Career ambitions and local expertise: understanding involvments in a development world

Autor: Ségalini, Céline
Přispěvatelé: Les Afriques dans le monde (LAM), Sciences Po Bordeaux - Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux (IEP Bordeaux)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Bordeaux-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Miraucourt, Bastien
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: African dynamics in a multipolar World AEGIS-ECAS 2013, 5th European Conference on African Studies
African dynamics in a multipolar World AEGIS-ECAS 2013, 5th European Conference on African Studies, Jun 2013, Lisbonne, Portugal
Popis: Panel African experts in the international government of Africa, mod. David Ambrosetti, Jean‐Hervé Jézéquel et Marie‐Emmanuelle Pommerolle http://www.nomadit.co.uk/ecas/ecas2013/panels.php5?PanelID=2047; The involvement of local experts in development projects is an issue that has been raised by focusing on the role played by organizational, bureaucratic and political dynamics that give consistency to the daily work of such experts. This paper aims to show how these different modes of involvment are intertwined and shape local expertise. It focuses on careers of local experts and shows how local expertise gets standardized. More specifically, to understand this standardization, it pays attention on the role played by professional aspirations for development world and finally shows how these aspirations may limite critical involvment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE