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Critical Perspectives on Open Development: Empirical Interrogation of Theory(International Development Research)


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Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments vii Preface ix 1 Openness in International Development 1 Caitlin M. Bentley, Arul Chib, and Matthew L. Smith I Pragmatic Approaches to Open Development 2 A Stewardship Approach to Theorizing Open Data for Development 27 Katherine M. A. Reilly and Juan Pablo Alperin 3 Trust and Open Development 51 Anuradha Rao, Priya Parekh, John Traxler, and Rich Ling 4 Learning as Participation: Open Practices and the Production of Identities 81 Bidisha Chaudhuri, Janaki Srinivasan, and Onkar Hoysala Reflections I 5 Stewardship Regimes within Kenya’s Open Data Initiative and Their Implications for Open Data for Development 105 Paul Mungai and Jean-Paul Van Belle 6 Changing Infrastructure in Urban India: Critical Reflections on Openness and Trust in the Governance of Public Services 115 David Sadoway and Satyarupa Shekhar 7 Learning through Participation in a Weather Information System in West Bengal, India 131 Linus Kendall and Purnabha Dasgupta II Coevolutionary Perspectives on Open Development 8 Understanding Divergent Outcomes in Open Development 143 Andy Dearden, Marion Walton, and Melissa Densmore 9 A Critical Capability Approach to Evaluate Open Development 173 Yingqin Zheng and Bernd Carsten Stahl, with contributions from Becky Faith 10 Open Institutions and Their “Relevant Publics”: A Democratic Alternative to Neoliberal Openness 199 Parminder Jeet Singh, Anita Gurumurthy, and Nandini Chami Reflections II 11 What Makes an Agriculture Initiative Open? Reflections on Sharing Agriculture Information, Writing Rights, and Divergent Outcomes 227 Piyumi Gamage, Chiranthi Rajapakse, and Helani Galpaya 12 Using the Critical Capabilities Approach to Evaluate the Tanzanian Open Government Data Initiative 235 Goodiel C. Moshi and Deo Shao 13 Three Problems Facing Civil Society Organizations in the Development Sector in Adopting Open Institutional Design 245 Caitlin M. Bentley 14 Conclusion 257 Matthew L. Smith, Arul Chib, and Caitlin M. Bentley Contributors 271 Index 279

About the Author :
Arul Chib is Associate Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Caitlin M. Bentley is a Lecturer at the Information School at the University of Sheffield and an Honorary Fellow at Australian National University's 3A Institute. Matthew L. Smith is Senior Program Specialist at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa and coeditor of Open Development- Networked Innovations in International Development (MIT Press and IDRC).


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  • ISBN-13: 9780262542326
  • Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Series Title: International Development Research
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0262542323
  • Publisher Date: 16 Feb 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Empirical Interrogation of Theory


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