Description
High's argument is based on long-term fieldwork in a village in Laos. The village was identified as poor and was the subject of multiple poverty reduction and development interventions. This book looks at how these policies were implemented on the ground, particularly at why such apparently beneficent interventions were received locally with suspicion and disillusionment, often ended in failure, and yet, despite this, were also able to recapture people's desires. High relates this to the ""post-rebellious"" moment in contemporary Laos, the force of aspirations among village residents and locally grounded understandings of the ambivalence of power.
Shortlisted for the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) Social Science Book Prize 2015
About the Author
Holly High is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.
Book Information
ISBN 9789971697709
Author Holly High
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint NUS Press
Publisher NUS Press
Weight(grams) 354g
Shortlisted for the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) Social Science Book Prize 2015
About the Author
Holly High is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.
Book Information
ISBN 9789971697709
Author Holly High
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint NUS Press
Publisher NUS Press
Weight(grams) 354g
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