The Battle of Ideas About Global Poverty in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Flanders

• Published in: European journal of development research Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 707 - 724
• Main Authors: Vossen, Mirjam, Van Gorp, Baldwin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.08.2017; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Cadres; Campaigns; Communication; Constructionism; Developing countries; Development and Social Change; Development Economics; Development Policy; Development Studies; Effectiveness; Frame analysis; Interest groups; Journalists; LDCs; NGOs; Nongovernmental organizations; Original Article; Poverty; Social Sciences; Netherlands; United Kingdom > UK; Belgium; Flanders Belgium; media; framing; global poverty; communication; development organisations
• ISSN: 0957-8811; 1743-9728
• DOI: 10.1057/s41287-016-0055-2

The purpose of this research is to uncover the manner in which newspapers and non-governmental organisation (NGO) campaigns in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Flanders represent poverty in developing countries. An inductive framing analysis, based on a social constructionist approach, reveals nine frames through which this subject is portrayed. The analysis shows how these frames propagate opposing positions about global poverty and how they drive the debates about aid effectiveness and the case for aid. The study is of relevance to NGOs, journalists, and other stakeholders who wish to increase insight into communications about global poverty and international development.