Negotiating Economic Development : Identity Formation and Collective Action in Belize /

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"Laurie Kroshus Medina analyzes the development of the citrus industry in Belize over fifteen years to explore the relationship between the production of collective identities and the negotiation of development policies at the interface of global and local processes. She shows how citrus farmer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Medina, Laurie Kroshus, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Citrusvruchten.
Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Kollektives Handeln
Gruppenidentität
Zitrusproduktion
Group identity.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Cooperation.
Citrus fruit industry > Social aspects.
83.46 development economics.
Identite collective > Belize.
Agrumes > Industrie > Aspect social > Belize.
Cooperation > Belize.
Group identity > Belize.
Economic development > Social aspects > Belize.
Citrus fruit industry > Social aspects > Belize.
Belize
Belize.
Internet resource.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : collective identities, shared interests, and the negotiation of development
  • The articulate state : discourses of development, nation, and democracy
  • Citrus history : the strategic negotiation of foreign and local interests
  • Citrus workers : segmentation and solidarities
  • Brethren and paisanos : the mobilization of collective agents in union politics
  • Citrus growers : producing oranges, producing identities
  • The sale of a processing company : negotiating class and national identities
  • Conclusion : collective agency and the direction of development.

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