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Titolo: |
Differentiating development [[electronic resource] ] : beyond an anthropology of critique / / edited by Soumhya Venkatesan and Thomas Yarrow
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina: | 301 |
Soggetto topico: | Applied anthropology |
Rural development | |
Community development | |
International agencies | |
International relations | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
VenkatesanSoumhya
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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, th |
Titolo autorizzato: | Differentiating development ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-49654-1 |
9786613591777 | |
0-85745-304-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452352703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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