LEADER 05010nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910782019603321 005 20230120092420.0 010 $a1-78371-364-X 010 $a1-84964-123-4 010 $a1-281-72513-7 010 $a9786611725136 010 $a1-4356-6100-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533532 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933420 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000517743 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12204439 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517743 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10487837 035 $a(PQKB)10619055 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000133375 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12053335 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133375 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10041973 035 $a(PQKB)10928358 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386658 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579012 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172513 035 $a(OCoLC)847164609 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386658 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5390880 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533532 100 $a20040225d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCultivating development$b[electronic resource] $ean ethnography of aid policy and practice /$fDavid Mosse 210 $aLondon ;$aAnn Arbor, MI $cPluto Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 225 1 $aAnthropology, culture, and society 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-1798-7 311 $a0-7453-1799-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 286-305) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the ethnography of policy and practice -- Framing a participatory development project -- Tribal livelihoods and the development frontier -- The goddess and the PRA : local knowledge and planning -- Implementation : regime and relationships -- Consultant knowledge -- The social production of development success -- Aid policy and project failure -- Aspirations for development -- Conclusions and implications. 330 $b'A superb book, one of those rarities that can change entire ways of thinking. David Mosse is the first social scientist in a generation who can successfuly take cutting-edge insights from academic anthropology and use them to explain practical problems in development. ... For anyone interested in development, "Cultivating Development"; is a do-not-miss experience.' Scott Guggenheim, Lead Social Scientist, The World Bank'[Mosse's] provocative thesis challenges the received wisdom of that world and compels us to examine afresh the politics and ethics of engaging with development. Amid the profusion of literature in this field, this book stands apart as an insider's account that is consistently critical yet steadfast in respecting its subjects. Highly recommended.' Amita Baviskar, Visiting Professor, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University Development agencies and researchers are preoccupied with policy; with exerting influence over policy, linking research to policy and with implementing policy around the world.But what if development practice is not driven by policy? Suppose that the things that make for 'good policy' - policy that legitimises and mobilises political support - in reality make it impossible to implement? By focusing in detail on the unfolding activities of a development project in western India over more than ten years, as it falls under different policy regimes, this book takes a close look at the relationship between policy and practice in development. David Mosse shows how the actions of development workers are shaped by the exigencies of organisations and the need to maintain relationships rather than by policy; but also that development actors work hardest of all to maintain coherent representations of their actions as instances of authorised policy. Raising unfamiliar questions, Mosse provides a rare self-critical reflection on practice, while refusing to endorse current post-modern dismissal of development. 410 0$aAnthropology, culture, and society. 606 $aEconomic assistance$xPolitical aspects 606 $aEconomic assistance$xSocial aspects 606 $aEconomic assistance, British$zIndia$vCase studies 606 $aEconomic development$xSociological aspects 606 $aRural development projects$zIndia$vCase studies 606 $aRural development$xSociological aspects 615 0$aEconomic assistance$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aEconomic assistance$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aEconomic assistance, British 615 0$aEconomic development$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aRural development projects 615 0$aRural development$xSociological aspects. 676 $a307.1412 700 $aMosse$b David$0696358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782019603321 996 $aCultivating development$91379622 997 $aUNINA