With fascinating examples from around the world, this inspiring "manifesto" shows how to account for cultural diversity in reshaping economic and political deve

Most development policies and interventions are based on an assumption that 'modernisation' in the Western sense is the ultimate goal of human societies. Cultur

Culture is a living thing. In social settings, it is often used to represent entire ways of life, including rules, values, and expected behavior. Varying from n

This volume presents a collection of writings on the relations among creativity, culture and development. The editors invited “like-minded” researchers of c

This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing frameworks