Culture and Public Action [[electronic resource] ] : A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue on Development Policy

• Autore: Walton Michael
• Pubblicazione: Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (458 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetto topico: Culture; Developing countries -- Cultural policy; Economic development -- Social aspects; Electronic books. -- local
• Altri autori: RaoVijayendra
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1. Culture and Public Action: Relationality, Equality of Agency, and Development; 2. How Does Culture Matter?; 3. The Capacity to Aspire: Culture and the Terms of Recognition; 4. Traditional Culture-Let's Hear No More About It; 5. Appendix to Douglas: Cultural Theory and Development Studies; 6. Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development: Often Overstated, Usually Transitory; 7. Cultural Goods Are Good for More than Their Economic Value; 8. The Intellectual History of Culture and Development Institutions; 9. Culture, Poverty, and External Intervention ; 10. Participatory Development:Where Culture Creeps In11. State Policies and Women's Agency in China, the Republic of Korea, and India, 1950-2000: Lessons from Contrasting Experiences; 12. HIV/AIDS and Culture: Implications for Policy; 13. Political Culture and Development; 14. Relief and an Understanding of Local Knowledge: The Case of Southern Sudan; 15. The Mayan Movement and National Culture in Guatemala; 16. Conclusion: Implications of a Cultural Lens for Public Policy and Development Thought; References; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Culture and Public Action
• ISBN: 1-280-08522-3; 9786610085224; 1-4175-2353-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780595503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II