Richard Heeks (@cddmanchester.bsky.social)

Understanding the Politics of Practice in Development Projects In development, we talk a lot about policy, strategy and results. We talk less about the everyday practice of project implementation. But this messy, political reality is what actually determines whether development interventions…

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Understanding the Politics of Practice in Development Projects In development, we talk a lot about policy, strategy and results. We talk less about the everyday practice of project implementation. But this messy, political reality is what actually determines whether development interventions succeed or fail. In our paper, Understanding Development Project Implementation: An Actor-Network Perspective, Carolyne Stanforth and I revisit this neglected space by applying a lens that is surprisingly under-used in development studies: actor-network theory (ANT). https://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/understanding-the-politics-of-practice-in-development-projects/