02772nam 2200673 a 450 991045235270332120200520144314.01-280-49654-197866135917770-85745-304-1(CKB)2550000000100709(EBL)946903(OCoLC)797916746(SSID)ssj0000655423(PQKBManifestationID)12295097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655423(PQKBWorkID)10595359(PQKB)11588437(MiAaPQ)EBC946903(Au-PeEL)EBL946903(CaPaEBR)ebr10562016(CaONFJC)MIL359177(EXLCZ)99255000000010070920110909d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDifferentiating development[electronic resource] beyond an anthropology of critique /edited by Soumhya Venkatesan and Thomas YarrowNew York Berghahn Books20121 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-674-2 0-85745-303-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, thApplied anthropologyRural developmentCommunity developmentInternational agenciesInternational relationsElectronic books.Applied anthropology.Rural development.Community development.International agencies.International relations.301Venkatesan Soumhya988228Yarrow Thomas1977-869436MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452352703321Differentiating development2259800UNINA