links for 2007-05-08

• Talal Asad
  anthropologist working on secularism and it’s relation to religion, the post-colonial, etc.
  (tags: anthropology religion)
• Dependency Theory
  or how the developed world keeps the undeveloped world down
  (tags: economics politics theory)
• The Illusion of Cultural Identity by Jean-François Bayart
  this sounds interesting: “The concept of cultural identity has become for many a convenient explanation for most of the world’s political problems. In The Illusion of Cultural Identity Jean-François Bayart offers a sustained critique of this rationalizat
  (tags: anthropology culture critical_theory)
• Julius Nyere Tanzania’s socialist ruler
  had some good ideas, but didn’t make. interesting in that he combined socialism with the concept of preserving african values etc.
  (tags: africa socialism politics)
• latest issue of the african studies quarterly
  includes everything from maize to small business
  (tags: africa culture)
• Poverty and Discrimination by Kevin Lang
  have to buy it sometime
  (tags: books poverty economics discrimination)
• a gasoline tax would be more effective than increasing fuel effeciency in the US
  (tags: cars automobiles environment emissions)
• Zagat best cities index a tad bit flawed by bias
  so says urban economics blog
  (tags: cities)