Discordant Development

Katy Gardner is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and the author of Global Migrants, Local Lives (Oxford University Press, 1995), Discordant Development (Pluto, 2012) and Anthropology and Development (Pluto, 2015).

• 1. Discordant developments: an introduction 2. Histories of connection: colonialism, migration and multinationals3. Material Connections: Resources and Livelihoods in Duniyapur4. Our Own Poor: Social Connections, ‘Helping’ and Claims to Entitlement5. Claims of Partnership and Ethical Connection : Chevron’s Programme of ‘Community Engagement’ 6. Rumour and Activism: Politics Break Out7. Blow Out! Stories of Disconnection and Loss BibliographyIndex

'Treads a finely judged line, keeping both neoliberal developers and anti-globalisation activists at arm's length in order to describe relations at a human scale, thereby doing for development what anthropology ought'