Anthropology and Development Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

Name: Anthropology and Development Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World
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ISBN: 9780521184724

ISBN-10: 052118472X

ISBN-13: 9780521184724

Edition: 2013

Authors: Emma Crewe, Richard Axelby

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In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to those who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. 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.…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/18/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.69" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Richard Axelby is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Anthropology of Development at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Richard has worked with development and educational NGOs in South Asia and in the UK. He is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.




Introduction: hope and despair



Anthropologists engaged



The social and political organisation of aid and development



The elusive poor



Human rights and cultural fantasies



Hierarchies of knowledge



The moralities of production and exchange



The politics of policy and practice



Imagining the future



Challenging questions arising from this book