Perceptions of Development (Perspectives on Development, Series Number 6) - Hardcover

Wallman, Sandra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052121498X ISBN 13: 9780521214988

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1977

Synopsis

Series: Perspectives on development, 6. Physical description: 210 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index. Contents: The shifting sense of 'us' : boundaries against development in the Western Alps / Sandra Wallman -- Faith, work and autonomy : the Holy Apostles and rapid economic development / Stanley Barrett -- Sorting and cooling : the politics of development on a Canadian Indian reserve / G.E. Mortimore -- 'If you can't join them -- do something else' : Hawaiian alternatives to progress / John Peterson -- Progress in the past : dilemmas of wealth in baKosi / Micael Levin -- A causeway with a gate : the progress of development in Malta / Jeremy Boissevain -- The bind of migration : conditions of non-development in Lesotho / Sandra Wallman. A different progress : the modernisation of dependence in Lesotho / Sandra Wallman -- 'I'd sooner be here than anywhere' : economic viability versus social vitality in Newfoundland / Ralph Matthews -- 'A house should have a ceiling' : unintended consequences of development planning in Zambia / Peter Harries-Jones -- Perceptions of redevelopment : a conflict of social economies in Montreal / Marilyn Manzer & Roger Krohn -- A prism of perceptions : the James Bay hydro-electricity project / Richard Salisbury. Subjects: Economic development; Social history; Case studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052121498X
• ISBN 13: 9780521214988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348