Jeffrey H. Cohen is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University who researches the social impact of transnational migration and remittances investment in rural communities. His most recent publication is Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca (1999). Norbert Dannhaeuser is Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University and specializes in development issues of complex societies. He is the author of Contemporary Trade Strategies in the Philippines: A Study in Marketing Anthropology.

This book is the state of the art in the practice of development anthropology. It demonstrates many important contributions by anthropologists to the development process. Theoretically sophisticated, full of rich case studies, this is an ideal text for a development anthropology course. It includes a remarkable range of critiques and case studies, covering the full terrain of contemporary development anthropology, and is by far the best coverage and quality of any current book on the topic.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Development in Practice and Theory, a Positive Role for AnthropologyPart 2 Part I: Development and Theory in AnthropologyChapter 3 Chapter 1: Involution and Modernization: The Case of Clifford GeertzChapter 4 Chapter 2: The Evolution of Market Niches among Oaxacan Wood CarversChapter 5 Chapter 3: Tourists as a Common-Pool Resource: A Study of Dive Shops on Utila, HondurasChapter 6 Chapter 4: The Interstices of Urban Development: An Economic Anthropological Approach to Development in a Midwestern U.S. CommunityPart 7 Part II: Development in PracticeChapter 8 Chapter 5: Barriers to the Diffusion of Agricultural Knowledge: A Balinese Case StudyChapter 9 Chapter 6: The Common Sense of Development and the Struggle for Participatory Development in Sri LankaChapter 10 Chapter 7: Culturally Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 11 Chapter 8: An Analysis of Risk Perceptions: Understanding Beneficiaries' Concerns in Sustainable Development ActivitiesChapter 12 Chapter 9: The Women Left Behind: Potential Effects of Male Migrants' Return on Women's Fertility and Health in BangladeshPart 13 Part III: Locating Development and New Avenues for ResearchChapter 14 Chapter 10: Gifts, Bribes and Development in Post-Soviet KazakstanChapter 15 Chapter 11: Globalization, Privatization, and Public Space in the Provincial PhilippinesChapter 16 Chapter 12: Looking into the Future: Anthropology and Financial MarketsChapter 17 Chapter 13: Emerging Markets, Globalization and the Small Investor: The Case of Venezuela