1st Edition
Culture and Development in a Globalizing World Geographies, Actors and Paradigms
Edited By Sarah Radcliffe
Copyright 2006
294 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Using recent research on development projects around the world, this book argues that culture has become an explicit tool and framework for development discourse and practice. Providing a theoretical and empirically informed critique, this informative book includes conceptual overviews and case studies on topics such as:
development for indigenous people
natural resource management... Read more
1. Culture in Development Thinking 2. Culture, Development and Global Neo-Liberalism 3. Culture and Conservation in Post-Conflict Africa 4. Indigenous Groups, Culturally Appropriate Development and the Socio-Spatial Fix of Andean Development 5. Laboring in the Transnational Culture Mines 6. Social Capital and Migration: Beyond Ethnic Economies 7. Social Capital as Culture?: Promoting Co-Operative Action in Ghana 8. On the Spatial Limits of Culture in High Tech Regional Economic Development 9. Mobilizing Culture for Social Justice and Development 10. Conclusions
Biography
Radcliffe, Sarah
