Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development: Knowledge and sentiments in conflict

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Simone Abram Jacqueline Waldren

Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development

Knowledge and sentiments in conflict

Simone Abram, Jacqueline Waldren

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English

Routledge
10 September 1998

Development studies; Social groups; Anthropology; Regional government

Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists

There is a wealth of published material which analyses large-scale, international development plans and policies. This collection shifts the focus away from this to examine the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. It provides a series of case studies which illuminate the attitudes and actions of all of those involved in local development schemes.

The material is drawn from Southern

and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. All the contributors use rigorous anthropological methods of analysis to shed light on the place of feelings of personal sentiment and identity in reactions to planned development schemes. In a world where direct action and public protest are routine responses to local development schemes, they show how protesters, developers and politicians often hold very different fundamental views about the environment, society, government and development which go beyond partisan economic and political interests.

J. Angel Bergua, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, Gaspar Mairal, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, Nadia Theuma, University of Malta, Malta, Jeremy Boissevain, Anthropoligical

Edited by: Simone Abram, Jacqueline Waldren
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780415182775
ISBN 10: 0415182778
Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 10 September 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1 Introduction: anthropological perspectives on local development 2 Discourses on development in Malaysia 3 Sex for leisure: modernity among female bar workers in Tanzania 4 State vs. locality: the new Slovene—Croat state border in the Upper Kolpa valley 5 From economism to culturalism: the social and cultural construction of risk in the River Esera (Spain) 6 Contested space: planners, tourists, developers and environmentalists in Malta 7 The road to ruin: the politics of development in the Balearic Islands 8 When opposite worldviews attract: a case of tourism and local development in Southern France

Simone Abram is a Research Fellow at the University of Cardiff. Jacqueline Waldren is a Research Associate at the Centre for Cross□Cultural Research on Women and a Lecturer-Tutor at Oxford University

Reviews for Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development: Knowledge and sentiments in conflict

'This work is written in a generally dynamic and authoritative manner and makes enlightened reading for anyone interested in development issues relating to tourism.' - Dr Marcus Stephenson, Tourism Concern 'A useful collection of interesting and insightful contributions which illustrate the multiple benefits of anthropological perspectives on local development provides a variety of fascinating case studies which traverse and subvert the artifical divisions, between the 'developing' and the 'developed' world.' - Marcus Power, Third World Planning Review 'Very interesting ... readable, concise book.' - Anthropos, 96, 2001