Everyday Economic Practices: The Hidden Transcripts of Egyptian Voices
This book brings to the forefront the significance of local everyday economic practices to development policymaking. Chowdhury's objective in unearthing these diverse activities is two-fold. She demonstrates why it is a misrepresentation to characterize all that is economic as "capitalism". Additionally, she contends that in those instances of rupture where local economic practices break into dominant narratives of the economy, we catch a glimpse of what James Scott has referred to as the...
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This book brings to the forefront the significance of local everyday economic practices to development policymaking. Chowdhury's objective in unearthing these diverse activities is two-fold. She demonstrates why it is a misrepresentation to characterize all that is economic as "capitalism". Additionally, she contends that in those instances of rupture where local economic practices break into dominant narratives of the economy, we catch a glimpse of what James Scott has referred to as the "hidden transcripts" of alternative epistemologies. Chowdhury argues that the normative content of these other epistemological frameworks provide us with alternative ways to conceptualize economic development as something other than industrialization, urbanization and environmental degradation as experienced by the West.
List of Tables ixList of Figures xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction: Two Objectives 1Problematizing Participation 17Is Participatory Research Development's Postmodern Turn? 43The Political Economy of Participation in Egypt 67Planning Luxor: Resistance, Contestation and Rupture in Upper Egypt 87Revisiting Rotating Savings and Credit Associations 121Conclusion 141Notes 143Bibliography 163Index 175
