Rethinking development: Socio-cultural approaches to rural challenges in a globalized world. Case study of Norcasia, Colombia - Softcover

Bertazzoli, Anna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6202211563 ISBN 13: 9786202211567

Verlag: AV Akademikerverlag, 2018

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This book starts by analysing the concept of development and the way in which it has shaped development practice along the last half a century. We thus find that the mainstream discourse of development is rooted in a western political agenda delinked from people’s actual wellbeing, and rather focused on economic growth. At the same time, decades of neoliberal globalization have contributed to exacerbate the breach between the rich and the poor, resulting in increasing social inequalities. Rural areas and small-scale farmers are the most affected, being the 75% of the world’s poor living in rural areas. Through a comprehensive analysis of the reality of Norcasia, in the Andean region of Colombia, the research therefore aims at understanding the challenges of said ‘rural development’ from a socio-cultural perspective. In addition, by means of an ethnographic, human centred, method of research, campesinos become the speaking subjects, helping in the construction of a more democratic knowledge of the rural medium.

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Recent Master's graduate with study and research experience in the field of international relations and cooperation in some European universities. Deep knowledge of development issues and integration and willingness for dialogue gained through volunteering. Used to intercultural environments and interested in working in the development sector.

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• Verlag: AV Akademikerverlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 6202211563
• ISBN 13: 9786202211567
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
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