Development Economics on Trial The Anthropological Case for a Prosecution |
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| Author:
| Hill, Polly |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-31096-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1986 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.99 |
Book Description:
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Polly Hill's provocative book examines the disastrous gulf that separates development economics and economic anthropology. She explores this rift in terms of how each examine statistical data and other factors that leads her to conclude that economic anthropologists have a better grasp of the complexity of economy that development economists could benefit from.
Polly Hill's provocative book examines the disastrous gulf that separates development economics and economic anthropology. She explores this rift in terms of how each examine statistical data and other factors that leads her to conclude that economic anthropologists have a better grasp of the complexity of economy that development economists could benefit from.