discipline, vous êtes concernés !

Conditions à réunir : avoir moins de 50 ans et avoir soutenu sa thèse depuis au moins un an au 31 octobre 2013 [attention : ce dernier critère a été élargi depuis l’appel précédent].

Précisions et formulaire de candidature : pièces jointes.
Réponses à l’adresse contact@fondation-sciences-sociales.org

DATE-LIMITE DE DÉPÔT DES RÉPONSES : 31 octobre 2013, à minuit
Sélection : novembre 2013
Réunion des lauréats : janvier 2014