Economic and political reform in Africa : anthropological perspectives /

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What are the local effects of major economic and political reforms in Africa? How have globalized pro-market and pro-democracy reforms impacted local economics and communities? Examining case studies from The Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, Peter D. Little shows how rural fa...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Little, Peter D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Rural development > Africa.
Economic development > Africa.
Agriculture and state > Africa.
Sustainable development > Africa.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Social Conditions.
Développement rural > Afrique.
Développement économique > Afrique.
Politique agricole > Afrique.
Développement durable > Afrique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Agriculture and state
Economic development
Economic policy
Rural development
Sustainable development
Landwirtschaft
Nachhaltigkeit
Politische Reform
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Africa > Economic policy.
Afrique > Politique économique.
Africa
Afrika
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : what it means to be "reformed"
  • "They think we can manufacture crops" : contract farming and the nontraditional commodity business
  • "Everybody is a petty trader" : peri-urban trade in postconflict Maputo, Mozambique
  • "We now milk elephants" : the community conservation business in rural Kenya
  • "They are beating us over the head with democracy" : multiparty elections in rural Kenya
  • "The government is always telling us what to think" : narratives of food aid dependence in rural Ethiopia
  • "Counting the poor" : the politics of pastoralist poverty assessments in Kenya
  • "A sort of free business" : hyper-liberalization and Somali transnationalism
  • Conclusions : rethinking encounters and reformist narratives.

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