28 min listen
Family funerals; red tape
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 28, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Red Tape in India - a major new study by the renowned anthropologist, Akhil Gupta, seeks to understand why state bureaucracy hinders the fight against poverty in the world's third largest economy. Laurie Taylor hears about his ethnographic study among officials in charge of development programs in rural Uttar Pradesh. Why is it that the expansion of government programmes have failed to improve significantly the lives of the poorest? Fellow anthropologist, Dr Alpa Shah, joins the discussion. Also, the sociologist, Kate Woodthorpe explores how funeral arrangements illuminate the modern family.Producer: Jayne Egerton.
Released:
Nov 28, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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