The Anthropology of Development and Globalization From Classical Political Economy to Contemporary Neoliberalism

by Edelman, Marc; Haugerud, Angelique

• ISBN13: 9780631228806
• ISBN10: 0631228802
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-14
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from the field's classical origins to today's debates about the "magic" of the free market. Explores the foundations of the anthropology of development, a field newly animated by theories of globalization and transnationalism Framed by an encyclopedic introduction that will prove indispensable to students and experts alike Includes readings ranging from Weber and Marx and Engels to contemporary works on the politics of development knowledge, consumption, environment, gender, international NGO networks, the IMF, campaigns to reform the World Bank, the collapse of socialism, and the limits of "post-developmentalism" Fills a crucial gap in the literature by mingling historical, cultural, political, and economic perspectives on development and globalization Present a wide range of theoretical approaches and topics

Author Biography

Marc Edelman is Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Angelique Haugerud is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction: The Anthropology of Development and Globalization	1	(74)
Marc Edelman
Angelique Haugerud
Part I Classical Foundations and Debates	75	(30)
Introduction	77	(10)
Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labor	87	(4)
Adam Smith
Manifesto of the Communist Party	91	(4)
Karl Marx
Frederick Engels
The Evolution of the Capitalistic Spirit	95	(4)
Max Weber
The Self-Regulating Market and the Fictitious Commodities: Labor, Land, and Money	99	(6)
Karl Polanyi
Part II What is Development? 20th-Century Debates	105	(50)
Introduction	107	(2)
The Rise and Fall of Development Theory	109	(17)
Colin Leys
The History and Politics of Development Knowledge	126	(14)
Frederick Cooper
Randall Packard
Anthropology and Its Evil Twin: ``Development'' in the Constitution of a Discipline	140	(15)
James Ferguson
Part III From Development to Globalization	155	(34)
Introduction	157	(3)
Globalization, Dis-integration, Re-organization: The Transformations of Violence	160	(9)
Jonathan Friedman
The Globalization Movement: Some Points of Clarification	169	(4)
David Graeber
Globalization After September 11	173	(4)
Saskia Sassen
Millennial Capitalism and the Culture of Neoliberalism	177	(12)
Jean Comaroff
John L. Comaroff
Part IV Consumption, Markets, Culture	189	(46)
Introduction	191	(3)
Agricultural Involution Revisited	194	(12)
Clifford Geertz
Nontraditional Commodities and Structural Adjustment in Africa	206	(10)
Peter D. Little
Catherine S. Dolan
Market Mentalities, Iron Satellite Dishes, and Contested Cultural Developmentalism	216	(8)
Louisa Schein
A Theory of Virtualism: Consumption as Negation	224	(8)
Daniel Miller
Seeing Culture as a Barrier	232	(3)
Emma Crewe
Elizabeth Harrison
Part V Gender, Work, and Networks	235	(34)
Introduction	237	(3)
``Men-streaming'' Gender? Questions for Gender and Development Policy in the Twenty-first Century	240	(10)
Sylvia Chant
Matthew C. Gutmann
Deterritorialization and Workplace Culture	250	(12)
Jane L. Collins
The Network Inside Out	262	(7)
Annelise Riles
Part VI Nature, Environment, and Biotechnology	269	(32)
Introduction	271	(2)
Whose Woods Are These? Counter-Mapping Forest Territories in Kalimantan, Indonesia	273	(9)
Nancy Lee Peluso
Misreading Africa's Forest History	282	(10)
James Fairhead
Melissa Leach
Colonial Encounters in Postcolonial Contexts: Patenting Indigenous DNA and the Human Genome Diversity Project	292	(9)
Hilary Cunningham
Part VII Inside Development Institutions	301	(34)
Introduction	303	(3)
Advocacy Research and the World Bank: Propositions for Discussion	306	(7)
Jonathan Fox
Development Narratives, Or Making the Best of Blueprint Development	313	(10)
Emery M. Roe
The Social Organization of the IMF's Mission Work	323	(12)
Richard Harper
Part VIII Development Alternatives, Alternatives to Development	335	(56)
Introduction	337	(4)
Imagining a Post-Development Era	341	(11)
Arturo Escobar
Beyond Development?	352	(8)
Katy Gardner
David Lewis
Village Intellectuals and the Challenge of Poverty	360	(8)
Elizabeth Isichei
Kerala: Radical Reform as Development in an Indian State	368	(5)
Richard W. Franke
Barbara H. Chasin
What Was Socialism, and Why Did It Fall?	373	(9)
Katherine Verdery
``Disappearing the Poor?'' A Critique of the New Wisdoms of Social Democracy in an Age of Globalization	382	(9)
John Gledhill
Index	391