"Does aid work?" This book examines this issue. But rather than trying to establish how effective has been, the focus is shifted to one of the key determinants of effectiveness - the relationship. The study looks at the relationship between Zambia and its donors, and discusses t…
Gifts and Commodities
by Gregory, C. A., Strathern, Marilyn
fromHAU - Classics in Ethnographic Theory
Annotation
Introduction -- I am here to help -- Educating the global humanitarian citizen -- The business of humanity and the humanitarian business -- Failure is the F word -- Conclusion: a crime against humanity
Development failures, environmental degradation, and social fragmentation can no longer be regarded as side-effects or 'externalities'. They are the toxic consequences of pretensions that the modern Western view of knowledge is a universal neutral view, applicable to all people …
