Anthropology and Development Hardback: Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World - Hardcover

Crewe; Axelby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107005922 ISBN 13: 9781107005921

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

An overview of the insights anthropologists offer on aid and development. The authors uncover the cultures and concepts that shape the way people engage in aid and suggest new moral and political possibilities for an increasingly globalised world.

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'[A] lucid and well balanced text that brings anthropological insights to bear on development in an engaging way. It equips the reader to appreciate why bringing about the improvement of the world is no simple matter, and why the analysis of processes, powers, practices, and diverse points of view - the subject matter of anthropology - just cannot be avoided. Bravo!' Tania Li, University of Toronto

'Development is a very complex issue, and social anthropology is best suited to describe this complexity on an empirical basis: this book, by Emma Crewe and Richard Axelby, is a particularly successful and erudite attempt to argue and exemplify such a perspective. It is a remarkable work, which shows that addressing the complexity of the field of development in simple terms is possible, and that the frequent dichotomies and stereotypes of the subject can be overcome.' Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Research Director, CNRS

Biografía del autor:

Emma Crewe is a Visiting Reader in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She has worked as an anthropologist researcher, lecturer and practitioner in international development in South Asia, East Africa and the UK. In her research she explores inequalities, governance and institutions.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107005922
• ISBN 13: 9781107005921
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272