Pastoral practices in High Asia : Agency of 'development' effected by modernisation, resettlement and transformation.
In conventional views, pastoralism was classified as a stage of civilization that needed to be abolished and transcended in order to reach a higher level of development. In this context, global approaches to modernize a rural society have been ubiquitous phenomena independent of ideological contexts...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer Netherlands
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From the Content: Pastoralism in High Asia
- Introduction
- Variegated pastoral practices in the Pamirian knot
- Pastoral practices on the move
- Recent transformations in mountain pastoralism on the Tibetan Plateau
- Case studies from Hindukush, Karakoram, Pamir and Tien Shan
- Pastoralism, power and politics: access to pastures under conditions of tenure insecurity in Northern Afghanistan
- Economic Strategies and Market Orientation of the Afghan Kyrgyz
- Herding on high grounds. Diversity and typology of pastoral systems in the Eastern Hindu Kush (Chitral, Pakistan)
- Tobias Kraudzun: Pastoralism and Livelihoods of the 'New Livestock Breeders' in the East-ern Pamirs of Tajikistan.