Culture and Public Action

Preface vii Contributors xi Culture and Public Action: Relationality, Equality of Agency, and Development 3(34) Vijayendra Rao Michael Walton How Does Culture Matter? 37(22) Amartya Sen The Capacity to Aspire: Culture and the Terms of Recognition 59(26) Arjun Appadurai Traditional Culture---Let's Hear No More About It 85(25) Mary Douglas Appendix to Douglas: Cultural Theory and Development Studies 110(5) Marco Verweij Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development: Often Overstated, Usually Transitory 115(23) Timur Kuran Cultural Goods Are Good for More than Their Economic Value 138(25) Arjo Klamer The Intellectual History of Culture and Development Institutions 163(22) Lourdes Arizpe Culture, Poverty, and External Intervention 185(25) Sabina Alkire Participatory Development: Where Culture Creeps In 210(24) Anita Abraham Jean-Philippe Platteau State Policies and Women's Agency in China, the Republic of Korea, and India, 1950--2000: Lessons from Contrasting Experiences 234(26) Monica Das Gupta Sunhwa Lee Patricia Uberoi Danning Wang Lihong Wang Xiaodan Zhang HIV/AIDS and Culture: Implications for Policy 260(21) Carol Jenkins Political Culture and Development 281(26) Fernando Calderon Alicia Szmukler Relief and an Understanding of Local Knowledge: The Case of Southern Sudan 307(21) Simon Harragin The Mayan Movement and National Culture in Guatemala 328(31) Shelton H. Davis Conclusion: Implications of a Cultural Lens for Public Policy and Development Thought 359(14) Vijayendra Rao Michael Walton References 373(42) Index 415