Anthropology and development
Subtitle: understanding contemporary social change
By: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan ; translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou.
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Applied anthropology -- Africa.; Social change -- Africa.; Africa -- Social conditions.
Work titles: Anthropologie et développement.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the three approaches in the anthropology of development; title: Socio-anthropology of development : some preliminary statements; title: Anthropology, sociology, Africa, and development : a brief historical overview; title: A renewal of anthropology?; title: Stereotypes, ideologies, and conceptions; title: Is an anthropology of innovation possible?; title: Developmentist populism and social science populism : ideology, action, knowledge; title: Relations of production and modes of economic action; title: Development projects and social logic; title: Popular knowledge and scientific and technical knowledge; title: Mediations and brokerage; title: Arenas and strategic games; title: Conclusion : the dialogue between social scientists and developers.