Anthropology and Development Crewe Emma School of Oriental and African Studies University of London
Anthropology and Development Crewe Emma School of Oriental and African Studies University of London In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. How does aid…
Specifikacia Anthropology and Development Crewe Emma School of Oriental and African Studies University of London
Anthropology and Development Crewe Emma School of Oriental and African Studies University of London
In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve?
Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? This essential textbook reveals anthropologists' often surprising findings and details ethnographic case studies on the cultures of development.
The authors use a fertile literature to examine the socio-political organisation of aid communities, agencies and networks, as well as the judgements they make about each other. The everyday practice of development work is about negotiating power and culture, but in vastly different ways in different contexts and for different social groups. Exploring the