ISBN: 9780226119700

Believing that charity inadvertently legitimates social inequality and fosters dependence, many international development organizations have increasingly sought to replace material aid wi… mais…

Believing that charity inadvertently legitimates social inequality and fosters dependence, many international development organizations have increasingly sought to replace material aid with efforts to build self-reliance and local institutions. But in some cultures—like those in rural Uganda, where Having People, Having Heart takes place—people see this shift not as an effort toward empowerment but as a suspect refusal to redistribute wealth. Exploring this conflict, China Scherz balances the negative assessments of charity that have led to this shift with the viewpoints of those who actually receive aid.             Through detailed studies of two different orphan support organizations in Uganda, Scherz shows how many Ugandans view material forms of Catholic charity as deeply intertwined with their own ethics of care and exchange. With a detailed examination of this overlooked relationship in hand, she reassesses the generally assumed paradox of material aid as both promising independence and preventing it. The result is a sophisticated demonstration of the powerful role that anthropological concepts of exchange, value, personhood, and religion play in the politics of international aid and development. Digital Content>E-books>Social Sciences>Anthropology>Anthropology, University of Chicago Press Digital >16<

2007, ISBN: 9780226119700

Believing that charity inadvertently legitimates social inequality and fosters dependence, many international development organizations have increasingly sought to replace material aid wi… mais…

Believing that charity inadvertently legitimates social inequality and fosters dependence, many international development organizations have increasingly sought to replace material aid with efforts to build self-reliance and local institutions. Bu Adult, Social & Cultural Studies, Having People, Having Heart~~ China Scherz~~Adult~~Social & Cultural Studies~~9780226119700, en, Having People, Having Heart, China Scherz, 9780226119700, University of Chicago Press, 07/04/2014, , , , University of Chicago Press, 07/04/2014<

ISBN: 9780226119700

By China Scherz PRINT ISBN: 9780226119533 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780226119700 Edition: 1 University of Chicago Press eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Universit… mais…

By China Scherz PRINT ISBN: 9780226119533 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780226119700 Edition: 1 University of Chicago Press eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., University of Chicago Press<

2014, ISBN: 9780226119700

Charity, Sustainable Development, and Problems of Dependence in Central Uganda, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of Chicago Press], University of Chicago Press, 2014