Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development: Knowledges and Sentiments in Conflict (European Association of Social Anthropoligists)

Using rigorous anthropological analysis to explore local peoples' responses to planned development schemes, the case studies cover: border disputes in the Balkans, tourist developments in France, pollution in Malaysia and more. This collection examines the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. It provides a series of case studies which illuminate the attitudes and actions of all of those involved in local development schemes. The material is drawn from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. All the contributors use rigorous anthropological methods of analysis to shed light on the place of feelings of personal sentiment and identity in reactions to planned development schemes. In a world where direct action and public protest are routine responses to local development schemes, they show how protesters, developers and politicians often hold very different fundamental views about the environment, society, government and development which go beyond partisan economic and political interests Using Rigorous Anthropological Analysis To Explore Local Peoples' Responses To Planned Development Schemes, The Case Studies Cover: Border Disputes In The Balkans, Tourist Developments In France, Pollution In Malaysia And More. Discourses On Development In Malaysia / Anne Kathrine Larsen -- Sex For Leisure : Modernity Among Female Bar Workers In Tanzania / Aud Talle -- State Vs. Locality : The New Slovene-croat State Border In The Upper Kolpa Valley / Duška Knez̆ević -- From Economism To Culturalism : The Social And Cultural Construction Of Risk In The River Esera (spain) / Gaspar Mairal Buil And José Angel Bergua -- Contested Space : Planners, Tourists, Developers And Environmentalists In Malta / Jeremy Boissevain And Nadia Theuma -- The Road To Ruin : The Politics Of Development In The Balearic Islands / Jacqueline Waldren -- When Opposite Worldviews Attract : A Case Of Tourism And Local Development In Southern France / Christian Lindknud. Edited By Simone Abram And Jacqueline Waldren. Conference Papers Presented In A Workshop At The 1996 Easa Conference In Barcelona. European Association Of Social Anthropologists. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of contributors......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction: anthropological perspectives on local development......Page 12 Discourses on development in Malaysia......Page 29 Sex for leisure: modernity among female bar workers in Tanzania......Page 47 State vs. locality: the new Slovene-Croat state border in the Upper Kolpa valley......Page 66 From economism to culturalism: the social and cultural construction of risk in the River Esera (Spain)......Page 86 Contested space: planners, tourists, developers and environmentalists in Malta......Page 107 The road to ruin: the politics of development in the Balearic Islands......Page 131 When opposite worldviews attract: a case of tourism and local development in Southern France......Page 152 Index......Page 171