Culture, Development and Social Theory: Towards an Integrated Social Development

by John Clammer

Book Overview

This important book places culture back at the centre of debates in development studies. It introduces new ways of conceptualizing culture in relation to development by linking development studies to cultural studies, studies of social movements, religion and the notion of 'social suffering'. The author expertly argues that in the current world crises it is necessary to recover a more holistic vision of development that creates a vocabulary linking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178032314X
• ISBN13: 9781780323145
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"