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Anthropology and Development: Understanding Comtemporary Social Change

Book information

Publisher
Zed books
Year
2005
ISBN
1842774166, 9781842774168, 1842774174
Google Books ID
yVEeWge7Nq8C
Open Library ID
OL18223964M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2519292 bytes)
Pages
257\257
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology's principal area of study. The introduction provides a thought-provoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Part I then makes clear the complexity of social change and development, and the ways in which socio-anthropology can measure up to the challenge of this complexity. Part II looks more closely at some of the leading variables involved in the development process, including relations of production; the logics of social action; the nature of knowledge; forms of mediation; and "political" strategies.

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