1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970920903321

Autore

Mohan Brij <1939->

Titolo

Development, Poverty of Culture, and Social Policy / / by B. Mohan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

9786613067067

9781283067065

1283067064

9780230117655

0230117651

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GilDavid G

Disciplina

362.5/561

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

International relations

Political sociology

Social policy

Political Science

Political Theory

Political Philosophy

International Relations

Political Sociology

Social Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theorizing poverty of culture : requiem for change -- Development delusion -- Entropy of developmentalism -- Politics of development -- End of the Third World -- Rise of the rest -- Banality of global evil -- The caste war : archeology of a perpetual conflict -- The ordeal of reason -- Inanity of social intervention -- Rethinking of international social work -- Social practice in a troubled world -- New social development : a paradigm -- Human rights today -- Idioms of social change -- Epilogue: culture as a defensive spider.



Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of complex issues, constructs, and interventions that deal with human-social problems with global implications. It posits social development theory and practice in a critically important context challenging the scientific orthodoxy of our times.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911046607803321

Autore

Hepp Guy David

Titolo

La Consentida : Settlement, Subsistence, and Social Organization in an Early Formative Mesoamerican Community / / Guy David Hepp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Louisville : , : University Press of Colorado, , [2019]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©[2019]

ISBN

9781607328537

1607328534

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 pages)

Disciplina

972/.7401

Soggetti

Indians of Mexico - Oaxaca (State)

Indians of Mexico - Agriculture - Oaxaca (State)

Indians of Mexico - Oaxaca (State) - Social life and customs

Indians of Mexico - Oaxaca (State) - Economic conditions

Excavations (Archaeology) - Mexico - Oaxaca (State)

Indians of Mexico - Oaxaca (State) - Antiquities

Electronic books.

Oaxaca (Mexico : State) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

La Consentida as an Early Formative Mesoamerican village -- Debating the Early Formative period -- Methods and mapping for the La Consentida Archaeological Project -- La Consentida's occupational history -- Settling down : the shift to sedentism -- Diet and changing culinary tastes -- Social organization : diverse identities at La



Consentida -- No village is an island : interregional interaction and exchange -- La Consentida : a community in transformation.

Sommario/riassunto

"Exploring Early Formative- period transitions in residential mobility, subsistence, and social organization at La Consentida in coastal Oaxaca, Mexico. Demonstrating how La Consentida transformed during moments of socioeconomic change in the ancient Americas providing a new way of thinking about the social complexities of Mesoamerican communities"--Provided by publisher.