Whose Development? by Emma Crewe

Whose Development? by Emma Crewe

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Builds on recent work in the anthropology of development to examine the evolution and persistence of ideas about gender, technology and race, and how these are rooted in both material practises and ideologies.

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Whose Development? by Emma Crewe

Builds on recent work in the anthropology of development to examine the evolution and persistence of ideas about gender, technology and race, and how these are rooted in both material practises and ideologies.
'A fine-grained ethnography of aid.. showing well the context sensitivity of all participants in development projects and their multiple identities and shifting roles.' Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Smith College, Massachusetts 'This book moves beyond the conventional deconstruction of development and stimulates new, relational ways of thinking about it.' Cecile Jackson, University of East Anglia 'A rich picture of the complexities and power relations involved in foreign aid.' Michael Edwards, NGO Division, World Bank
Emma Crewe lectures in the Department of Anthropology, University College, London.

Elizabeth Harrison lectures at the School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex.
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ISBN 13 9781856496063
ISBN 10 1856496066
Title Whose Development?
Author Emma Crewe
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1998-12-01
Number of pages 224
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