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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Little, Peter D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Politische Reform
Nachhaltigkeit
Landwirtschaft
Sustainable development.
Rural development.
Economic policy.
Economic development.
Agriculture and state.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Developpement durable > Afrique.
Politique agricole > Afrique.
Developpement economique > Afrique.
Developpement rural > Afrique.
Social Conditions.
Social Sciences.
Sociology & Social History.
Sustainable development > Africa.
Agriculture and state > Africa.
Economic development > Africa.
Rural development > Africa.
Afrika
Africa.
Afrique > Politique economique.
Africa > Economic policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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