Michael M. Cernea

Michael M. Cernea (born 1934) is a Romanian social scientist who introduced sociological and anthropological approaches into the World Bank. He worked as the World Banks Senior Adviser for Sociology and Social Policy until 1997. He has published on a wide range of aspects of development including: social change, social forestry, participation, grassroots organizations, and perhaps most notably, population resettlement.

Freidenbreg reports Cernea as arguing, in a nice turn of phrase, that "Development Anthropology is a Contact Sport".^[1]

Awards

• Academia Română (elected 1991)^[2]
• Solon T. Kimball Award (1988) for Public Policy and Applied Anthropology - American Anthropological Association^[3]
• Bronislaw Malinowski Award (1995) - Society for Applied Anthropology in recognition of scholarly efforts to understand and serve the needs of the world through social science.^[4]

Key publications

• (1985, 1991) Putting People First: Sociological Variables in Development
• (1993) Anthropological Approaches to Resettlement: Policy, Practice, Theory (edited with Scott Guggenheim)
• (1996) Social Organization and Development Anthropology
• (1997) Social Assessment for Better Development (edited with Ayse Kudat)
• (1996–1998) Resettlement and Development (vol. I and II)
• (1999) The Economics of Involuntary Resettlement: Questions and Challenges

References

1. ^ "Development Anthropology is a Contact Sport" An Oral History Interview with Michael M. Cernea by Judith Freidenberg Human Organization, December 1, 2007
2. ^ "Academia Română homepage". acad.ro. http://www.acad.ro/membri_ar/membri_c.htm. Retrieved 21 October 2010.  (Romanian)
3. ^ "Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology". aaanet.org. http://www.aaanet.org/about/Prizes-Awards/Solon-Kimball-Award.cfm. Retrieved 21 October 2010. 
4. ^ "Malinowski Award Recipients". sfaa.net. http://www.sfaa.net/malinowski/malinowskirecipients.html. Retrieved 21 October 2010. 

External links

• David Simon (ed) (2006): Fifty Key Thinkers in Development, Routledge
• His.com
• GWU.edu

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