ABSTRACT
Culture and Global Change presents a comprehensive introduction to the cultural aspects of third world development. It contains 25 chapters from leading writers in the field who each explore a particular aspect of 'culture' and the significance and meaning of cultural issues for different people in throughout the contemporary world. With chapters dealing with the importance of 'Third World' cultures but also with changes in Russia, Japan, the USA and the UK, this book considers the relationship between culture and development within a truly global context.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Culture and Development
part II|1 pages
Questioning Cultural Assumptions
part III|1 pages
Representations and Cultural Commodification
part IV|1 pages
Culture as Explanation
part V|1 pages
Culture and Resistance
part VI|1 pages
Culture and Human Rights
part VII|1 pages
Religion, Culture and Politics
part VIII|1 pages
Culture as Product: Culture as Pleasure