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The Banality of Corporate Evil
This thesis critiques the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through tracing the multiple dynamics between a multinational corporation and a development consultancy working on a recycling project in collaboration with the Zabaleen in Mansheyet Nasser, Egypt. The thesis looks at the ways...
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| description | This thesis critiques the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through tracing the multiple dynamics between a multinational corporation and a development consultancy working on a recycling project in collaboration with the Zabaleen in Mansheyet Nasser, Egypt. The thesis looks at the ways in which actors negotiate their different positions, the harmonies and discordances that unfold through various agendas coming together, the silences produced, and the ways in which structural violence is intensified under the guise of development. The thesis contrasts the detached efforts of corporate workers and development consultants with the lives of the zabaleen, who live in a toxic, contaminated, and abandoned space. It demonstrates the ways in which the zabaleen’s life worlds and community resources get to be absorbed within wider global networks of exploitation. In a project where so-called experts design, implement, and celebrate their self-serving development plans, this thesis opens up a space for the zabaleen (the alleged beneficiaries) to narrate their own struggles and desires. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2683 The Banality of Corporate Evil Dessouki, Amina This thesis critiques the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through tracing the multiple dynamics between a multinational corporation and a development consultancy working on a recycling project in collaboration with the Zabaleen in Mansheyet Nasser, Egypt. The thesis looks at the ways in which actors negotiate their different positions, the harmonies and discordances that unfold through various agendas coming together, the silences produced, and the ways in which structural violence is intensified under the guise of development. The thesis contrasts the detached efforts of corporate workers and development consultants with the lives of the zabaleen, who live in a toxic, contaminated, and abandoned space. It demonstrates the ways in which the zabaleen’s life worlds and community resources get to be absorbed within wider global networks of exploitation. In a project where so-called experts design, implement, and celebrate their self-serving development plans, this thesis opens up a space for the zabaleen (the alleged beneficiaries) to narrate their own struggles and desires. 2021-09-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1664 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2683/viewcontent/amina_ali_dessouki_thesis.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Development Economy CSR Corporate Social Responsibility Capitalism Zabaleen Recycling NGOs Mansheyet Nasser Growth and Development Other Anthropology Politics and Social Change Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| spellingShingle | Development Economy CSR Corporate Social Responsibility Capitalism Zabaleen Recycling NGOs Mansheyet Nasser Growth and Development Other Anthropology Politics and Social Change Social and Cultural Anthropology Dessouki, Amina The Banality of Corporate Evil |
| title | The Banality of Corporate Evil |
| title_full | The Banality of Corporate Evil |
| title_fullStr | The Banality of Corporate Evil |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Banality of Corporate Evil |
| title_short | The Banality of Corporate Evil |
| title_sort | banality of corporate evil |
| topic | Development Economy CSR Corporate Social Responsibility Capitalism Zabaleen Recycling NGOs Mansheyet Nasser Growth and Development Other Anthropology Politics and Social Change Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1664 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2683/viewcontent/amina_ali_dessouki_thesis.pdf |
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