1st Edition
Discourses of Development Anthropological Perspectives
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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Development' is clearly a contentious concept. It is common knowledge that there is frequently a troubling divide between what Western developers think development entails and how those people affected understand the ensuing processes. By treating development as problematic, this book seeks to generate new insights into the relationships between the various parties involved and to enhance... Read more
Contents: R.D. Grillo and R.L. Stirrat, Preface -- R.D. Grillo, Discourses of Development: The View from Anthropology -- Georgia Kaufmann, Watching the Developers: a Partial Ethnography -- Alan Rew, "Folk" and "Pop" in the Orchestration of Development Projects -- Katy Gardner, Mixed Messages: Contested "Development" and the Plantation Rehabilitation Project -- James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, Webs of Power and the Construction of Environmental Policy Problems: Forest Loss in Guinea -- Emma Crewe, The Silent Tradition of Developing the Cooks -- Michael Woost, Alternative Vocabularies of Development? "Community" and "Participation" in Development Discourse in Sri Lanka -- David Mosse, ‘Local Institutions' and Community Management -- David O. Nyamwaya, Three Critical Issues in Community Health Development Projects in Kenya -- Johan Pottier, Towards an Ethnography of Participatory Appraisal -- Maya Unnithan and Kavita Srivastava, Gender Politics and Development in Rajasthan
Biography
R. D. Grillo University of Sussex R. L. Stirrat University of Sussex
