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Discordant Development

Discordant Development

Discordant Development

Katy Gardner

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Editorial:
Pluto Books Ltd
Año de edición:
2012
Materia
Antropología
ISBN:
9780745331492
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Treads a finely judged line, keeping both neoliberal developers and anti-globalisation activists at arm's length in order to describe relations at a human scale, thereby doing for development what anthropology ought' - David Mosse, Professor of Social Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

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