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UNINA9910807393203321 |
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Titolo |
Differentiating development : beyond an anthropology of critique / / edited by Soumhya Venkatesan and Thomas Yarrow |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49654-1 |
9786613591777 |
0-85745-304-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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VenkatesanSoumhya |
YarrowThomas <1977-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Applied anthropology |
Rural development |
Community development |
International agencies |
International relations |
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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 index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Anthropology and development reconsidered -- pt. 2. Enacting development -- pt. 3. Doing and knowing -- pt. 4. The promise of progress -- pt. 5. Forms and effects. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over the last two decades, anthropological studies have highlighted the problems of 'development' as a discursive regime, arguing that such initiatives are paradoxically used to consolidate inequality and perpetuate poverty. This volume constitutes a timely intervention in anthropological debates about development, moving beyond the critical stance to focus on development as a mode of engagement that, like anthropology, attempts to understand, represent and work within a complex world. By setting out to elucidate both the similarities and differences between these epistemological endeavors, th |
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