Participatory Development, Good Governance and Depoliticisation of Disability
(2021) SIMV30 20211Graduate School
Master of Science in Development Studies
- Abstract
- The overall purpose of the present thesis is to explore how participatory development architecture and the good governance principles of cooperation and consensus have depoliticised disability as an issue and have re-shaped the discourses and actions of organisations of and for disabled people in Georgia. Through the lens of the theory of post- politics, the research analyses the application of good governance and participation in development as mechanisms that neutralise political contestations by removing ‘the political’ from policy formulation. Taking Georgian disability NGOs as the case study, the research examines the consequences of the rise of consensual governance and participatory arrangements on disability policy-making in... (More)
- The overall purpose of the present thesis is to explore how participatory development architecture and the good governance principles of cooperation and consensus have depoliticised disability as an issue and have re-shaped the discourses and actions of organisations of and for disabled people in Georgia. Through the lens of the theory of post- politics, the research analyses the application of good governance and participation in development as mechanisms that neutralise political contestations by removing ‘the political’ from policy formulation. Taking Georgian disability NGOs as the case study, the research examines the consequences of the rise of consensual governance and participatory arrangements on disability policy-making in Georgia and the new political and economic roles of disability NGOs as representatives of disabled people. The thesis contextualises the different development conditions in which Georgian disability NGOs have emerged and are operating, and analyses the different paths that they have taken in these changing circumstances. It discusses and questions the strategies that major disability NGOs in Georgia choose to influence policy, critically examines the understanding and application of participation in Georgia and the rise of the notions of efficiency, responsibilisation and individualisation in the NGO discourse, which is arguably the consequence of the unquestioned espousal of participatory development and consensual governance and as such, the mechanisms of depoliticisation. It is argued that the determination of Georgian disability NGOs to be integrated in governance frameworks and to formalise participation fragments and depoliticises Georgian disability movement, particularises their demands, keeps them preoccupied with form rather than content and distracts them from contextual analysis of disability policies as well as broad political, economic and social structures that shape the lives of disabled people in Georgia. (Less)
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- author
- Nadiradze, Tamar LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- The Case of Disability NGOs in Georgia
- course
- SIMV30 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- disability, development, depoliticisation, participation, governance
- language
- English
- id
- 9052973
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-16 10:31:08
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abstract = {{The overall purpose of the present thesis is to explore how participatory development architecture and the good governance principles of cooperation and consensus have depoliticised disability as an issue and have re-shaped the discourses and actions of organisations of and for disabled people in Georgia. Through the lens of the theory of post- politics, the research analyses the application of good governance and participation in development as mechanisms that neutralise political contestations by removing ‘the political’ from policy formulation. Taking Georgian disability NGOs as the case study, the research examines the consequences of the rise of consensual governance and participatory arrangements on disability policy-making in Georgia and the new political and economic roles of disability NGOs as representatives of disabled people. The thesis contextualises the different development conditions in which Georgian disability NGOs have emerged and are operating, and analyses the different paths that they have taken in these changing circumstances. It discusses and questions the strategies that major disability NGOs in Georgia choose to influence policy, critically examines the understanding and application of participation in Georgia and the rise of the notions of efficiency, responsibilisation and individualisation in the NGO discourse, which is arguably the consequence of the unquestioned espousal of participatory development and consensual governance and as such, the mechanisms of depoliticisation. It is argued that the determination of Georgian disability NGOs to be integrated in governance frameworks and to formalise participation fragments and depoliticises Georgian disability movement, particularises their demands, keeps them preoccupied with form rather than content and distracts them from contextual analysis of disability policies as well as broad political, economic and social structures that shape the lives of disabled people in Georgia.}},
author = {{Nadiradze, Tamar}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Participatory Development, Good Governance and Depoliticisation of Disability}},
year = {{2021}},
}