Culture and Public Action

Name: Culture and Public Action
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ISBN: 9780804747875

ISBN-10: 0804747873

ISBN-13: 9780804747875

Edition: 2004

Authors: Vijayendra Rao, Michael Walton

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Issues are examined in an inter-disciplinary dialogue between distinguished anthropologists and economists and cover community development, famine relief, fundamentalism, HIV-AIDS, discrimination and heritage.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 6/18/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface


Contributors



Culture and Public Action: Relationality, Equality of Agency, and Development




How Does Culture Matter?




The Capacity to Aspire: Culture and the Terms of Recognition




Traditional Culture-Let's Hear No More About It




Appendix to Douglas: Cultural Theory and Development Studies




Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development: Often Overstated, Usually Transitory




Cultural Goods Are Good for More than Their Economic Value




The Intellectual History of Culture and Development Institutions




Culture, Poverty, and External Intervention




Participatory Development: Where Culture Creeps In




State Policies and Women's Agency in China, the Republic of Korea, and India, 1950-2000: Lessons from Contrasting Experiences




HIV/AIDS and Culture: Implications for Policy




Political Culture and Development




Relief and an Understanding of Local Knowledge: The Case of Southern Sudan




The Mayan Movement and National Culture in Guatemala




Conclusion: Implications of a Cultural Lens for Public Policy and Development Thought



References


Index