Economic Development

An Anthropological Approach
Herausgeber: Cohen, Jeffrey H; Dannhaeuser, Norbert

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780759102118
• ISBN-10: 0759102112
• Artikelnr.: 38491186

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jeffrey H. Cohen and Norbert Dannhaeuser - Contributions by Jeffrey Cohen; Nils Gilman; Patricia Lyon...

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Development in Practice and Theory, a Positive Role
for Anthropology Part 2 Part I: Development and Theory in Anthropology
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Involution and Modernization: The Case of Clifford
Geertz Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Evolution of Market Niches among Oaxacan
Wood Carvers Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Tourists as a Common-Pool Resource: A
Study of Dive Shops on Utila, Honduras Chapter 6 Chapter 4: The Interstices
of Urban Development: An Economic Anthropological Approach to Development
in a Midwestern U.S. Community Part 7 Part II: Development in Practice
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Barriers to the Diffusion of Agricultural Knowledge: A
Balinese Case Study Chapter 9 Chapter 6: The Common Sense of Development
and the Struggle for Participatory Development in Sri Lanka Chapter 10
Chapter 7: Culturally Sustainable Development Chapter 11 Chapter 8: An
Analysis of Risk Perceptions: Understanding Beneficiaries' Concerns in
Sustainable Development Activities Chapter 12 Chapter 9: The Women Left
Behind: Potential Effects of Male Migrants' Return on Women's Fertility and
Health in Bangladesh Part 13 Part III: Locating Development and New Avenues
for Research Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Gifts, Bribes and Development in
Post-Soviet Kazakstan Chapter 15 Chapter 11: Globalization, Privatization,
and Public Space in the Provincial Philippines Chapter 16 Chapter 12:
Looking into the Future: Anthropology and Financial Markets Chapter 17
Chapter 13: Emerging Markets, Globalization and the Small Investor: The
Case of Venezuela