Culture and Public Action (Stanford Social Sciences)
Contributors: Vijayendra Rao (Editor); Michael Walton (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford Social Sciences
Published: June 18, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780804747868
Subjects: Development economics; Social & cultural anthropology; Social groups & communities; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Social aspects; Culture; Anthropology - General; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Cultural policy; Developing countries; Economic development
First sentence: Much of the discussion on the role of culture in development has either seen it as a primordial trap, a mystical haze, or a source of hegemonic power.