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Culture, Politics, and Development

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dc.contributor.authorWoolcock, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-30T16:36:37Z
dc.date.available2014-06-30T16:36:37Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractWhether in the domains of scholarship or practice, important advances have been made in recent years in our understanding of how culture, politics, and development interact. Today s leading theorists of culture and development represent a fourth distinctive perspective vis-à-vis their predecessors, one that seeks to provide an empirically grounded, mechanisms-based account of how symbols, frames, identities, and narratives are deployed as part of a broader repertoire of cultural "tools" connecting structure and agency. A central virtue of this approach is less the broad policy prescriptions to which it gives rise -- indeed, to offer such prescriptions would be something of a contradiction in terms -- than the emphasis it places on making intensive and extensive commitments to engaging with the idiosyncrasies of local contexts. Deep knowledge of contextual realities can contribute constructively to development policy by enabling careful intra-country comparisons to be made of the conditions under which variable responses to otherwise similar problems emerge. Such knowledge is also important for discerning the generalizability (or "external validity") of claims regarding the efficacy of development interventions, especially those overtly engaging with social, legal, and political issues.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705697/culture-politics-development
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6939
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18824
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6939
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAFTERLIFE
dc.subjectANCESTRY
dc.subjectANTHROPOLOGIST
dc.subjectANTHROPOLOGISTS
dc.subjectBASIC
dc.subjectBELIEFS
dc.subjectBLACK
dc.subjectBLACKNESS
dc.subjectCAPITALISM
dc.subjectCIVIC LEADERS
dc.subjectCIVIC LIFE
dc.subjectCIVIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCIVILIZATION
dc.subjectCIVILIZATIONS
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCOLONIALISM
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCRITICS
dc.subjectCULTURAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectCULTURAL DIFFERENCE
dc.subjectCULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
dc.subjectCULTURAL HERITAGE
dc.subjectCULTURAL PROCESSES
dc.subjectCULTURAL VALUES
dc.subjectDEBATE
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDIVERSITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC HISTORY
dc.subjectETHNIC BOUNDARIES
dc.subjectETHNIC COMMUNITY
dc.subjectETHNIC CONFLICT
dc.subjectETHNIC DESIGNATION
dc.subjectETHNIC DIVERSITY
dc.subjectETHNIC DIVISIONS
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectETHNICITIES
dc.subjectETHNICITY
dc.subjectETHNOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHISTORIANS
dc.subjectHUMAN CONDITION
dc.subjectHUMAN UNIVERSALS
dc.subjectIDENTITY
dc.subjectINFERENCE
dc.subjectINNOVATIONS
dc.subjectLEGACIES
dc.subjectLITERATURE
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMUSIC
dc.subjectNATIONALISM
dc.subjectNATIONALITY
dc.subjectNORMS
dc.subjectPERCEPTIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ISSUES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL LEADERSHIP
dc.subjectPOLITICAL STRUCTURES
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectRACE
dc.subjectRACIAL BACKGROUNDS
dc.subjectRACIAL HERITAGE
dc.subjectRELIGION
dc.subjectSACRED SITES
dc.subjectSCIENTISTS
dc.subjectSELF-CONFIDENCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL COHESION
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL EXCLUSION
dc.subjectSOCIAL GROUPS
dc.subjectSOCIAL IDENTITIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL IDENTITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL LIFE
dc.subjectSOCIAL MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENTISTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL STRUCTURES
dc.subjectSOCIETIES
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectSOCIOLOGISTS
dc.subjectSOCIOLOGY
dc.subjectSYMBOLS
dc.subjectTRADITION
dc.subjectTRADITIONS
dc.subjectURBAN ANTHROPOLOGY
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWELFARE STATE
dc.titleCulture, Politics, and Developmenten
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaFragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.crossref.titleCulture, Politics, and Development
okr.date.disclosure2014-06-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:10:42.073121Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705697/culture-politics-development
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6939
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20140624102425
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum19705697
okr.identifier.reportWPS6939
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okr.topicCulture and Development::Cultural Policy
okr.topicCulture and Development::Anthropology
okr.topicCultural Heritage and Preservation
okr.topicSocial Development::Race in Society
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.unitPoverty and Inequality Team, Development Research Group
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