The Development State by Maia Green

The Development State by Maia Green

How has development affected the practices of the state in Africa? How has the development state become the basis of social organisation? How do Tanzanians position themselves to obtain aid money to effect change in their personal lives? Financial aid flows have entrenched an economy of intervention in which the main beneficiaries are those who can claim to undertake development activities. Even for those not formally engaged in the development sector, its discourses influence everyday discussion about class and inequality, poverty and wealth, modernity and tradition. With Tanzania as the country focus, the author shows how the practices of development have infiltrated not only the state at large but many aspects of people's everyday lives. Maia Green is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester.

Very helpful in understanding the multifaceted subject of developmental aid in a country that was once seen as one of the poorest in the world* AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY *
Readers familiar with Tanzania will find much of interest and much to ponder in this book. * TANZANIAN AFFIARS *
'Will have a major impact in anthropology, development, science and technology and policy studies. ... [and] a significant influence on international development practitioners, policy makers and students of development. -- Professor Steven Robins, Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology, University of Stellenbosch

Green, Maia: - MAIA GREEN is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester

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ISBN 13	9781847011084
ISBN 10	184701108X
Title	The Development State
Author	Maia Green
Series	African Issues
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	James Currey
Year published	2014-11-20
Number of pages	229
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