Anthropology and development : understanding contemporary social change
Applied anthropology Social change Social conditions Africa
Zed Books
2005
EISBN 9781281258755
Introduction : the three approaches in the anthropology of development.
Socio-anthropology of development : some preliminary statements.
Anthropology, sociology, Africa, and development : a brief historical overview.
A renewal of anthropology?.
Stereotypes, ideologies, and conceptions.
Is an anthropology of innovation possible?.
Developmentist populism and social science populism : ideology, action, knowledge.
Relations of production and modes of economic action.
Development projects and social logic.
Popular knowledge and scientific and technical knowledge.
Mediations and brokerage.
Arenas and strategic games.
Conclusion : the dialogue between social scientists and developers.
This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology?s principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and their interactions. The Introduction provides a thought-provoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Part I then makes clear the complexity.
Socio-anthropology of development : some preliminary statements.
Anthropology, sociology, Africa, and development : a brief historical overview.
A renewal of anthropology?.
Stereotypes, ideologies, and conceptions.
Is an anthropology of innovation possible?.
Developmentist populism and social science populism : ideology, action, knowledge.
Relations of production and modes of economic action.
Development projects and social logic.
Popular knowledge and scientific and technical knowledge.
Mediations and brokerage.
Arenas and strategic games.
Conclusion : the dialogue between social scientists and developers.
This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology?s principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and their interactions. The Introduction provides a thought-provoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Part I then makes clear the complexity.
