«Watch Dogs». Citizenship and Discourses of Development

«Watchdogs». Ciudadanía y Discursos del Desarrollo

This article explores the development discourse handled in the international cooperation network and the notion of citizenship that through it carry NGO development projects in southern countries. From a post-structuralist perspective, it seeks to show that the priorities of social control significantly affect the notions of citizenship contained in such discourses. The article addresses this problem by focusing on a set of institutions linked to the U.S. agency for International Development (UsaID) and that operate in various Latin American countries