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Development anthropology : putting culture first / Hari Mohan Mathur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mathur, Hari Mohan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Applied anthropology--Developing countries.
- Applied anthropology.
- Economic development--Social aspects--Developing countries.
- Economic development.
- Ethnology--Developing countries.
- Ethnology.
- Social change--Developing countries.
- Social change.
- Economic development--Social aspects.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Hari Mohan Mathur presents an account of how anthropology, long relegated to the background by economists, is beginning to have an effect on development matters, especially in developing counties where rural and tribal people are the dominant groups"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: culture in the development process
- The practice of anthropology
- From applied anthropology to development anthropology
- Some uses of anthropology
- Anthropology and development in India
- Tradition and change
- Characteristics of traditional societies
- Social and cultural dimensions of development:
- How does culture matter in development?
- Culture can act as a brake on development
- Culture can act as a driver of development
- A socio-culturally sensitive development
- A socio-culturally appropriate development
- Implementing a socio-culturally sensitive development
- Doing development better
- Anthropologists in development organizations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-66699-194-5
- 1-4985-8909-X
- OCLC:
- 1060188036
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