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Fields of Desire by Holly High (Paperback, 2014)

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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

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PublisherNus Press

ISBN-139789971697709

eBay Product ID (ePID)194737923

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameFields of Desire

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAnthropology

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEconomic Sociology

AuthorHolly High

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height229 mm

Item Width152 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureSingapore

Title_AuthorHolly High