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UNINA9910450245503321 |
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Titolo |
An anthropological critique of development [[electronic resource] ] : the growth of ignorance / / edited by Mark Hobart |
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London, : Routledge, 1993 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-89631-X |
1-280-44274-3 |
9786610442744 |
0-203-41021-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Acculturation |
Intercultural communication |
Technical assistance - Anthropological aspects |
Economic development - Social aspects |
Knowledge, Sociology of |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: the growth of ignorance?; Segmentary knowledge: a Whalsay sketch; Processes and limitations of Dogon agricultural knowledge; Cultivation: knowledge or performance?; His lordship at the Cobblers' well; Is death the same everywhere? contexts of knowing and doubting; Scapegoat and magic charm: law in development theory and practice; Knowledge and ignorance in the practices of development policy; The negotiation of knowledge and ignorance in China's development strategy |
Bridging two worlds: an ethnography of bureaucrat-peasant relations in western MexicoPotatoes and knowledge; Name index; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Challenges the utopian view of Western knowledge as uniquely successful in its application to economic and social development. The contributors offer an enthographic critique using case studies from |
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