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The impact of ideology on development in the third world
Author(s) -
Tordoff William
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3380040104
Subject(s) - ideology , economic shortage , meaning (existential) , debt , political economy , political science , economic system , development economics , sociology , economics , epistemology , law , politics , macroeconomics , philosophy , linguistics , government (linguistics)
Abstract This article discusses the meaning of ‘ideology’ and ‘development’ and the relationship betwen them. It examines external constraints on development, including dependence on the industrialized West and the crippling burden of debt servicing, and the issue of privatization, which is seen as cutting across the ideological boundaries separating capitalist and socialist states. It also reviews internal constraints on development, such as the shortage of essential skills and the adoption of policies favouring the urban areas, and argues that they are largely independent of ideological considerations. It maintains that the apparent strength of the movement towards de‐ideologization in Africa may not prove permanent.