02718nam 22005413u 450 991079035810332120210222192701.0(CKB)2670000000207235(EBL)547650(OCoLC)650060135(MiAaPQ)EBC547650(EXLCZ)99267000000020723520131216d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Humane Development[electronic resource] Participation and Change Among the Sadama of EthiopiaTuscaloosa University of Alabama Press20101 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0302-2 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""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 forces of modernization. Hamer's emphasis on humane development is highly appropriate and his analysis is very successful. The focus on inevitable and constant change, and the continuing evolution of the society, makes this study a particularly useful one because the lessons of the Sadama can be generaliAcculturationAcculturation -- Ethiopia -- Case studiesCase studiesEthiopiaRural developmentRural development -- Ethiopia -- Case studiesSidamo (African people)Sidamo (African people)Acculturation.Acculturation -- Ethiopia -- Case studies.Case studies.Ethiopia.Rural development.Rural development -- Ethiopia -- Case studies.Sidamo (African people).Sidamo (African people).305.8963306/.089935Hamer John H.1926-2016.292403AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910790358103321Humane Development3712217UNINA