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Defining the Limits of a Discourse. 'Social Capital' in Africa (2003)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2003). Defining the Limits of a Discourse. 'Social Capital' in Africa. In P. Moseley, & E. Dowler (Eds.), Poverty and Exclusion in North and South. Essays on Social Policy and Global Poverty Reduction (149-164). Routledge

Identity and Affect: Experiences of Identity in a Globalising World (1999)
Book
Campbell, J., & Rew, A. (Eds.). (1999). Identity and Affect: Experiences of Identity in a Globalising World. Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18fs9rq

Essays in honor of Arnold Leonard Epstein. When forces of globalisation and local culture converge, distinctive social habitats are created. Drawing on detailed case studies of South Asian, East African, Melanesian and European societies, Identity an... Read More about Identity and Affect: Experiences of Identity in a Globalising World.

Urbanisation, Culture and the politics of urban development in Ghana, 1875-1980 (1994)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (1994). Urbanisation, Culture and the politics of urban development in Ghana, 1875-1980. Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development, 23(4), 409-450

Studies of the political-economy of African urbanization have tended to focus primarily on the state and have failed to examine issues of human agency or culture. In contrast, this paper examines the historical development of a town in southern Ghana... Read More about Urbanisation, Culture and the politics of urban development in Ghana, 1875-1980.

Constraints on sustainable development in Ethiopia: Is there a future for improved wood-stoves? (1994)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (1994). Constraints on sustainable development in Ethiopia: Is there a future for improved wood-stoves?. Public Administration and Development, 14(1), 19-36. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230140102

A fundamental component of resource conservation in Ethiopian development programmes is sought in part through the dissemination of improved stoves. However, as an evaluation of a range of stove programmes reveals, the absence of applied research by... Read More about Constraints on sustainable development in Ethiopia: Is there a future for improved wood-stoves?.