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The
Book
You can download the full
text of the introductory, concluding chapters of the book below and the
consolidated bibliography, as well as read abstracts of all the other
chapters.
Culture
and Public Action is currently available from Amazon
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For readers
in South Asia, the book has been published by Permanent
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Longman.
Table of Contents
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Culture
and Public Action: Relationality, Equality of Agency and Development
Vijayendra Rao and Michael Walton
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How
Does Culture Matter?
Amartya Sen
Excerpt from
the chapter
The
Capacity to Aspire: Culture and the Terms of Recognition
Arjun Appadurai
Abstract
Traditional
Culture, Let's Hear No More About It.
Mary Douglas
Abstract
Appendix
to Mary Douglas
Marco Verweij
Social.
Cultural, and Economic Values of Cultural Goods
Arjo Klamer
Abstract
Cultural
Obstacles to Economic Development: Not Necessarily Real, Often Transitory
Timur Kuran
Abstract:
HIV/AIDS
and Culture: Implications for Policy
Carol Jenkins
Abstract.
Participatory
Development: Where Culture Creeps in
Anita Abraham and Jean-Philippe Platteau
Abstract.
State
Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, The Republic of Korea, and India
1950-2000: Lessons from Contrasting Experiences
Monica Das Gupta
Abstract
Relief
and an Understanding of Local Knowledge: The Case of Southern Sudan
Simon Harragin
Abstract
Political
Culture and Development
Fernando Calderón
Abstract
El
texto completo de la versión española original está
disponible aquí
The
Mayan Movement and National Culture in Guatemala
Shelton Davis
Abstract
The
Intellectual History of Culture and Development Institutions
Lourdes Arizpe
Excerpt from
the chapter.
Culture,
Poverty and External Intervention
Sabina Alkire
Abstract.
Conclusion:
Culture and Public Action
Vijayendra Rao and Michael Walton
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complete chapter here - PDF format)
Bibliography
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here - PDF format)
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