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- Convenor:
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Claire Mcloughlin
(University of Birmingham)
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- Chair:
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Sameen Ali
(University of Birmingham)
- Discussants:
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Claire Mcloughlin
(University of Birmingham)
Jonathan Fisher (University of Birmingham)
Sam Hickey (University of Manchester)
David Hudson (University of Birmingham)
- Format:
- Roundtable
- Stream:
- Politics in and of Global Development
- Location:
- S208, 2nd floor Senate Building
- Sessions:
- Thursday 27 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London
Short Abstract:
This roundtable seeks to advance the analysis of the politics of development by exploring how three ‘I’s – institutions, interests, and ideas - can bring a fresh lens, showing that politics is not just an obstacle to social justice, but the way change happens.
Long Abstract:
Everything about development is political. Politics is not an add-on, or a discrete academic angle on development, but rather, the way development happens. Explicitly recognising this encourages us to analyse development politically. This roundtable seeks to advance the analysis of the politics of development by exploring the political dynamics behind the everyday lived realities that prevent people from realising the resources, rights, and freedoms they need and value. It conceptualises the politics of development as a process of contesting alternative desired futures. Everywhere this happens, there are formal structures and informal rules or institutions in place, being contested by more (or less) rational actors with competing power and interests, driven by underpinning ideas about what is right and fair. The panel explores how these three ‘I’s of the politics of development can bring a fresh lens on some of most pressing development challenges facing the world today, showing that politics is not just an obstacle to social justice, but also the way change happens.