Comparing examples from Kenia, Ethiopia and Nigeria, the article examines how displacement through infrastructure projects is being legitimised in development discourse. Three typical justifications are the inevitability of progress, the greater common good and property rights. They are closely linked to elements of development discourse: the transformation of geocultural differences into historical stages, Othering of allegedly backward peoples, the concept of trusteeship and the assumption of the beneficial effects of investments.
@unpublished{doi:10.17170/kobra-202311249079,
author ={Ziai, Aram},
title ={The legitimation of expulsion in development discourse. A comparative analysis of World Bank projects in sub-Saharan Africa},
keywords ={300 and Kenia and Nigeria and Äthiopien and Subsaharisches Afrika and Weltbank and Entwicklungstheorie and Vertreibung},
copyright ={http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/},
language ={en},
year ={2019}
}