An ethnography of NGO practice in India : utopias of development /

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"Through an ethnographic study of the 'Barefoot College', an internationally renowned non-governmental development organisation (NGO) situated in Rajasthan, India, this book investigates the methods and practices by which a development organisation materialises and manages a construct...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Allen, Stewart (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2018]
Series:New ethnographies.
Subjects:
Roy, Bunker, > 1945-
Barefoot College.
Barefoot College
Non-governmental organizations > India > Rajasthan.
Non-governmental organizations > India.
Electronic books.
Livres numériques.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Inde > Rājasthān.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Inde.
e-books.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Non-governmental organizations
India
India > Rajasthan
Ethnographies
Ethnographies.
Études ethnographiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Selling the Barefoot College
  • Strands of history
  • An award controversy
  • India is shining
  • Solar spectating: the witnessing of development success
  • Circuits of knowledge
  • Replication and its troubles
  • Conclusion: The frayed edges of the spectacle.

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