Adventures in Aidland : the anthropology of professionals in international development / edited by D...
Adventures in Aidland : the anthropology of professionals in international development / edited by D...
Adventures in Aidland : the anthropology of professionals in international development / edited by David Mosse.
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Publisher
Oxford : Berghahn, 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
N331.76133/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction: The Anthropology of Expertise and Professionals in International Development / David Mosse -- Ch. 2. Calculating Compassion: Accounting for Some Categorical Practices in International Development / Maia Green -- Ch. 3. Rendering Society Technical: Government Through Community an...
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Publisher
Oxford : Berghahn, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Concerns the construction and transmission of knowledge about global poverty and its reduction but is equally interested in the social life of development professionals, in the capacity of ideas to mediate relationships, in networks of experts and communities of aid workers, and in the dilemmas of maintaining professional identities. Going well bey...
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Adventures in Aidland : the anthropology of professionals in international development / edited by David Mosse.
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Anthropology of professionals in international development.
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Studies in public and applied anthropology ; v. 6.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N331.76133/2
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74VvJEEAAXxb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvJEEAAXxb
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ISBN
0857451103 (hbk.)
9780857451101 (hbk.)
DDC
331.76133891
MMS ID
991008168029702626
