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  • Negotiating Local Knowledge

    Power and Identity in Development

    Edited by Johan Pottier, Alan Bicker, Paul Sillitoe ...
    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    This is an original approach to debates about indigenous knowledge. Concentrating on the political economy of knowledge construction and dissemination, they look at the variety of ways in which development policies are received and constructed, to reveal the ways in which local knowledge are appropriated and recast, either by local elites or by development agencies.Until now, debates about ... Read more

    $33.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Participating in Development

    Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge

    Edited by Alan Bicker, Johan Pottier, Paul Sillitoe ...
    Series series ASA Monographs
    Development has too often failed to deliver on its promises to poor nations. The policies imposed from above by international agencies and state bodies have frequently not met the needs and aspirations of ordinary people. Development agencies have been searching for sometime for alternative approaches. One of those being pioneered is 'indigenous knowledge', which aims to make local voices heard ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Migrants No More

    Settlement and Survival in Mambwe Villages, Zambia

    by Johan Pottier ...
    Series series African Seminars: Scholarship from the International African Institute
    Originally published in 1988, this book documents genealogical developments which, together with changes in agricultural production, religious ethic, politics, gender relations, patterns of solidarity and trade were local adjustments to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 80s in Zambia. The book explores the dynamics of a peripheral 'traditional' economy, examining the extent to which village ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Practising Development

    Social Science Perspectives

    Edited by Johan Pottier ...
    Throughout the 1980s there have been calls, often from development organizations of global repute, for the incorporation of social science perspectives into the design and management of sustainable development programmes. Practising Development is the first collection to offer first-hand critical assessments of the success and failures found within actual responses to these calls. By combining ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Development and Local Knowledge

    Edited by Alan Bicker, Johan Pottier, Paul Sillitoe ...
    Series series Studies in Environmental Anthropology
    There is a revolution happening in the practice of anthropology. A new field of 'indigenous knowledge' is emerging, which aims to make local voices hear and ensure that development initiatives meet the needs of indigenous people.Development and Local Knowledge focuses on two major challenges that arise in the discussion of indigenous knowledge - its proper definition and the methodologies ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

    by Emma Crewe, Richard Axelby ...
    In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. This ... Read more

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  • Sociology: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

    by Paul Oliver ...
    Sociology: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear, jargon-free English and providing added-value features like summaries of key experiments and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam.The text is split into four ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Governing the Commons

    The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

    by Elinor Ostrom ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems. After critiquing the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage:

    A Global Challenge

    by Marie Battiste, James (Sa'Ke'j) Youngblood Henderson ...
    Series series Purich's Aboriginal Issues Series
    Whether the approximately 500 million Indigenous peoples of the world live in Canada, the United States, Australia, India, Peru, or Russia, they have faced a similar fate at the hands of colonizing powers. That fate has included assaults on their language and culture, commercialization of their art, and use of their plant knowledge in the development of medicine, all without consent, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Environment and International Relations

    by Kate O'Neill ...
    Series series Themes in International Relations
    The new edition of this exciting textbook introduces students to the ways in which the theories and tools of international relations and other social science disciplines can be used to analyse and address global environmental problems. Kate O'Neill develops an innovative historical and analytical framework for understanding global environmental issues, integrating insights from different ... Read more

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  • A Dictionary of Human Geography

    by Alisdair Rogers, Noel Castree, Rob Kitchin ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    A Dictionary of Human Geography is a brand new addition to Oxford's Paperback Reference Series, offering over 2,000 clear and concise entries on human geography terms. From basic terms and concepts to biographical entries, acronyms, organisations, and major periods and schools in the history of human geography, it provides up-to-date, accurate, and accessible information. It also includes entry ... Read more

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  • Cities by Design

    The Social Life of Urban Form

    by Fran Tonkiss ...
    Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments.With cities taking a growing share of the global population, urban forms and urban experience are crucial for understanding social injustice, economic ... Read more

    $20.00 USD