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" Differentiating development : "
edited by Soumhya Venkatesan and Thomas Yarrow.
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BL
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848006
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Differentiating development : : beyond an anthropology of critique /\ edited by Soumhya Venkatesan and Thomas Yarrow.
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New York :: Berghahn Books,, 2012.
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1 online resource (vii, 248 pages)
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0857453041
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: 1280496541
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: 6613591777
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: 9780857453044
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: 9781280496547
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: 9786613591777
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0857453033
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9780857453037
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Anthropology and development -- Anthropology and development reconsidered -- Enacting development -- Doing and knowing -- The promise of progress -- Forms and effects.
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| Abstract
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Over the last two decades, anthropological studies have highlighted the problems of 'development' as a discursive regime, arguing that such initiatives are paradoxically used to consolidate inequality and perpetuate poverty. This volume constitutes a timely intervention in anthropological debates about development, moving beyond the critical stance to focus on development as a mode of engagement that, like anthropology, attempts to understand, represent and work within a complex world. By setting out to elucidate both the similarities and differences between these epistemological endeavors, th.
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Applied anthropology.
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Community development.
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International agencies.
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International relations.
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Rural development.
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Applied anthropology.
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Community development.
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International agencies.
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International relations.
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Rural development.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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301
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GN397.5.D54 2012eb
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Venkatesan, Soumhya.
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Yarrow, Thomas,1977-
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