Katy Gardner & David Lewis 
Anthropology and Development [PDF ebook] 
Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of global economic and political processes are shaping the twenty-first century.



This book engages with nearly two decades of continuity and change in the development industry. In particular, it argues that while the world of international development has expanded since the 1990s, it has become more rigidly technocratic. The authors insist on a focus upon the core anthropological issues surrounding poverty and inequality, and thus sharply criticise what are perceived as problems in the field.



Anthropology and Development is a completely rewritten edition of the best-selling and critically acclaimed Anthropology, Development and the Post-Modern Challenge (1996). It serves as both an innovative reformulation of the field, as well as a textbook for many undergraduate and graduate courses at leading international universities.

Cuprins

Series Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Acronyms

Prelude: Development, Post-Development and More Development?

1. Understanding Development: Theory and Practice into the Twenty-First Century

2. Applying Anthropology

3. The Anthropology of Development

4. Anthropologists in Development: Access, Effects and Control

5. When Good Ideas Turn Bad: The Dominant Discourse Bites Back

Conclusion: Anthropology, Development and Twenty-First Century Challenges

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Despre autor

David Lewis is Professor of Social Policy and Development in the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics. He is the author of Bangladesh: Politics, Economy and Civil Society (CUP, 2012), co-author of Anthropology and Development (Pluto, 2015) and co-editor of The Aid Effect (Pluto, 2005).