Cultivating Development: An Ethnography Of Aid Policy And Practice

by David Mosse

Book Overview

What if development agencies and researchers are not driven by policy? Suppose that the things that make for 'good policy' - policy that legitimises and mobilises political support - in reality make it impossible to implement? By focusing in detail on the unfolding activities of a development project in western India over more than ten years, as it falls under different policy regimes, this book takes a close look at the relationship between policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745317987
• ISBN13: 9780745317984
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 7.8"