Whose Development?
An Ethnography of Aid
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ISBN-13:
9781856496063
Veröffentl:
1998
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.1998
Seiten:
228
Autor:
Emma Crewe
Gewicht:
328 g
Format:
216x140x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book is an ethnography of development in practice. It builds on recent work in the anthropology of development in its examination of the evolution and persistence of a number of key ideas about gender, technology and race. It explores how these are rooted in both material practices and ideologies, notably the Enlightenment and colonialism, but goes beyond previous studies which have tended to focus mainly on the apparently monolithic power of the developers. The authors argue for a more nuanced account of power through analysis of the relationship between individual agency and structural constraint. Their fascinating study shows how a simple dichotomy between "us," the developers, and "them," the victims of development, misconstrues the nature of the proccesses involved.
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.
1. Development Aid: Successes and Failures2. An Intellectual Heritage of Development3. The Gender Agenda4. Partnership5. Technology and Expertise6. Money and Motivation: 'My Wife Helps Me with Everything'7. Cultural Barriers: The Triumph of Tradition over Modernity8. Who is in the Driving Seat?9. The Cohesive Machine
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