Framing African development : : challenging concepts / / edited by Kjell Havnevik [and three others].

• Superior document: Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 16
• TeilnehmendeR: Havnevik, Kjell,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; Volume 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Notes: "This book is based on contributions t:o a serles of semlnars organized by the Rural and Agrarian research cluster at the Nordic Africa Institute (.NAI), LJppsala, between 2011 and 2013."
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Framing African Development – Challenging Concepts /; Developing the ‘Other’: Perceptions of Africans and change /; Misconceptions and Poor Understanding – The Debate on Poverty /; Debating Empowerment: A Case Study of Knowledge Practices in the Development Assistance Committee /; Beyond Livelihoods: Occupationality and Career Formation in African Artisanal Mining /; The Concept and Paradoxes of Displacement /; Primitive Accumulation: Concept, Similarities and Varieties /; From Food Security to Food Sovereignty? /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004305467
• ISSN: 1574-6925
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Kjell Havnevik [and three others].

This book discusses and challenges concepts that are widely used in research and policy related to development issues in Africa. The main rationale for such an undertaking is that the concepts that are used to understand and define the world in general and Africa in particular are not merely describing social, economic and political processes and events; they are also largely framing these very same processes. Thus, the concepts by which we structure the world will implicitly or explicitly give premises for policies and practices; limiting or favouring certain types of actions and frameworks of interpretation and understanding in various contexts. It is therefore important to challenge commonly held conceptions about framing African development. Contributors include: Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Rosalind Eyben, Amanda Hammar, Kjell Havnevik, Mats Hårsmar, Terje Oestigaard and Rune Skarstein