Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780631228806
Year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 416


Description:
The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a
collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of
this field that ranges from the field?s classical origins to
today?s debates about the ?magic? of the free
market.


Explores the foundations of the anthropology of development, a
field newly animated by theories of globalization and
transnationalism


Framed by an encyclopedic introduction that will prove
indispensable to students and experts alike


Includes readings ranging from Weber and Marx and Engels to
contemporary works on the politics of development knowledge,
consumption, environment, gender, international NGO networks, the
IMF, campaigns to reform the World Bank, the collapse of socialism,
and the limits of ?post-developmentalism?


Fills a crucial gap in the literature by mingling historical,
cultural, political, and economic perspectives on development and
globalization


Present a wide range of theoretical approaches and topics