Katy Gardner and David Lewis. Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

The book entitled Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the TwentyFirst Century by Gardner and Lewis (2015) is the second edition of their previous book entitled Anthropology, Development and the Post-Modern Challenge, which was published in 1996. This second book incorporates recent issues that emerged since the first edition was released two decades ago. As the world keeps on changing, there are always new pressing issues that exert a significant influence upon development work to which an anthropological perspective has much to contribute. As discussed by the authors in the Preface of the second edition of the book, the relevance of this book is two-pronged. Firstly, it wants to fill in the void left by the scarcity of published texts addressing views and debates concerning development and anthropology. Secondly, it serves as a personal attempt by the authors to make sense of their seemingly variegated insights and experiences stemming from different roles they assume as anthropologists, researchers, and development practitioners. Taking off from this vantage point, the book offers fresh insights for a range of readers that may include academicians, development professionals, researchers, students, and even laypersons who are simply interested to know about development.