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Reflexivity and Development Economics

Methodology, Policy and Practice

By: D. Gay

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Hardcover | 9 October 2009 | Edition Number 1

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This book outlines a taxonomy of development practice using the notion of reflexivity, and examines it in the case of two countries at opposite ends of the development spectrum: Vanuatu and Singapore. The methodological approach, which gives greater voice to people in developing countries, has practical benefits for economic policy.

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"Daniel Gay has written a remarkable account of how detailed fieldwork, case studies and thoughtful study of the nature of and approaches in social sciences may interrelate to produce both richer and, at the same time, more modest understanding of the nature and application of development policies than have those, who, trained in mainstream economics, worked within the framework of the Washington Consensus. Gay's book has vitally important lessons for both development economics and economic theory and practice in general." G. C. Harcourt, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

"This innovative volume by a promising young author demonstrates the importance of reflexivity to both the theory and practice of development economics. This is achieved by methodological argument, developing our understanding of the concept of reflexivity at an abstract level. But it is also achieved by application to two case studies, Vanuatu and Singapore. The work is therefore itself an admirable illustration of its own argument for achieving balance between general argument and attention to particular contexts." Professor Sheila C. Dow, University of Stirling

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Non-Fiction Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies International Economics Economic Theory & Philosophy Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Development Studies Econometrics

List of Figures and Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1

Beyond Modernism and postmodernism	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
A review of modernism and postmodernism	p. 14
Open-system approaches	p. 21
Conclusion	p. 37
Theories of Reflexivity	p. 40
Introduction	p. 40
Reflexivity and anthropology	p. 41
Pierre Bourdieu	p. 44
The sociology of scientific knowledge	p. 50
Reflexivity and modernity	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 56
Reflexivity and Development Economics	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
The Washington Consensus and after	p. 60
The modernism of the Washington Consensus	p. 64
Other theories	p. 66
Why reflexivity matters	p. 83
A taxonomy of reflexivity development practice	p. 87
Conclusion	p. 95

Introduction to the Case Studies	p. 101
Vanuatu: The Anti-Crusoe Economy	p. 108
Introduction	p. 108
The influence of external values and norms	p. 110
The importance of local context	p. 125
How economic tools, concepts and policies affected themselves	p. 128
The revision of theory as circumstances changed	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 145
Summary of how the Comprehensive Reform Programme (CRP) in Vanuatu related to the 10 points of the Washington Consensus	p. 142
Summary	p. 145
Singapore: The Lionized City	p. 146
Introduction	p. 146
The influence of external values and norms	p. 148
The importance of local context	p. 156
How economic tools, concepts and policies affected themselves	p. 162
The revision of theory as circumstances changed	p. 167
Conclusion	p. 170
Summary of how Singaporean development policies relate to the 10 points of the Washington Consensus	p. 173
Summary	p. 177
Comparisons	p. 179
Introduction	p. 179
A comparison of Singapore and Vanuatu	p. 179
Lessons	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 192
Notes	p. 198
Bibliography	p. 204
Index	p. 217
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