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Autore |
Owusu J. Henry (John Henry), <1953-> |
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Titolo |
Africa, tropical timber, turfs and trade [[electronic resource] ] : geographic perspectives on Ghana's timber industry and development / / J. Henry Owusu |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-58401-8 |
9786613896469 |
0-7391-7402-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Timber - Economic aspects - Ghana |
Lumber trade - Ghana |
Neoliberalism - Ghana |
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Ghana |
Ghana Economic policy |
Ghana Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Acronyms; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. Africa, Turfs, and Trade: Theoretical and Historical Framework; Chapter Two. Turf Establishment and the Development Process: Structural Foundations of Ghana's Timber Industry; Chapter Three. Independence, Instability, and Contested Turfs: Structural Changes in the Timber Industry; Chapter Four. Turf Reclamation Strategies: Neo-Liberalism and the Timber Industry; Chapter Five. Turf Recapture and Consolidation for the Timber Trade: Ghana's Economic Recovery Program |
Chapter Six. Structural Adjustment, the Timber Trade, and Turf Degradation: Political Convenience and Desperate DeforestationChapter Seven. Turf Dynamics and Conflicts, the Timber Trade, and Spatial Integration; Chapter Eight. Debt, Dependence, Turf Control, and Ghana's Economy; Chapter Nine. Conclusions and Lessons for Twenty-First Century Africa; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines development issues, particularly spatial integration, in Sub-Saharan Africa regarding its tropical timber trade, and the related formal-informal operational turf creation, control and dynamics. Focusing primarily on Ghana, it examines the scramble to control the timber trade by various political and socio-economic interests, from the colonial to the neo-liberal era, and identifies and distills lessons from Ghana's experience for Development policy and practice in Africa and comparable Developing countries in the 21st Century. |
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