Narayanaswamy, L (2015) If only they knew better: strengthening knowledge systems for social development? Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 31 (2). 174 - 191. ISSN 2169-9763
Abstract
Information and knowledge are frequently upheld as the cornerstones of development programmes. Poverty reduction measures delivered through social policies are frequently premised on the need to ensure that both users and providers of services have access to information. In contexts where poor and marginalised groups are largely excluded from knowledge access and uptake, Southern-based civil society is called upon to act as an interlocutor to leverage knowledge on their behalf to achieve social welfare objectives. Ensuring that the greatest number of people have access to timely and relevant information, promoted as part of global-level discourses on the desirability of fostering a ‘knowledge society’, is presumed to contribute, for instance, to the capacity of citizens to uphold government accountability, ensure access to entitlements or protect basic rights. This paper critically analyses the capacity of knowledge, delivered primarily though not exclusively through new ICTs and leveraged through Southern-based civil society acting as intermediaries, to achieve social policy objectives in development.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Knowledge society; social development; ICTs; civil society; neoliberalism; South-South cooperation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2015 11:06 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2016 02:36 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21699763.2015.1046474 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/21699763.2015.1046474 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85407 |