Author(s): Jeffrey H. Cohen (Editor), Norbert Dannhaeuser (Editor), Jeffrey Cohen (Contributor), Nils Gilman (Contributor), Patricia Lyons Johnson (Contributor), Nitish Jha (Contributor), Mike Woost (Contributor), Gracia Clark (Contributor), Elizabeth T. Kennedy (Contributor), Michael Chibnik (Contributor), Lee Cronk & Shannon Steadman (Contributor), Cynthia Ann Werner (Contributor), Ty Matejowsky (Contributor), Rhoda H. Halperin (Contributor), Monica Lindh de Montoya (Contributor), Miguel Montoya (Contributor)
Publisher: Altamira Press
Publication Date: April 16, 2002
Language: English
Print length: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 0759102120
ISBN-13: 9780759102125
Book Description
Economic development is an important focus of anthropological work in rural and urban communities around the world, and in this volume the contributors offer expert analyses on the theory and practice of development. Chapters cover the key topics of market systems, agricultural knowledge, modernization, population growth, participatory development, conservation strategies, culturally sustainable development, globalization and privatization, tourism, urban development, and financial markets. The cross-cultural focus of the volume provides original data on development processes in many countries, including the Philippines, Bali, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Venezuela, Kazakstan, and the United States. The book will be a welcome source of comparative research for anthropologists, development specialists, agricultural researchers, environmentalists, and geographers.
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Editorial Reviews
Review
This book is the state of the art in the practice of development anthropology. It demonstrates many important contributions by anthropologists to the development process. Theoretically sophisticated, full of rich case studies, this is an ideal text for a development anthropology course. It includes a remarkable range of critiques and case studies, covering the full terrain of contemporary development anthropology, and is by far the best coverage and quality of any current book on the topic. (Wilk, Richard)
quite interesting…contains some of the most interesting contributions for thinking about the object(s) and new directions for development anthropology…fascinating contributions. (Peter Schroder
Anthropos 99.2004/1)
The local is undervalued in these days of globalization, but not by anthropologists. Cohen and Dannhaeuser bring an empirical, holistic, microlevel perspective to the critical study and practice of development. These case studies give historical and current examples of development practice that show the importance of local input, the necessity of taking local class structure, cultural diversity and values into account. They consider economic development from historical, theoretical and practical perspectives. They call for the reintegration of the practice of development with the growth of formal development theory in anthropology. The book highlights the value of anthropology to theory and practice in development. (Rees, Martha Woodson)
About the Author
Jeffrey H. Cohen is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University who researches the social impact of transnational migration and remittances investment in rural communities. His most recent publication is Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca (1999). Norbert Dannhaeuser is Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University and specializes in development issues of complex societies. He is the author of Contemporary Trade Strategies in the Philippines: A Study in Marketing Anthropology.
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