Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2011
As world leaders increasingly recognize the dual imperatives of mitigating carbon emissions and e... more As world leaders increasingly recognize the dual imperatives of mitigating carbon emissions and ensuring economic growth, emissions trading schemes have become popular policy options to pursue sustainable development goals. As the foremost program of sustainable development to date, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has held out hope that low-cost abatement in the global North could be achieved by channeling investments to the global South, creating a win-win situation of both mitigation and economic development. Unfortunately, the results of the CDM have shown an asymmetrical distribution of benefits in the global South despite contrary objectives. This paper argues that the investment climate promoted by the CDM excludes many developing nation markets from participation, thereby limiting one of the key benefits promised by CDM proponents. This is partly because the CDM encourages investors to seek projects that are doubly profitable, ones that demonstrate the potential to gene...
CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF H... more CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY In reflecting on the distinctive way in which historians have approached the study of social movements and collective action, we call attention to a number of ...
CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF H... more CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY In reflecting on the distinctive way in which historians have approached the study of social movements and collective action, we call attention to a number of ...
ABSTRACT While water access is a major concern for all residents in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, th... more ABSTRACT While water access is a major concern for all residents in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, the difficulty of hauling water is particularly pronounced in the informal settlements that are significant portions of both cities. This is an inequality that has only recently begun to be recognized as an injustice between rich and poor. Rooted in the segregation of colonial rule, it is sustained by the continuing injustice of land policies and the multiple complications involved with upgrading urban settlements.
This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the ... more This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the military regime. Through an examination of tax and fiscal policy, the authors argue that a strategic wedding of seemingly contradictory state types allows the current regime to create a hybrid they call ‘statist neoliberalism’. The article argues that this hybrid form is not accidental, but is an intentional project that allows the state to sustain neoliberal reforms, whilst maintaining its long-standing control over society and the economy.
This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the ... more This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the military regime. Through an examination of tax and fiscal policy, the authors argue that a strategic wedding of seemingly contradictory state types allows the current regime to create a hybrid they call ‘statist neoliberalism’. The article argues that this hybrid form is not accidental, but is an intentional project that allows the state to sustain neoliberal reforms, whilst maintaining its long-standing control over society and the economy.
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2011
As world leaders increasingly recognize the dual imperatives of mitigating carbon emissions and e... more As world leaders increasingly recognize the dual imperatives of mitigating carbon emissions and ensuring economic growth, emissions trading schemes have become popular policy options to pursue sustainable development goals. As the foremost program of sustainable development to date, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has held out hope that low-cost abatement in the global North could be achieved by channeling investments to the global South, creating a win-win situation of both mitigation and economic development. Unfortunately, the results of the CDM have shown an asymmetrical distribution of benefits in the global South despite contrary objectives. This paper argues that the investment climate promoted by the CDM excludes many developing nation markets from participation, thereby limiting one of the key benefits promised by CDM proponents. This is partly because the CDM encourages investors to seek projects that are doubly profitable, ones that demonstrate the potential to gene...
CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF H... more CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY In reflecting on the distinctive way in which historians have approached the study of social movements and collective action, we call attention to a number of ...
CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF H... more CHAPTER 7 Historians and the Study of Protest* BRIAN DILL AND RONALD AMINZADE THE DISCIPLINE OF HISTORY In reflecting on the distinctive way in which historians have approached the study of social movements and collective action, we call attention to a number of ...
ABSTRACT While water access is a major concern for all residents in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, th... more ABSTRACT While water access is a major concern for all residents in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, the difficulty of hauling water is particularly pronounced in the informal settlements that are significant portions of both cities. This is an inequality that has only recently begun to be recognized as an injustice between rich and poor. Rooted in the segregation of colonial rule, it is sustained by the continuing injustice of land policies and the multiple complications involved with upgrading urban settlements.
This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the ... more This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the military regime. Through an examination of tax and fiscal policy, the authors argue that a strategic wedding of seemingly contradictory state types allows the current regime to create a hybrid they call ‘statist neoliberalism’. The article argues that this hybrid form is not accidental, but is an intentional project that allows the state to sustain neoliberal reforms, whilst maintaining its long-standing control over society and the economy.
This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the ... more This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the military regime. Through an examination of tax and fiscal policy, the authors argue that a strategic wedding of seemingly contradictory state types allows the current regime to create a hybrid they call ‘statist neoliberalism’. The article argues that this hybrid form is not accidental, but is an intentional project that allows the state to sustain neoliberal reforms, whilst maintaining its long-standing control over society and the economy.
The role of the state in fostering economic and social progress has undergone a notable change in... more The role of the state in fostering economic and social progress has undergone a notable change in the first decades of the new millennium. This is particularly evident in the burgeoning power sectors of countries such as Kenya that have long been mired in energy poverty. Whereas the postcolonial African state used to be the sole owner, operator, and organizer of national power sectors in the pursuit of national development objectives, it is now one actor among many in a development assemblage that seeks to expand access to electricity in the service of overlapping national, regional, and global goals. This paper illuminates an ongoing, high-profile energy project, the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, in order to document and explain the transformation of the Kenyan power sector as it has shifted from a national concern to a broader development assemblage. By assemblage we mean a novel and dynamic set of relationships among a wide range of actors that conforms to a specific pattern. We argue that an analysis of this assemblage advances our understanding of how the practice of development is being transformed with respect to the actors involved, their relationships to one another, and their subsequent capacities to effect change.
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decades of the new millennium. This is particularly evident in the burgeoning power sectors of countries
such as Kenya that have long been mired in energy poverty. Whereas the postcolonial African state used to
be the sole owner, operator, and organizer of national power sectors in the pursuit of national development
objectives, it is now one actor among many in a development assemblage that seeks to expand access to
electricity in the service of overlapping national, regional, and global goals. This paper illuminates an
ongoing, high-profile energy project, the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, in order to document and
explain the transformation of the Kenyan power sector as it has shifted from a national concern to a broader
development assemblage. By assemblage we mean a novel and dynamic set of relationships among a wide
range of actors that conforms to a specific pattern. We argue that an analysis of this assemblage advances
our understanding of how the practice of development is being transformed with respect to the actors
involved, their relationships to one another, and their subsequent capacities to effect change.