Change and stability at the World Bank: inclusive practices and neoliberal technocratic rationality.
Arguing that international development policymaking is technocratic is not new. However, examining technocracy as a political rationality sheds new light on intentionality, on the evolution of policymaking practices, and on change and stability as part of a single process. In short, the meaningful a...
| Published in: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 348 - 366 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2021
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