Doing development and writing culture: Exploring knowledge practices in international development and anthropology

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-417

  Green, Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropological theory; Community participation; International development; Knowledge working; Local government reform; Participatory knowledge; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049128309     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499609356043     Document Type: Review

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