Investigating Developmentalism: Notions of Development in the Social Sphere - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030174425 ISBN 13 : 9783030174422

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019

Synopsis

Compiling various strands of the dis/enchantment with development discourse in contemporary South Asia, with specific focus on the cases from India, this edited book brings together anthropologists, sociologists, economists, and historians to refresh the understanding of development. It introduces ways of thinking "otherwise" about development discourse and what the contributors term "developmentalism"--the social enchantment with development. The cultural discourse of development in contemporary South Asia manifests not only in the official programs of state agencies, but in cinema, television, and mass media. Dear to various stakeholders--from government leaders and manufacturers to consumers and the electorate--is the axiom of a "development(al) society." Organized to bridge familiar understandings of development with radical ways of thinking through developmentalism, this book holds value for those engaged in the anthropology and sociology of development, development studies, South Asian studies, as well as for development professionals working for state and non-governmental organizations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dev Nath Pathak is Assistant Professor of Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi, India. He is the author of Living and Dying: Meanings in Maithili Folklore (2018), the editor of Another South Asia! (2017), and, most recently, co-editor of Intersections of Contemporary Art, Anthropology and Art History in South Asia: Decoding Visual Worlds (with Sasanka Perera, 2019).

Amiya Kumar Das teaches sociology at Tezpur University, Assam, India, and is the assistant editor of Explorations: the E-Journal of the Indian Sociological Society. His main research is broadly in the areas of sociology of governance, development sociology and sociology of health and illness.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030174425
• ISBN 13: 9783030174422
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 241
• Éditeur: Pathak Dev Nath, Das Amiya Kumar
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Springer-Verlag GmbH; customerservice@springernature.com; ; Tiergartenstraße 17; Heidelberg; Baden-Württemberg; 69121; Allemagne