Develop Yourself¡ Development according to the Rockefeller Foundation (1913-2013)

Diplôme Master Develop Yourself¡ Development according to the Rockefeller Foundation (1913-2013) eng 2023-08-28 author Lorenci De Francisco Ivan 855380 director O'Sullivan Mary 0000-0002-7429-836X 724482 Service enseignement, recherche, administratif et technique (SdS) (SCSPS) 139 <p>The present mémoire aims to analyse the evolution of the development concept throughout the Rockefeller Foundation’s first century of existence, utilising its annual reports. Drawing inspiration from Moretti & Pestre’s influential working paper – ‘Banskpeak” – our methodology consists of a two-fold approach. Firstly, we conducted a quantitative language analysis of the language employed in the Rockefeller Foundation’s annual reports. Secondly, building upon the outcomes of this initial quantitative analysis, we delved into the activities and institutions in which the Foundation was involved to reconstruct its evolving development concept, drawing insights from the field of New Intellectual History. This approach allowed us to observe how the meaning of development evolved, accumulating new connotations over time. We started our analysis at the beginning of the 20th century because – even though the development concept was not formally coined until 1949 – the Foundation was already involved in development activities and institutions before that date. Furthermore, this actor had a set of ideas from the beginning of its activities that continued to influence its actions even after the formalisation of the development concept. In this sense, we explored the significance of the self-help ethic and market-oriented mentality in other spheres of development. Consequently, we demonstrated that self-help had consistently played a pivotal role in the Foundation’s development strategy since the Foundation’s inception. Furthermore, we scrutinised the roles ascribed by the Foundation to various actors in the development process. While the Foundation initially regarded the State as the primary actor in development, by the study period’s end, new participants such as private companies, communities, and individuals had become integral to this process.</p> Development Rockefeller Foundation 1913-2013 Moretti & Pestre’s Banskpeak Dewey 330 Dewey 330.9 Master en histoire économique internationale 193 Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch TE 123 Département d'histoire, économie et société T5 false 0b2d0edb-ba6d-4470-9222-a8c20db81d47 Master thesis Public Mémoire_lorenci de Francisco_TFM 3..pdf 5779299 application/pdf 68df515b4168ba9cbae98b93469d9bc849906d99f7e9bbf067e2503a58e17f3e openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch Faculté des sciences de la société / Département d'histoire, économie et société

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