Week 7: Human resources: Empowering informality and the transformation of the development subject
DVST 6901: The global politics of development (Semester 2,
2026)
September 14, 2026
A major shift in development politics occurs in the context in a transformation of state power in response to a crisis in capitalism.
Main reading: Elyachar (2005), intro. and chaps. 3-5
Notes
Notes to be added later.
Keywords
neoliberalism, markets, social capital, informal economy and informality
Learning outcomes
- Understand shifts in development practice as functions of new approaches to social policy and responses to shifts in the global economy
- Be able to critically evaluate ideas of entrepreneurship, empowerment, and inclusion
References
Elyachar, Julia. 2005. Markets of Dispossession: NGOs, Economic
Development, and the State in Cairo. Politics, History, and
Culture. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.