1.  A Postcolonialist Analysis of the Development Cooperation between the EU and the ACP Countries Bohao Wang M.A. in Political Science National Taiwan University 1

2. Outline of the presentation  I. Postcolonialism  II. Cotonou Agreement  III. Institutions and Process of Decision-making  IV. A Postcolonialist Analysis  V. Conclusion 2

3. I. Postcolonialism  A. Said (A) representation (B) dichotomy  B. Spivak (A) the subaltern (B) reflexivity  Is the EU aware of its own cultural lens when promoting values through its development policies? 3

4. II. Cotonou Agreement  A. Changes (A) Changes in trade relations (B) Inclusion of the civil society in decision-making process  B. Continuities (A) Basic needs (B) Structural adjustments (C) Good governance (D) Human rights 4

5. III. Institutions and Process of Decision-making  A. Council of Ministers  B. European Parliament (A) monitoring (B) Co-decisioning  C. European Commission  D. European External Action Services, EEAS 5

6. IV. A Postcolonialist Analysis  A. Development policies becoming more foreign policies oriented after the Treaty of Lisbon.  B. Cultural implication of the guiding principles (A) basic needs 1. fictional, hierarchical 2. justificaion of the intervention of the expert 3. ignorance of inequality 6

7. IV. A Postcolonialist Analysis (B) structural adjustments 1. cultural weights and discursive authority of economics 2. neo-colonialism and bio-politics (C) good governance 1. western donors as judges, deciding what’s good and bad. 2. corruption/ anti-corruption 7

8. IV. A Postcolonialist Analysis  (D) human rights 1. universalism vs. cultural relativism 2. both are problematic -cultural relativism: dichotomous, essentialist, -universalism: promotion of universal rights? essentialist 3. universality as a goal not a priori fact 8

9. V. Conclusion  Ignorance of the cultural lens  Pretense to neutrality and objectivity VS.  Reflexivity 9

10.  Thank you for your attention! 10