1st Edition
Everyday Economic Practices The 'Hidden Transcripts' of Egyptian Voices
By Savinna Chowdhury
Copyright 2007
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book brings to the forefront the significance of local everyday economic practices to development policymaking. Chowdhury's objective in unearthing these diverse activities is two-fold. She demonstrates why it is a misrepresentation to characterize all that is economic as "capitalism". Additionally, she contends that in those instances of rupture where local economic... Read more
Introduction: Two Objectives 1. Problematizing Participation 2. Is Participatory Research Development’s Postmodern Turn? 3. The Political Economy of Participation in Egypt 4. Planning Luxor: Resistance, Contestation and Rupture in Upper Egypt 5. Revisiting Rotating Savings and Credit Associations
Biography
Savinna Chowdhury
