Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development

Knowledge and sentiments in conflict
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-18278-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: European Association of Social Anthropologists

This collection examines the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. It provides a series of case studies which illuminate the attitudes and actions of all of those involved in local development schemes.
The material is drawn from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. All the contributors use rigorous anthropological methods of analysis to shed light on the place of feelings of personal sentiment and identity in reactions to planned development schemes. In a world where direct action and public protest are routine responses to local development schemes, they show how protesters, developers and politicians often hold very different fundamental views about the environment, society, government and development which go beyond partisan economic and political interests.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abram, Simone

Waldren, Jacqueline

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1 Introduction: anthropological perspectives on local development 2 Discourses on development in Malaysia 3 Sex for leisure: modernity among female bar workers in Tanzania 4 State vs. locality: the new Slovene—Croat state border in the Upper Kolpa valley 5 From economism to culturalism: the social and cultural construction of risk in the River Esera (Spain) 6 Contested space: planners, tourists, developers and environmentalists in Malta 7 The road to ruin: the politics of development in the Balearic Islands 8 When opposite worldviews attract: a case of tourism and local development in Southern France

Über Autor(innen)

Simone Abram, Jacqueline Waldren