Development anthropology : putting culture first / Hari Mohan Mathur.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2019Description: xi, 174 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781498589109Subject(s): Applied anthropology -- Developing countries | Ethnology -- Developing countries | Social change -- Developing countries | Economic development -- Social aspects -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 301 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Textual Documents | Institute of Development Studies Kolkata | 301 M432d (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 8601 |
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| 301 M 58 F From the ramparts / | 301 M 76 P Palaeoperformance : the emergence of theatricality as social practice / | 301 M11D Development for whom ? resettlement and rehabilitation policy in India / | 301 M432d Development anthropology : putting culture first / | 301 M624S The Sociological Imagination / | 301 N 163 S The Sociological tradition / | 301 N 711 H Human societies : an introduction to macrosociology / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: culture in the development process -- The practice of anthropology -- From applied anthropology to development anthropology -- Some uses of anthropology -- Anthropology and development in India -- Tradition and change -- Characteristics of traditional societies -- Social and cultural dimensions of development: -- How does culture matter in development? -- Culture can act as a brake on development -- Culture can act as a driver of development -- A socio-culturally sensitive development -- A socio-culturally appropriate development -- Implementing a socio-culturally sensitive development -- Doing development better -- Anthropologists in development organizations.
"Hari Mohan Mathur presents an account of how anthropology, long relegated to the background by economists, is beginning to have an effect on development matters, especially in developing counties where rural and tribal people are the dominant groups"-- Provided by publisher.
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