Fields of Desire (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	NUS Press
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	February 2014
Authors:	Holly High
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-9971-69-770-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	9971-69-770-X
Barcode:	9789971697709

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