Culture and development in a globalising world : geographies, actors, and paradigms / / edited by Sarah A. Radcliffe

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3091724
• Soggetto topico: Community development; Culture and globalization; Culture; Economic development - Social aspects; Social capital (Sociology)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RadcliffeSarah A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book-Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Culture in development thinking: geographies, actors, and paradigms; 2 Culture, development, and global neo-liberalism; 3 Culture and conservation in post-conflict Africa:changing attitudes and approaches; 4 Indigenous groups, culturally appropriate development, and the socio-spatial fix of Andean development; 5 Laboring in the transnational culture mines: the work of Bolivian music in Japan; 6 Social capital and migration - beyond ethnic economies ; 7 Social capital as culture? Promoting co-operative action in Ghana8 On the spatial limits of culture in high-tech regional economic development: lessons from Salt Lake City, Utah; 9 Mobilizing culture for social justice and development: South Africa's Amazwi Abesifazane memory cloths program; 10 Conclusions: the future of culture and development; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Using recent research on development projects around the world, this book argues that culture has become an explicit tool and framework for development discourse and practice. Providing a theoretical and empirically informed critique, this informative book includes conceptual overviews and case studies on topics such as:development for indigenous peoplenatural resource managementsocial capital and global markets for Third World musicpost-apartheid South Africacultural difference in the USA's late capitalism. The edit
• Titolo autorizzato: Culture and development in a globalising world
• ISBN: 1-134-27457-2; 1-134-27458-0; 1-280-56280-3; 9786610562800; 0-203-64101-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910348236103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II