Culture and Public Action - Couverture rigide

 
9780804747868: Culture and Public Action
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ISBN 10 : 0804747865 ISBN 13 : 9780804747868
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

How does culture matter for development? Do certain societies have cultures which condemn them to poverty? Led by Arjun Appadurai, Mary Douglas, and Amartya Sen, the anthropologists and economists in this volume contend that culture is central to development, and that cultural processes are neither inherently good nor bad and never static. Rather, they are contested and evolving, and can be a source of profound social and economic transformation through their influence on aspirations and collective action; yet they can also be exploitative, exclusionary, and can lead to inequality.

Culture and Public Action includes case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which examine the role of culture in community-based development, ethnic conflict, famine relief, gender discrimination, and HIV-AIDS policy. The editors conclude by proposing how a "cultural lens" can better inform future research and public policy on development. Accessible, balanced, and engaging, this book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the relationship between culture and economics, and the design and implementation of development policy.

For further information on the book and related essays, please visit:

http: //www.cultureandpublicaction.org

For orders from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, please e-mail

Permanent Black at perblack@ndb.vsnl.net.in.

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À propos de l?auteur

Vijayendra Rao is senior economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. Michael Walton is adviser on poverty reduction and human development in the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank.

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0804747865
ISBN 13 
9780804747868
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
464
Éditeur
Rao Vijayendra, Walton Michael
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780804747875: Culture and Public Action

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ISBN 10 :  0804747873 ISBN 13 :  9780804747875
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2004
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