Unintended Revolution – Middle Class, Development, and Non–Governmental Organizations

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  • ISBN 9788323342380
  • Weight: 296g
  • Dimensions: 161 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Mar 2018
  • Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
  • Publication City/Country: PL
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Unintended Revolution describes the ways in which development performed in and by nongovernmental organizations in an Indian metropolis serves as a tool for reinforcing and improving social standing. Anna Romanowicz argues that the NGO environment gives a particular opportunity to middle class members whose cultural and economic capital are (re)produced in such an environment. She concludes that the ineffectiveness of development lies in the interest of this group and as such reflects neoliberal policies more broadly. She also argues that class status is the most important factor in acquiring a job position in a contemporary NGO, and that this cuts across gender, caste, and nationality, as well as other identities.
Anna Romanowicz is assistant professor in the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Jagiellonian University. Her research interests include class analysis, nongovernmental organizations, women’s rights, and anthropology of development and globalization.

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