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Anthropology, development, and modernities : exploring discourses, counter-tendencies, and violence / edited by Alberto Arce and Norman Long.
Penn Museum Library GN397.7.D44 A47 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Applied anthropology--Developing countries.
- Applied anthropology.
- Rural development--Developing countries.
- Rural development.
- Social policy.
- Violence.
- Social change.
- Developing countries.
- Economic development--Developing countries.
- Economic development.
- Social change--Developing countries.
- Violence--Developing countries.
- Developing countries--Social policy.
- Developing countries--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 232 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Summary:
- This collection uses anthropological perspectives to explore the diverse interpretations of modernity and development in today's world. For some, modernity and development has brought prosperity, optimism and opportunity, but for others it has brought poverty and a falling quality of life. This book provides a crucial review of the varied interpretations of development and modernity, supported by rigorous case studies from Guatemala, Sri Lanka, West Africa and contemporary Europe. Together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the crucial importance of looking to ethnography for guidance in shaping development politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415204992
- 041520500X
- OCLC:
- 40489300
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