Economic Development An Anthropological Approach
by Cohen, Jeffrey H.; Dannhaeuser, Norbert; Cohen, Jeffrey; Gilman, Nils; Johnson, Patricia Lyons; Jha, Nitish; Woost, Mike; Clark, Gracia; Kennedy, Elizabeth T.; Chibnik, Michael; & Shannon Steadman, Lee Cronk; Werner, Cynthia Ann; Matejowsky, Ty; Halperin,Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-04-16
Publisher(s): AltaMira Press
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Summary
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 marke
Table of Contents
| List of Figures and Tables | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction - Development in Practice and Theory: A Positive Role for Anthropology | |
| Involution and Modernization: The Case of Clifford Geertz | p. 3 |
| The Evolution of Market Niches among Oaxacan Wood-Carvers | p. 23 |
| Tourists as a Common-Pool Resource: A Study of Dive Shops on Utila, Honduras | p. 51 |
| The Interstices of Urban Development: An Economic Anthropological Approach to Development in a Midwestern U.S. Community | p. 69 |
| Barriers to the Diffusion of Agricultural Knowledge: A Balinese Case Study | p. 87 |
| The Common Sense of Development and the Struggle for Participatory Development in Sri Lanka | p. 107 |
| Culturally Sustainable Development | p. 123 |
| An Analysis of Risk Perceptions: Understanding Beneficiaries' Concerns in Sustainable Development Activities | p. 137 |
| The Women Left Behind: Potential Effects of Male Migrants' Return on Women's Fertility and Health in Bangladesh | p. 161 |
| Gifts, Bribes, and Development in Post-Soviet Kazakstan | p. 183 |
| Globalization, Privatization, and Public Space in the Provincial Philippines | p. 209 |
| Looking into the Future: Anthropology and Financial Markets | p. 241 |
| Emerging Markets, Globalization, and the Small Investor: The Case of Venezuela | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 291 |
| About the Contributors | p. 295 |
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