Social Research and Policy in the Development Arena

Piet Terhal, Erasmus University, The Netherlands.

Introduction 1. The Research-Policy Nexus: Multiple Encounters, Multiple Frictions 2. Conceptualizing African statehood and legitimacy: shifting positions in the research-politics nexus 3. A 'Negotiating Statehood' Perspective: Implications for Policy? 4. Research-led Policy Deliberation in Post-conflict Contexts: Searching to Overcome Institutional Gaps 5. Complex emergencies, food security and the need for research-based policy responses 6. The Limits of Independent Policy Research: Analysing the EEC-India Dairy Aid Nexus; with Piet Terhal 7. Academia-Politics Collisions in the Aftermath of a Coup: a Fijian Encounter 8. Reconnoitring a Political Microcosm: First Fieldwork in Ankole, Uganda 9. Researching Development Policy and Politics: A Personal Retrospect and Itinerary Conclusion: development studies in retrospect