Culture and development in a globalizing world geographies, actors, and paradigms

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 stud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Radcliffe, Sarah A., editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor & Francis 2006.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745251006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Culture in Development Thinking
  • 2. Culture, Development and Global Neo-Liberalism
  • 3. Culture and Conservation in Post-Conflict Africa
  • 4. Indigenous Groups, Culturally Appropriate Development and the Socio-Spatial Fix of Andean Development
  • 5. Laboring in the Transnational Culture Mines
  • 6. Social Capital and Migration: Beyond Ethnic Economies
  • 7. Social Capital as Culture?: Promoting Co-Operative Action in Ghana
  • 8. On the Spatial Limits of Culture in High Tech Regional Economic Development
  • 9. Mobilizing Culture for Social Justice and Development
  • 10. Conclusions.