{"product_id":"culture-and-development-isbn-9780631209515","title":"Culture and Development","description":"This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing frameworks of development studies, which have primarily focused on issues of political economy and structural transformation. \u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface: The Cross-overs of Culture and Development ix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Investing in the Asian snake pit ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Culture and development xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Points of contact xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Outline of the book xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Thinking about Culture and Development 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Overview and introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What do we mean by development? 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What do we mean by culture? 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Summary 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Bringing Culture and Development Together 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Third World models of development 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The crisis of development and the new neo-liberal hegemony 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Summary 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Globalization and the Politics of Representation 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Globalization, culture, and development 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Postcolonial challenges 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The deconstruction of development discourse 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Problems of deconstruction 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Hybrid modernities and post-development discourse 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Summary 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Feminism, Development, and Culture 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Women, development, and feminist development theory 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Postcolonial feminisms and feminist development theory 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 \"Chucking the baby out with the bath water\": counter-arguments 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Building bridges 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Summary 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Inventing Traditions, Constructing Nations 118\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Fixed traditions? 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Inventing traditions 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Contesting traditions 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Globalization and the politics of identity 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Summary 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Human Rights, Cultural Difference, and Globalization 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The human rights discourse and the discourse of development 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Human needs and human rights -- a trade-off? 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gender, cultural difference, and the universality of human rights 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Human rights of ethnic minority groups 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Summary 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Culture, Development, and the Information Revolution 192\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Media and modernity 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cultural imperialism revisited 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Communication technologies, knowledge, and development discourse 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Communicating modernization 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Knowledge and development 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Wired for change 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Summary 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 220\u003c\/p\u003e  \"...a well written and researched textbook for the turn of the millenium....refreshing, readable, topical and relevant.\" \u003ci\u003eElsbeth Robson, Keele University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCulture and Development\u003c\/i\u003e is an important text for introductory nd midlevel undergraduate classes and development practitioners looking for a comprehensive, critical and interdisciplinary alternative to \"business as usual\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Overall, the book is an excellent introduction to anthropological and development studies literature on representations, power and culture. While this literature boomed in the 1990s, its theoretical language and disciplinary dispersal made it difficult for students and practitioners to keep up with the debates. \u003ci\u003eCulture and Development\u003c\/i\u003e provides just such a readable account for student and teacher alike.\" \u003ci\u003eProgress in Human Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Culture and development\u003c\/i\u003e takes a wide-ranging, yet in-depth approach to its subject which lends it both coherence and authority. As an innovative introduction to these themes, this book is to be highly recommended.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSusanne Schech\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management at Flinders University of South Australia. She is also Director of the Centre for Development Studies at Flinders University. She has published articles on gender and development, the social construction of whiteness and information technology in development NGOs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Haggis\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Flinders University of South Australia. She is also Associate Director of the Centre for Development Studies at Flinders University and has published a number of articles on gender and imperialism, social construction of whiteness and feminist research methodologies.\u003c\/p\u003e  This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about culture and development. The book integrates the recent scholarship in the area of cultural studies within the existing frameworks of development studies, which have primarily focused on issues of political economy and structural transformation. Rather than viewing culture as simply an attribute of the societies undergoing development, this text critically examines how \"development\" itself operates as a cultural process. The authors draw on theories of modernity, poststructuralism and post-colonial studies to show how development institutions, processes and practices are inevitably caught up in a web of cultural presuppositions, values and meanings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors use the themes of gender, tradition and identity, human rights and new communication technologies to explore the challenges that processes of cultural change pose to conventional understandings of development. The book concludes by considering the move beyond \"development\" to a \"post-development\" paradigm.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is made up of thematic chapters which include outlines and overviews of the specific topics, as well as case studies to illustrate the issues. The authors have designed the book specifically for students and teachers and the material included has been class-tested during their own teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989013938405,"sku":"NP9780631209515","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631209515.jpg?v=1761782435","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/culture-and-development-isbn-9780631209515","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}