The Anthropology of Development and Globalization: From Classical Political Economy to Contemporary Neoliberalism

by Marc Edelman (Editor), Angelique Haugerud (Editor)

The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from the field’s classical origins to today’s debates about the “magic” of the free market.

Genres: Anthropology, Politics, Economics

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 14, 2004

About the author

Marc Edelman is professor of anthropology at Hunter College, USA, and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA. His books include The logic of the latifundio (1992), Peasants against globalization (1999), The anthropology of development and globalization (co-edited 2005), Social democracy in the global periphery (co-authored 2007), Transnational agrarian movements confronting globalization (co-edited 2008), and Global land grabs: history, theory and method (co-edited 2015).

Reviews

[Mikayla Beckman]

another absolutely joyful book from my ed pol class that should be listed as an econ class bc oh my gosh everything I have to read for this class is so mind-numbingly dull and boring. That is it. That is my review.