Expectations of Modernity by James Ferguson
Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline.
"Ferguson is an astute analyst of ideologies of development and the misunderstandings they can generate" * Foreign Affairs *
"Ferguson presents a set of stimulating and important theoretical ideas." * American Ethnologust *
"[A] remarkable, deeply satisfying book." * Journal of Asian and African Studies *
"[Ferguson] has . . . exposed the need for a fresh set of intellectual resources to protect new generations from another set of false promises of development." * Canadian Journal of Sociology *
"Ferguson stands as a strong voice against the modernization paradigm." * On Politics: Journal of the University of Victoria Undergraduates of Political Science *
"Ferguson presents a set of stimulating and important theoretical ideas." * American Ethnologust *
"[A] remarkable, deeply satisfying book." * Journal of Asian and African Studies *
"[Ferguson] has . . . exposed the need for a fresh set of intellectual resources to protect new generations from another set of false promises of development." * Canadian Journal of Sociology *
"Ferguson stands as a strong voice against the modernization paradigm." * On Politics: Journal of the University of Victoria Undergraduates of Political Science *
James Ferguson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho (1990). He is also coeditor, with Akhil Gupta, of Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science (California, 1997) and Culture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology (1997).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520217027 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520217020 |
| Title | Expectations of Modernity |
| Author | James Ferguson |
| Series | Perspectives On Southern Africa |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1999-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 343 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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