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Development -- is it a powerful vision of a better life for the half of the world's population who subsist on two dollars a day? Or is it a failed Enlightenment legacy, an oppressive 'master narrative'? Such questions inspire a field newly animated by theories of globalization, modernity, cultural hybridity, and transnationalism. The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from its classical origins to today's debates about the 'magic' of the free market. The volume is framed by an encyclopedic introduction that will prove indispensable to students and experts alike. Subsequent readings range from classics by Weber and Marx and Engels to contemporary works on the politics of development knowledge, consumption, environment, gender, international NGO networks, the International Monetary Fund, campaigns to reform the World Bank, the collapse of socialism, and the limits of "post-developmentalism." Explicitly designed for teaching, The Anthropology of Development and Globalization fills a crucial gap; no other available text so richly mingles historical, cultural, political, and economic perspectives on development and globalization, and none captures such a wide variety of theoretical approaches and topics as does this exciting collection.
"Anthropology is nothing unless also concerned withcontemporary social and political questions. Edelman andHaugerud's set of readings and wide-ranging, authoritativeintroduction will be indispensable to scholars and practitionersalike."
Ralph Grillo, University of Sussex
"Enhanced by the editors' knowledgeableintroduction, which draws attention to anthropology'ssilences as well as engagements with classical and contemporarypolitical economy, this comprehensive anthology will be of greatvalue to scholars, students, and practitioners."
Sara Berry, Johns Hopkins University
"Certainly, it enriches our understanding of developmentby signalling the interdisciplinary sensibilities of developmentstudies scholarship as well as the complex interplay of politicaleconomy, history and culture that shapes developmentprocesses."
Development and Change
Ralph Grillo, University of Sussex
"Enhanced by the editors' knowledgeableintroduction, which draws attention to anthropology'ssilences as well as engagements with classical and contemporarypolitical economy, this comprehensive anthology will be of greatvalue to scholars, students, and practitioners."
Sara Berry, Johns Hopkins University
"Certainly, it enriches our understanding of developmentby signalling the interdisciplinary sensibilities of developmentstudies scholarship as well as the complex interplay of politicaleconomy, history and culture that shapes developmentprocesses."
Development and Change