Global Learning and International Development in the Age of Neoliberalism

The international development sector is in crisis due to its failure to address the dominant development question of our age, the neoliberal growth paradigm. This book proposes a new development paradigm that focuses on bottom-up, participatory approaches to policy-making based on the needs of the poor, marginalized, and voiceless, and re-embraces the radical origins of global learning.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 188 pages
\n Publication date: 14 October 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The international development sector is facing a crisis, largely due to its failure to address the dominant development question of our time: the neoliberal growth paradigm. This crisis can be addressed, at least in part, by the sector's re-engagement with the radical development education process that it helped to foster and sustain for over two decades.

The recent safeguarding scandal is a symptom of a sector that is becoming overly hierarchical, brand-conscious, and disconnected from its base. Many of the problems the sector is facing can be traced to its failure to grapple with the question of neoliberalism and formulate a coherent critique of how market orthodoxy has accelerated poverty in the global North and South.

This book recommends re-embracing the radical origins of global learning, situated in the participative methodology and praxis (reflection and action) of Paulo Freire, both as internal capacity-building and external public engagement. The book proposes a new development paradigm, focusing on bottom-up, participatory approaches to policy-making based on the needs of those NGOs claim to represent – the poor, marginalized, and voiceless – rather than constantly following the agenda of donors and governments.

The recommendations made by this book will be an important resource for researchers and students of international development and global learning, as well as to NGOs, civil society activists, and education practitioners looking for solutions to the problems within the sector.

\n Weight: 316g\n
Dimension: 154 x 235 x 17 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367681593\n \n