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From Modernisation, Dependency and Soft Power Toward a Commonwealth of Learning

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dc.contributor.author Evans, Terry
dc.contributor.author Jakupec, Viktor
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-03T23:48:07Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-03T23:48:07Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Evans, T., & Jakupec, V. (2021). From modernisation, dependency and soft power toward a commonwealth of learning. Journal of Learning for Development, 8(3), 473-486. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2311-1550
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1209
dc.description 14 p. ; PDF en_US
dc.description.abstract This article reflects on some influential theories, concepts and institutions that have shaped the nature and substance of international development since the mid-20th century. In particular, theories of modernisation and dependency are deployed to reflect on the ways in which the International Financial Institutions, such as, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have adopted a ‘Washington Consensus’ concerning the social and economic development of ‘developing’ nations. ‘Soft power’ national agencies, such as, the British Council and USAID are brought into consideration, especially, for their interests and influences over matters of learning for development. The multi-national Commonwealth of Learning’s particular contribution to learning for development is discussed with suggestions made for developing member nations’ capacities to produce new local knowledge and to bring their existing local knowledge to the fore to share as part of a (Lockean) ‘commonwealth of learning’. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher COL en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries JL4D Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 473-486;
dc.subject commonwealth of learning en_US
dc.subject learning for development en_US
dc.subject modernisation theory en_US
dc.subject dependency theory en_US
dc.subject soft power en_US
dc.subject Washington Consensus en_US
dc.title From Modernisation, Dependency and Soft Power Toward a Commonwealth of Learning en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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