Practising development : social science perspectives / edited by Johan Pottier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pottier, Johan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied anthropology.

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Community development--Case studies.

Community development.

Economic development projects--Case studies.

Economic development projects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout the 1980's there have been calls, often from development organizations of global repute, for the incorporation of social science perspectives into the design and management of sustainable development programmes. Practising Development is the first collection to offer first-hand critical assessments of the success and failures found within actual responses to these calls. By combining academic and practical experience from anthropology, development and aid organizations the contributors examine the processes of intervention, the methods by which this intervention can be assessed, and

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: development in practice: assessing social science perspectives; The role of ethnography in project appraisal; Agencies and young people: runaways and young homeless in Wales; Anthropologists or anthropology? The Band Aid perspective on development projects; Anthropology and appraisal: the preparation of two IFAD pastoral development projects in Niger and Mali; Development in Madura: an anthropological approach; Project appraisals: the need for methodological guidelines

Anthropology in farming systems research: a participant observer in Zambia Representing knowledge: the 'new farmer' in research fashions; 'Eze-vu'; success through evaluation: lessons from a primary health-care project in North Yemen; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-87930-X

0-203-42070-5

0-585-44881-7

1-280-32152-0

1-134-87931-8

9780203420706

OCLC:

310464909