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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.