Key Terms

colonialism	The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time.



development anthropology	The branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, economic development.



equity, increased	A reduction in absolute poverty and a fairer (more even) distribution of wealth.



green revolution	Agricultural development based on chemical fertilizers, pesticides, 20th-century cultivation techniques, and new crop varieties such as IR-8 ("miracle rice").



intervention philosophy	Guiding principle of colonialism, conquest, missionization, or development; an ideological justification for outsiders to guide native peoples in specific directions.



overinnovation	Characteristic of projects that require major changes in natives' daily lives, especially ones that interfere with customary subsistence pursuits.



postcolonial	Referring to interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized (mainly after 1800); more generally, "postcolonial" may be used to signify a position against imperialism and Eurocentrism



underdifferentiation	Planning fallacy of viewing less-developed countries as an undifferentiated group; ignoring cultural diversity and adopting a uniform approach (often ethnocentric) for very different types of project beneficiaries.

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