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Record Nr.

UNISA996203975603316

Autore

Olivier de Sardan Jean-Pierre

Titolo

Anthropology and development : understanding contemporary social change / / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan ; translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2005

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21850-2

1-84813-613-7

1-78032-755-2

1-281-25875-X

9786611258757

1-84813-055-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

73.02

MS 1290

MS 9350

Disciplina

303.4/096

Soggetti

Applied anthropology - Africa

Social change - Africa

Development studies

Electronic books.

Africa Social conditions

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 pages (217-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the three approaches in the anthropology of development -- Socio-anthropology of development : some preliminary statements -- Anthropology, sociology, Africa, and development : a brief historical overview -- A renewal of anthropology? -- Stereotypes, ideologies, and conceptions -- Is an anthropology of innovation possible? -- Developmentist populism and social science populism : ideology, action, knowledge -- Relations of production and modes of economic action -- Development projects and social logic -- Popular knowledge and scientific and technical knowledge -- Mediations and brokerage --



Arenas and strategic games -- Conclusion : the dialogue between social scientists and developers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology?s principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and their interactions. The Introduction provides a thought-provoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Part I then makes clear the complexity.