
Development and Culture
Series: Development in Practice Reader
Published: 2002
Pages: 220
eBook: 9780855986919
Paperback: 9780855984724
Preface
Cultures, spirituality, and development 1
Culture, liberation, and 'development' 25
Globalism and nationalism: which one is bad? 38
Faith and economics in 'development': a bridge across the chasm? 45
Spirituality: a development taboo 60
Communal conflict, NGOs, and the power of religious symbols 78
Ethnicity and participatory development methods in Botswana: some participants are to be seen and not heard 92
Women, resistance, and development: a case study from Dangs, India 110
Gendering the millennium: globalising women 130
Stressed, depressed, or bewitched? A perspective on mental health, culture, and religion 142
Responding to mental distress in the Third World: cultural imperialism or the struggle for synthesis? 155
Research into local culture: implications for participatory development 168
Some thoughts on gender and culture 174
Resources 177
Index 194
Deborah Eade Deborah Eade was Editor-in-Chief of Development in Practice from 1991 to 2010, prior to which she worked for 10 years in Latin America. She is now an independent writer on development and humanitarian issues, based near Geneva.