Alternative Development Politics: Chapter Four

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What does the term 'Alternative Dev’t' refer to?

Trade and globalization only

Resource potentials only

Political and ideological agendas only

Possible ways and opportunities available for development (correct)

What does 'Official Development Assistance' (ODA) refer to?

Provision of physical objects with repayment arrangements

Private foreign investment

Aid or resource transfer (correct)

Public loans at commercial interest rates

What is broader in scope than aid or ODA?

Foreign investment

Provision of physical objects with repayment arrangements

Resource transfer (correct)

Public loans at commercial interest rates

What suggests the concept of burden-sharing among donors based on agreed upon ratios?

Global feature of aid Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following are aspects of resource transfers, but not aid or ODA?

Private foreign investment and public loans at commercial interest rates Signup and view all the answers

What is the most outright advantage of foreign aid to TWCs?

Minimizing the shortage of investment capital and acquisition of technology Signup and view all the answers

Why is aid considered a preferred option for obtaining funds relative to hard loans from commercial sources?

It can be used for the development of social services which are less attractive to private investors or commercial lenders Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the eligibility criteria attached to aid by donors?

Submission of investment projects and detail project descriptions encompassing the framework of implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and inventory mechanisms Signup and view all the answers

Why do poor countries mostly not fulfill the capacity requirements for aid?

Due to the extremity or tightfistedness of conditionalities imposed by donors themselves Signup and view all the answers

What makes much of the rules/criteria of the aid games unaffordable to recipient countries?

Deflationary/monetarist bias of multilateral aide (by the IMF) for much of its support Signup and view all the answers

According to Durkheim's theory, what is the term used to describe the social cohesion in traditional society?

Mechanical solidarity Signup and view all the answers

What type of societies did Durkheim identify, which have different forms of social cohesion between their members?

Traditional and modern societies Signup and view all the answers

In modern society, what is the type of social cohesion characterized by specialization and interdependency?

Organic solidarity Signup and view all the answers

What led to the emergence of modern society, according to Durkheim?

Increased population growth and density Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes the division of labor in modern society, as described by Durkheim?

Complex and requiring interdependency among people Signup and view all the answers

Which grand neoclassical theory gained prominence in the 1950s and 1960s?

Modernization Theory Signup and view all the answers

Who are some of the classical theory writers mentioned in the text?

Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the main concerns shared by Marx, Durkheim, and Weber according to the text?

The origin, character, and future path of development Signup and view all the answers

What are the two grand neoclassical theories dominating the literature of development and social change mentioned in the text?

Modernization Theory and Underdevelopment Theory Signup and view all the answers

From whose writings does the modernization theory have its historical roots according to the text?

Emile Durkheim and Max Weber Signup and view all the answers