This review examines how international development has been studied by anthropologists,
both as a particular form of institutional practice and as the terms of global economic and …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is famous for its practice of conditionality—making
the disbursement of resources to national governments contingent on the performance of …

Over the last decade, international rankings have emerged as a critical tool used by
international actors engaged in global governance. State practices and performance are …

Penelope Anthias's Limits to Decolonization addresses one of the most important issues in
contemporary indigenous politics: struggles for territory. Based on the experience of thirty-six …

Although the phrase'North-South'divide is not heard so much these days, what separates
rich countries from poor countries is a question that is still very much with us. Anthony Payne …

Celebrity advocacy is a curious phenomenon. It occupies a significant proportion of the
public domain, but does so without engaging particularly well with much of the public. Yet …

Today international development policy is characterised by the convergence of ideas of
neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction within a framework of 'global …

During the 1980s and 1990s, an era of neoliberal reform, global development institutions
like the World Bank began promoting and financing the collective titling of indigenous …

This paper offers a critical perspective on the growing phenomenon of governance
indicators in international politics. I employ a governmentality approach to shed light on the …

Abstract In the post-Cold War era, a voluminous literature has developed to define failed
states, identify the causes and parameters of failure, and devise ways for dealing with the …