Broschiertes Buch

Adventures in Aidland

The Anthropology of Professionals in International Development

Herausgeber: Mosse, David

Beschreibung

Concerned with the construction and transmission of knowledge about global poverty and its reduction Describes the social life of development professionals, the capacity of ideas to mediate relationships, the networks of experts and communities of aid workers, and the dilemmas of maintaining professional identities. Examines the transformations that occur as social scientific concepts and practices cross and re-cross the boundary between anthropological and policy making knowledge.

Autor

David Mosse is Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has also worked for Oxfam in south India, as a social development adviser for DFID, and as a consultant for various international development agencies. Recent books include Cultivating Development: An ethnography of aid policy and practice (2005); The Aid Effect: Giving and Governing in International development (2005, ed. with D. Lewis); and Development Translators and Brokers (2006, ed. with D. Lewis).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781782380634
• ISBN-10: 1782380639
• Artikelnr.: 37602474