Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century Katy Gardner and David Lewis is an English-language textbook aimed at professionals in international development. It addresses current issues surrounding anthropology and development within the changing global economic and political landscape.
This book analyzes the growth and technocratization of the development sector since the 1990s and highlights critical anthropological themes such as poverty and inequality. It offers an in-depth reassessment of the field and emphasizes the problems associated with an increasingly technical approach to development.
The content connects with disciplines such as socio-cultural anthropology, cultural and social sciences, and professional sociology and anthropology. Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century is suitable both as a textbook for university courses and as a resource for practice-oriented professionals.
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society