Development Anthropology

Putting Culture First

By: Hari Mohan Mathur

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Hardcover | 13 May 2019

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Anthropologists have been arguing for years that they alone possess the kind of knowledge about the social and cultural aspects of development, which is critical to development decision-making. But the economists who dominate the development scene have tended to ignore their contribution. There is now a shift in their thinking, which is indicative of an increasing recognition of the role of culture - and anthropology whose work is centered on culture - in influencing development outcomes. A major shift occurred when the World Bank, in its flagship annual publication World Development Report for 2015, focused on social, cultural and psychological influences on the development process, and recognized the criticality of anthropological and other social sciences' knowledge for the success of the entire development effort. This has now added much force to demand for the anthropological perspective among governmental as well as international agencies, and has opened up new avenues of employment for anthropologists. A major contribution to development anthropology, this book will interest a wide group of readership: anthropologists, economists, sociologists, other social scientists, policy makers, planners, development practitioners, researchers and trainers, and will be particularly useful for undergraduate and graduate students planning their career in the field of development.

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Mathur´s book on development anthropology is remarkable for providing an excellent overview of development dilemmas and the challenges and opportunities of fomenting change in societies for human betterment, while simultaneously grounding those insights in a sophisticated analysis of the ongoing struggle -- intellectual as well as within institutionalized bureaucracies -- between anthropologists, economists, and planners over the ways in which we understand cultural change and act upon those understandings. Mathur´s candid and constructive reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of anthropological approaches to development interventions, and how these account for many of the profession´s successes as well as its failures, will be instructive for students and young professionals who are considering a specialization as development scholars or practitioners or both.

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