02471nam 2200469Ia 450 991082417930332120200520144314.0(CKB)2670000000207235(EBL)547650(OCoLC)650060135(MiAaPQ)EBC547650(EXLCZ)99267000000020723519900202d1987 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHumane development participation and change among the Sadama of Ethiopia /John H. HamerTuscaloosa, AL University of Alabama Pressc19871 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0302-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 generaliSidamo (African people)AcculturationEthiopiaCase studiesRural developmentEthiopiaCase studiesSidamo (African people)AcculturationRural development305.8963306/.089935Hamer John H.1926-292403MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824179303321Humane development4199823UNINA