Humane Development : Participation and Change Among the Sadama of Ethiopia.

""Hamer has produced a very well-written ethnographic analysis of development and change among the Sadama, a Cushitic-speaking people living along the Rift Valley ... The analysis attempts to show how traditional modes of decision making and living adapt to or are adapted to impinging forc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hamer, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1987.
Subjects:
Sidamo (African people)
Acculturation > Ethiopia > Case studies.
Rural development > Ethiopia > Case studies.
Sidamo (Peuple d'Afrique)
Développement rural > Éthiopie > Études de cas.
Acculturation
Rural development
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
Ethiopia
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Illustrations; A Note on Orthography; 1. Introduction; 2. The People and Their Environment; 3. Origins and History; 4. Kinship, Hierarchy, and Resource Distribution; 5. Marriage and the Sexual Division of Labor; 6. Beliefs, Ritual, and Authority; 7. Authority and Social Control; 8. The Process of Change; 9. Self-Help Associations for Change; 10. Theories of Development and the Future of the Self-Help Movement; 11. Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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