The bureaucratic performance of development in colonial and post- colonial Tanzania

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  • Felicitas Becker
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This article examines change and continuity in development measures concerning cassava in a poor Tanzanian region over a period of 80 years. It shows ambivalent and dubious ways of reasoning about the causes of and solutions to poverty related to these measures, and argues that the persistence of such problematic arguments is understandable if one considers their political usefulness. Local officials have always had to safeguard their own viability in the eyes of their superiors in the administration, as well as those of local audiences. For them, “development” has become a focus of political performances that serve to reinforce their legitimacy. RÉSUMÉ Cet article se penche sur les variations dans les mesures du développement de la culture du manioc dans une région pauvre de la Tanzanie sur une période de 80 ans. L’étude met en relief les raisonnements ambigus et douteux sur les causes de la pauvreté, et sur les solutions à y apporter, qui sont sous-jacents à ces données. Ces raisonnements s’expliquent toutefois si on en examine l’utilité politique. Les fonctionnaires locaux ont toujours dû protéger leurs arrières face à leurs supérieurs, tout en maintenant une apparence d’indépendance face aux populations locales. Pour eux, le développement est une arène où les jeux politiques servent à renforcer leur légitimité.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014