Emerging Issues in Development Anthropology

Development anthropology refers to the relevance of anthropological perspectives to the multidisciplinary twig of development studies. The split between academic and practical anthropology cemented the way for what was finally recognized to be a basic difference between 'development anthropology and the 'anthropology of development Experts felt Development anthropologists share a promise to concurrently analysis and add to developmental projects and institutions that make and administer western development projects that look to get better social and economic comfortness of the most marginalized sections of the society and to eradicate poverty. Some explain the anthropological analysis of development as one that pits modernization and an abolition of the tradition and culture, but this is too reductive and not the case with the majority of scholarly work In fact, most anthropologists who work in areas desire close to developmental anthropology focusing economic relief for the people they study as policymakers, however, they are cautious about the assumptions and types on which development interventions are actually based. Through this book the authors have made a humble attempt to throw light on some present day's issues in Development Anthropology. Authors hope, this book will be helpful to the students, policy makers, researchers, NGOs and other public affairs management centers.

Dr. D.C. Nanjunda is currently associated with Social Exclusion Research Centre, Mysore University, India. He has Done Ph.D. in Anthropology form Mysore. He is the author of over Eight dozen of research papers including edited and authored books. He is having few years of research experience in various public health issues. He is a member of the editorial board of few professional journals. He has been awarded with prestigious fellowships during his career. His research areas are Applied and Clinical Sociology, Development Anthropology, Public Health, Rural and Tribal Issues and Policy Studies.

Ms. Sukla Sikder (b. 1989) is a Teaching Assistant under the UGC doctoral program at the department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University (WBSU), since 2015 She is also teaching Anthropology in an undergraduate college affiliated to WBSU She is pursuing her doctoral research as UGC Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology at WBSU. She earned her Masters degree in Anthropology with specialization in Biological Anthropology in first class in year 2012 Her areas of research interest include Gender Studies, Child Health and Nutrition, Ethno-medicines and Tribal studies. Ms. Sikder has worked as a Project Fellow in the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and also in WBSU She has published a number of research articles in peer reviewed journals and presented papers in various National and International seminars conferences in India and Nepal. Ms. Sikder has also completed many UGC and ICSSR sponsored workshops and Faculty Development Programs in various reputed Universities and institutes in different states of India.

Development Anthropology is one of the most recent inclusion to Anthropological discipline. Development anthropology focuses on the multidisciplinary aspects of development studies by the application of anthropological perspectives. It includes class and community as its primary objects. International development also comes under its area. In development anthropology, development indicates to the social action made by different multidisciplinary agencies like institutions, businesses organizations, states and independent volunteer organizations who are trying to modify knowledge on the economic, technical, political and social life of a given class or community of a defined territory in the world, especially in backward regions. Anthropology has been made its positive interventions with developmental issues for decades, as an academic discipline anthropology have achieved a prominent influence on how developmental studies are being done. As anthropology encompasses all aspects of human hence being a newly introduced branch of Anthropology Developmental Anthropology concentrates on holistic developments of human. This edited volume comprises of twenty three articles of different dimensions on development issues and one introduction. Hence the volume is the outcome of some noteworthy papers selected and shortlisted under broader issue Development Anthropology. Though the contributors focused on different sub-themes under the broader issue. Which includes women and girls' related issues, livelihood strategies and its impacts, caste and community based issues, socio demographic and nutritional issues, developmental and management issues.

We have requested anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, botanist, zoologist and social workers including persons who involved in development oriented projects and institutions to suggest and contribute papers in the volume. We received heartiest cooperation from a considerable number of scholars from diverse disciplines of all parts of India. In fact the volume includes paper contributors from all parts of India and from different institution of credit for working on the particular domain. We are indebted to all the contributors of this edited volume who kindly contributed by submitting paper and again submitted the revised version. Lastly, we are grateful to AYYU publications, New Delhi, for providing the final touch to the book and for publishing this book in a very short time.

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