Description: Led by Amartya Sen, Mary Douglas, and Arjun Appadurai, the distinguished anthropologists
and economists in this book forcefully argue that culture is central to development, and present a framework for incorporating culture into development discourse. For further information on the book and related essays, please visit www.cultureandpublicaction.org.Review Quotes: "The observation that cultural norms affect economic development has been made repeatedly, yet it has been very hard to use it effectively, whether for policy or for prediction. The essays in this volume present authoritatively the present state of knowledge and point out new aspects which hold out the prospect of greater usefulness."--Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University, and Winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Economics