Question 1

What was Frantz Fanon's main concern about post-colonialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The post-development authors 
B)  The rule of experts 
C)  New elites emerging out of the anti-colonial movements 
D)  Africans imitating Europe 
E)  Europe's crimes 
A)  The post-development authors 
B)  The rule of experts 
C)  New elites emerging out of the anti-colonial movements 
D)  Africans imitating Europe 
E)  Europe's crimes

Question 2

Post-development theorists concede that economics is a science.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Post-development calls for "alternatives to development" instead of "alternative development." Discuss.

Accepted Answer

The primary challenge, albeit still a ma

Question 4

Progressive representatives of development discourse do not recognize that there are developed and less developed societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How do people learn to perceive themselves as poor?

Accepted Answer

A)  By degrading themselves in comparison to the supposedly rich Westerner 
B)  People can learn to perceive themselves as poor by other stories 
C)  Through contact with tourists, development experts, and the media 
D)  By diagnoses based on comparative statistical measurements 
E)  The lack of money to buy goods and the lack of modern conveniences 
A)  By degrading themselves in comparison to the supposedly rich Westerner 
B)  People can learn to perceive themselves as poor by other stories 
C)  Through contact with tourists, development experts, and the media 
D)  By diagnoses based on comparative statistical measurements 
E)  The lack of money to buy goods and the lack of modern conveniences

Question 6

What was the insight generated by Ferguson's work on an integrated rural development project in Lesotho?

Accepted Answer

Ferguson documents and analyzes the fail

Question 7

Gustavo Esteva reports the history of redefinitions of development beyond the central idea of economic growth, from basic needs to endogenous development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Is the preservation of culture worth the lives of children? Discuss.

Accepted Answer

This is a debate that pits post-developm

Question 9

Why is Michel Foucault's concept of discourse useful to understanding the discourse of development?

Accepted Answer

Foucault deals with questions of knowled

Question 10

Why do some thinkers support the idea of the end of development?

Accepted Answer

The following reasons for this diagnosis

Question 11

President Truman impoverished two billion people by labelling them "underdeveloped."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What does a discourse do if understood as a system of representation linked to relations of power?

Accepted Answer

A)  It shapes the words people use to describe something 
B)  It is a means to determine absolute validity 
C)  It invalidates truth claims 
D)  It affects behaviour 
E)  If tested, discourse can discern truth hood from falsehood 
A)  It shapes the words people use to describe something 
B)  It is a means to determine absolute validity 
C)  It invalidates truth claims 
D)  It affects behaviour 
E)  If tested, discourse can discern truth hood from falsehood

Question 13

If the good life is defined as the pursuit of material wealth, development is defined as GDP growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why did Truman see poverty in the underdeveloped parts of the world as a threat?

Accepted Answer

A)  The threat of national liberation movements to US colonies 
B)  The need to build new markets for American economic imperialism 
C)  Poverty is a threat to regional stability 
D)  Inequality is a threat to hegemonic stability 
E)  The geopolitics of the Cold War 
A)  The threat of national liberation movements to US colonies 
B)  The need to build new markets for American economic imperialism 
C)  Poverty is a threat to regional stability 
D)  Inequality is a threat to hegemonic stability 
E)  The geopolitics of the Cold War

Question 15

Explain the idea that, for post-development theorists, power dynamics underlie the production and circulation of knowledge.

Accepted Answer

The idea that power dynamics underlie th

Question 16

Post-development argues that much of what the Global North considers "poor" is objectively true.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is Ivan Illich's main criticism to Western modernity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The establishment of traditional schools 
B)  The lack of spiritual development in the developing world 
C)  It would create a gap in spirituality 
D)  It would teach people to be dependent 
E)  It does not comply with new ideas about development 
A)  The establishment of traditional schools 
B)  The lack of spiritual development in the developing world 
C)  It would create a gap in spirituality 
D)  It would teach people to be dependent 
E)  It does not comply with new ideas about development

Question 18

According to post-development writers, when was the development age inaugurated?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the early 1980s 
B)  In 1949 
C)  After the Cold War 
D)  With the invasion of Poland by Germany 
E)  Before World War I 
A)  In the early 1980s 
B)  In 1949 
C)  After the Cold War 
D)  With the invasion of Poland by Germany 
E)  Before World War I

Question 19

Post-development focuses on empowering the modern state apparatus to achieve progress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

From a post-development perspective, how did President Truman's inaugural address reframe development?

Accepted Answer

Prior to Truman, development was framed

Exam 5: Post-development and Alternatives to Development

What was Frantz Fanon's main concern about post-colonialism?

Post-development theorists concede that economics is a science.

Post-development calls for "alternatives to development" instead of "alternative development." Discuss.

Progressive representatives of development discourse do not recognize that there are developed and less developed societies.

How do people learn to perceive themselves as poor?

What was the insight generated by Ferguson's work on an integrated rural development project in Lesotho?

Gustavo Esteva reports the history of redefinitions of development beyond the central idea of economic growth, from basic needs to endogenous development.

Is the preservation of culture worth the lives of children? Discuss.

Why is Michel Foucault's concept of discourse useful to understanding the discourse of development?

Why do some thinkers support the idea of the end of development?

President Truman impoverished two billion people by labelling them "underdeveloped."

What does a discourse do if understood as a system of representation linked to relations of power?

If the good life is defined as the pursuit of material wealth, development is defined as GDP growth.

Why did Truman see poverty in the underdeveloped parts of the world as a threat?

Explain the idea that, for post-development theorists, power dynamics underlie the production and circulation of knowledge.

Post-development argues that much of what the Global North considers "poor" is objectively true.

What is Ivan Illich's main criticism to Western modernity?

According to post-development writers, when was the development age inaugurated?

Post-development focuses on empowering the modern state apparatus to achieve progress.

From a post-development perspective, how did President Truman's inaugural address reframe development?

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