Culture and development in a globalizing world - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415348773 ISBN 13: 9780415348775

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Using recent research on development projects around the world, this book argues that culture has become an explicit tool and framework for development discourse and practice. Providing a theoretical and empirically informed critique, this informative book includes conceptual overviews and case studies on topics such as:

• development for indigenous people
• natural resource management
• social capital and global markets for Third World music
• post-apartheid South Africa
• cultural difference in the USA’s late capitalism.

The editor concludes by evaluating the outcomes of development’s ‘cultural turn’, proposing a framework for future work in this field. By combining case studies from both ‘Third World’ and ‘First World’ countries, the book, ideal for those in the fields of geography, culture and development studies, raises innovative questions about the ‘transferability’ of notions of culture across the world, and the types of actors involved.

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About the Author

Sarah Radcliffe is a leading authority on the role of culture in development. Her research interests include social and political change in the Andean countries, especially Peru and Ecuador. She also is interested in feminist geography and post-colonial analyses of gender and race. She is Senior Co-ordinating Editor of the Bulletin of Latin American Research (April 2000-present). She has published widely in key journals including: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 2, Progress in Human Geography, Space and Polity, Global Networks, Transactions of the Institute of British Geog and Environment and Planning.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415348773
• ISBN 13: 9780415348775
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Radcliffe Sarah A.