Economic Spaces of Pastoral Production and Commodity Systems : Markets and Livelihoods.

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Pastoralism as a land use system is under recognized in terms of its contribution to food provision and livelihoods as well as to human security. This book is the first attempt to explore the dynamics of economic spaces of pastoral production and commodity systems for explicit South and North positi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Gertel, Jörg (Editor), Heron, Richard Le (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ashgate 2011.
Series:Ashgate economic geography series.
Subjects:
Pastoral systems > Economic aspects.
Exchange.
Commodity exchanges.
Human geography.
Economic anthropology.
Economic geography.
Pastoralisme > Aspect économique.
Échange (Économie politique)
Bourses de marchandises.
Anthropologie économique.
Géographie économique.
commodity exchanges.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Commodity exchanges
Economic anthropology
Economic geography
Exchange
Human geography
Pastoral systems > Economic aspects
Electronic resource.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I: Pastoralists in the Market; 1 Introduction: Pastoral Economies Between Resilience and Exposure; 2 Theoretical Plurality in Markets Conceived as Social and Political Institutions; 3 Social Vulnerability and Livelihood Security; Part II: From Subsistence to Market Production: Post-Colonial Africa; 4 Livestock Production and Pastoral Livelihood Security in Western Chad; 6 Pastoral Integration in East African Livestock Markets; 7 Livestock Marketing Chains in Northern Kenya: Re-Aligning Exchange Systems in Risky Environments.

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