52 Questions
What was the British Development Act of the 1940s primarily a response to?
Challenges to imperial power in the 1930s
According to Page (1991), what were the strategies for modernizing segments of the African population often at the expense of?
Afrocentric views of food and community defended by women
What was a significant role played by the League of Nations in Asia and Africa?
Negotiating decolonization through mandates
What was the new system that extended decolonization and promoted development after the Second World War?
International organizations
What has received attention in the context of north and/or sub-Saharan Africa?
Constitution of a labor force
What marked the modernized class of farmers in Africa?
Class, gender, and race
What is one aspect related to the role of the state in Africa according to the text?
Detribalization of wage labor
Which professionals' discourses and practices were deployed in the colonial context, according to the text?
Agricultural experts, health professionals, urban planners, and educators
How were discourses and practices modified in the colonial encounter?
Imbrication with local forms of knowledge
What is a form of resistance mentioned against colonial power/knowledge apparatuses?
'Manifold forms' of resistance
What historical event led to the emergence of a new strategy for dealing with problems in poorer countries?
United Nations founding conference in San Francisco
What were some of the key aspects of poorer countries that were considered in the new strategy?
Population, cultural character, capital accumulation, agriculture
When did the concepts of underdevelopment and Third World begin to emerge?
Post-World War II era
What shaped the dominant image of what was to become the Third World during World War II?
Strategic considerations and access to raw materials
What defined the nexus of power, knowledge, and domination in the discourse of development?
Power, knowledge, and domination
What made the integration of nonindustrialized countries into the post-war economic and political structure more complicated?
Intense negotiations and discursive products
What is the primary way forms of power act according to the text?
By normalization
Who are the key figures mentioned as charting out the materiality of conditions in relation to development?
Economists, politicians, and development experts
What is the new language of development built upon, as per the text?
A specific configuration of factors and forces
How is the power of the development discourse described in the text?
A very real historical formation
What should be done to challenge or displace the power of the development discourse?
Conceptualize the materiality of conditions in different ways
How is power characterized in terms of exploitation according to the text?
Cynical and should be resisted on its own terms
What entities had the authority to name subjects and define strategies in the discourse mentioned in the text?
United Nations
Who were responsible for designing programs from institutional sites identified as having authority in the discourse described?
Experts in agriculture
What did development proceed by creating according to the text?
Underdeveloped entities
Who had the power, knowledge, and experience to decide on what was to be done in the discourse described?
Rich countries
Which group commanded the legal political authority over the lives of their subjects in the discourse mentioned?
Poor country governments
Who were some of the experts involved in elaborating theories and designing programs in the discourse described?
Public health experts and educators
What was one of the first concrete expressions of the new development strategy discussed in the text?
The 1949 World Bank mission to Colombia
Which historical event was significant in preparing the ground for the institution of development as a strategy after World War II?
The decline of the colonial order
What key role did the emergence of development discourse play in relations between Europe, the United States, and other regions?
Normalization of the world
What did the birth of the development discourse bring into existence in Euramerican culture?
A new regime of representation
Which group played a significant role in signaling a shift in historical relations among different regions?
World Bank missions
What was an important connection that recent studies suggest existed between the decline of the colonial order and the rise of development?
Increased cultural exchange
What is one of the key elements that went into the formulation of development theory based on the text?
Cultural considerations
In the context of development theory, what is emphasized as crucial for overcoming general backwardness and economic underdevelopment?
Active role of governments and international organizations
Which entities were mentioned as necessary for executing the complex task of development according to the text?
International organizations and national planning agencies
What was identified as a critical factor associated with capital formation in the text?
Industrialization
What was seen as a necessary role for governments and international organizations in the development process?
Active promotion and orchestration of efforts
Which international financial institutions were mentioned as products of the mid-1940s in the text?
World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Based on the text, what was seen as the inevitable and necessarily progressive routes to modernization in the discourse of development?
Industrialization and urbanization
What was believed to be the most important ingredient in economic growth and development according to the discourse described in the 1940s and 1950s?
Capital investment
In the discourse of development, what was one possible source suggested for the capital needed to provide for infrastructure, industrialization, and overall modernization of society?
Domestic savings
What was the organizing premise of development in the 1940s and 1950s that believed in the role of modernization as a force capable of destroying archaic superstitions and relations?
Belief in modernization
What was perceived as dependent on ample supplies of capital for infrastructure, industrialization, and overall modernization in poor countries?
Economic progress
Which belief influenced the view that material advancement was necessary for social, cultural, and political progress in poor countries?
Material advancement is essential for progress
What were the three main features that the construction of Lesotho relied on?
Showing the country as an aboriginal economy, isolated from world markets
What is one of the tropes mentioned in Mitchell's analysis of Egypt?
The overcrowded Nile River valley
How does Mitchell deconstruct the trope 'the overcrowded Nile River valley'?
By recognizing that objects of analysis are constructed by discourse
What is the understanding of 'the problem' in Egypt, according to the text?
It is seen in terms of natural limits, topography, and social reproduction
How does Mitchell describe the construction of objects of analysis in his analysis of Egypt?
As partly constructed by the discourse that describes them
Why does Mitchell argue that recognizing the discursive construction of objects of analysis is crucial?
To understand the power of discourse in shaping perceptions
Explore the significance of the British Development Act of the 1940s in response to challenges to imperial power in the 1930s. Understand its role in reinvigorating the empire, especially in southern Africa, focusing on labor, food supplies, and strategies for modernization.
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