| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
Challenges the utopian view of Western knowledge as uniquely successful in its application to economic and social development. The contributors offer an enthographic critique using case studies from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: the growth of ignorance?; Segmentary knowledge: a Whalsay sketch; Processes and limitations of Dogon agricultural knowledge; Cultivation: knowledge or performance?; His lordship at the Cobblers' well; Is death the same everywhere? contexts of knowing and doubting; Scapegoat and magic charm: law in development theory and practice; Knowledge and ignorance in the practices of development policy; The negotiation of knowledge and ignorance in China's development strategy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Acculturation.
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Acculturation. |
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Intercultural communication.
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Intercultural communication. |
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Technical assistance -- Anthropological aspects.
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Technical assistance -- Anthropological aspects. |
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Economic development -- Social aspects.
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Economic development -- Social aspects. |
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Knowledge, Sociology of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hobart, Mark.
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| ISBN |
9780203410219 |
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0203410211 |
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0203410211 |
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0415079586 |
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0415079594 |
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