Epistemology, fieldwork, and anthropology springerlink. Methodological populism and ideological populism in. Les trois approches en anthropologie du developpement. Analysis of a scientific ideology and a plea for an. Sociologists and anthropologists figure among the intellectuals who turn successively enthused or fascinated, compassionate or enthusiastic glances on the people, the dominated, the poor, the deprived, and the excluded. Rapid collective inquiry for the identification of conflicts and strategic groups. Exploring the space between epistemology and methodology, the book critically. Rapid collective inquiry for the identification of.
Ridde eds, 2014, karthala, paris, with the permission of the publisher the data and analysis presented in this special issue result from research funded by idrc. As a methodological framework for the comparative analysis of several sites, ecris involves six phases. Epistemology, fieldwork, and anthropology provides a systematic examination of the empirical foundations of interpretations and grounded theories in anthropology. The eight modes of local governance in west africa jean. Real governance and practical norms in subsaharan africa. Scott, yale university this is a lucid, thoroughly researched and brilliantly argued book. In just over a decade they have become the main form of intervention channeled in the direction of the most vulnerable families in low and middleincome countries lmics. Observation and descriptionparalleling and comparable to the emic approachconstitute together a fundamental of fieldwork. For a historical analysis of the transformation of precolonial social relations in western niger under colonization, cf. Led by odi, the africa power and politics programme appp was a consortium research programme bringing together researchers in both anglophone and francophone africa as well as france, the uk and usa. Marginal in status a decade ago, cash transfer programs have become the preferred channel for delivering emergency aid or tackling poverty in low and middleincome countries. The populist effect inspires numerous vocations in our field, lasts over time along professional careers, surfaces under various guises and may crop up in highly. For an anthropology of gaps, discrepancies and contradictions the propensity of anthropology to highlight the homogeneity of the groups it studied, related to the primitivist and peasantist contexts associated with the emergence of the discipline, can be referred to as culturalism.
Anthropology and development by jeanpierre oliver desardan. The eight modes of local governance in west africa ids. Institutionalisms, old and new, are multifaceted and heterogeneous but they share a desire to unshackle the economy to some extent, and open it out to an inclusive society. Travelling models and the challenge of pragmatic contexts and. Studies african studies, political anthropology, and policy analysispolicy studies. The coping strategies of frontline health workers in the. For an anthropology of gaps, discrepancies and contradictions. Epistemology, fieldwork, and anthropology jeanpierre.
Following over thirty years of rule by despotic regimes singleparty rule followed by military dictatorship, a democratic. This article starts with six general theses on corruption in africa, which place it within a broader corruption complex, and emphasise its routine nature, the stigmatisation. Having originated in brazil and mexico in the 1990s. Ridde eds, 2014, karthala, paris, with the permission of the publisher. The eight modes of local governance in west africa olivier. This detailed study of everyday corruption in three different african countries highlights its alarming prevalence. About this book the central purpose of this book is to reestablish the relevance of anthropological and indeed sociological approaches to development processes and,pari passu, persuading anthropology to recognise that the study of contemporary development ought to be one of its principal concerns.
Gametheoretic models, social mechanisms and public goods in. The authors analyze the various forms of corruption. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. Mar 10, 2005 a subtle, wideranging argument for a productive tension between the development industry and its critics on behalf of its ultimate subjects. After youve bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the pdf version or the epub, or both. Africa power and politics programme overseas development. The introduction provides a thoughtprovoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Cash transfers in context by sardan, jeanpierre olivier. Analysis of a scientific ideology and a plea for an empirically grounded concept of. The african state victim of essayism the contrast is startling between the very abundant literature about the state in. The eight modes of local governance in west africa. State bureaucracy and governance in west francophone africa. States at work dynamics of african bureaucracies brill. But these polysemous terms take on a specific meaning in anthropology.
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