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Decades of good intentions have left hill communities in Northern Thailand with high rates of drug addiction and poverty, and a loss of traditional knowledge and values - Katharine McKinnon sets out to consider what has gone wrong by, studying professionals involved in development work.
Development Professionals in Northern Thailand
Hope, Politics and Power
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280 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2012
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Summary
‘Development’ promises higher incomes, better livelihoods, social justice, and emancipation, but decades of good intentions have left hill communities in Northern Thailand with high rates of drug addiction and poverty, and a loss of traditional knowledge and values. A former volunteer and development specialist who spent much of her childhood in the region, Katharine McKinnon set out to consider what has gone wrong by studying professionals involved in development work. How, she asks, did the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789971695224 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9971695227 |
| Author: | Katharine McKinnon |
| Publisher: | NUS Press |
| Imprint: | NUS Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2012 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm |
| Series: | ASAA Southeast Asian Publications Series |
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