Development Anthropology

Putting Culture First

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

In Development Anthropology: Putting Culture First, Hari Mohan Mathur highlights the role of culture—and anthropological work more broadly—in development outcomes. Anthropologists’ contributions in this area have traditionally received little attention, but this changed when the World Bank released the 2015 World Development Report. This report focused on the social, cultural, and psychological influences which affect the development process, and like Mathur, stressed the criticality of anthropological and other social sciences’ knowledge for the success of development efforts. A major contribution to development anthropology, this book will interest anthropologists, economists, sociologists, other social scientists, policy makers, planners, development practitioners, researchers and trainers, and will be particularly useful for graduate students planning their career in the field of development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-09
Mått:154 x 220 x 14 mm
Vikt:277 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498589109

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Hari Mohan Mathur is distinguished professor on the Council for Social Development, New Delhi.

Recensioner i media

Mathur´s book on development anthropology is remarkable for providing an excellent overview of development dilemmas and the challenges and opportunities of fomenting change in societies for human betterment, while simultaneously grounding those insights in a sophisticated analysis of the ongoing struggle -- intellectual as well as within institutionalized bureaucracies -- between anthropologists, economists, and planners over the ways in which we understand cultural change and act upon those understandings. Mathur´s candid and constructive reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of anthropological approaches to development interventions, and how these account for many of the profession´s successes as well as its failures, will be instructive for students and young professionals who are considering a specialization as development scholars or practitioners or both.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Culture in the Development ProcessChapter 1: From Applied Anthropology to Development Anthropology Chapter 2: Some Uses of AnthropologyChapter 3: Anthropology and Development in India Chapter 4: Characteristics of Traditional Societies Chapter 5: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Development:Chapter 6: Culture can Act as a Brake on DevelopmentChapter 7: Culture can Act as a Driver of Development Chapter 8: A Socio-Culturally Appropriate Development Chapter 9: Implementing a Socio-Culturally Sensitive DevelopmentChapter 10: Anthropologists in Development Organizations