Can development be a politically neutral exercise? Why or Why not? Is development presented as a politically neutral exercise by its practitioners? Discuss the relationship between the way development is portrayed, the political conditions that shape its

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Developments can never be a politically neutral process

Developments can never be a politically neutral process . Starting from the planning process , development planning is a community activity that can not be done without the government being involved therefore it is necessarily involved in politics . The government has to sustain development planner for them to start working . However , without the government controlling them , they cannot even start working . Development is always faced with political opportunities

and obstruction and has explicit or implicit political aims (James 1994

There is nothing like political neutrality in development . No one can engage in development of the society without engaging in politics Politics usually comes as a result of the problems that have been generated by social life . The process of living together involves sacrificing some individual interest , illusions , greed , desires . The political state comes to handle this situation of conflict of all against all and the politicians make a living out of it . Politics would generally be defined better as the art of the impossible given that there is no political proposal the ever seems to remain intact Nevertheless , development has to come into contact with political reality . At times popular enthusiasm can prevail over some political opposition given that popular enthusiasm is usually perceived to be political on its own . In the event that it marshals enough resources it can overcome any political opposition that might come on its way...