In the Way of Development
Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization
Mario Blaser editor Glenn McRae editor Harvey Feit editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:1st May '04
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The volume shows how peoples do not just resist or react to the pressures of market and state, but also sustain 'life projects' of their own.
A collaboration between indigenous leaders, social activists and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, In the Way of Development explores the current situation of indigenous peoples enmeshed in the remorseless expansion of the modern economy. The volume assembles a rich diversity of statements, case studies and wider thematic explorations all starting with indigenous peoples as actors, not victims. The accounts come primarily from North America, but include also studies from South America, and the former Soviet Union. In the Way of Development shows how the boundaries between indigenous peoples' organizations, civil society, the state, markets, development and the environment are ambiguous and constantly changing. This fact makes local political agency possible, but also, ironically, opens the possibility of undermining it.
'This superb book builds on the illuminating contrast between the "life projects" of indigenous people and the "development projects" funded by global capital. "Life projects" are about the right of any people to define the meaning of their life and their place in the cosmos. The book is filled with ambiguous but sometimes hopeful examples of indigenous peoples working with NGOs, governments, and corporations to defend their autonomy, and in the process shaping human rights and development agendas nationally and globally' John H. Bodley, Washington State University 'A comprehensive account of relations between agents of globalization - corporations and states - and indigenous peoples worldwide.' Michael Asch, University of Victoria 'The book's critique of Western development assumptions, its emphasis on subordinated people's own agency and its insistence on holistic, context-driven understandings are all highly relevant to the human endeavour of acquring knowledge in general and improving teaching and learning, especially among those not succeeding in today's hegemonic culture and market.' Richard H. Daly, Studies in Continuing Education
ISBN: 9781842771938
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384 pages