LEADER 04783nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910460422203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-00489-5 010 $a9786613004895 010 $a9956-579-26-2 010 $a9956-579-24-6 010 $a9956-578-10-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079565 035 $a(EBL)1135144 035 $a(OCoLC)830165845 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000673416 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11931826 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000673416 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10642737 035 $a(PQKB)10092483 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135144 035 $a(OCoLC)715154126 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21799 035 $a(PPN)187343403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135144 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10448524 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL300489 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079565 100 $a20101226d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrisis and neoliberal reforms in Africa$b[electronic resource] $ecivil society and agro-industry in anglophone Cameroon's plantation economy /$fPiet Konings 210 $aBamenda $cLangaa RPCIG ;$aLeiden, The Netherlands $cAfrican Studies Centre$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-578-03-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Map of the Republic of Cameroon; 1. Civil society and Anglophone Cameroon's agro-industrial crisis and reforms; Introduction; Major theories on plantation production; Civil society, the agro-industrial crisis and reforms; Organisation of the book and research methodology; Notes; 2. Ethno-regional groups and associations in the South West Province and the agro-industrial crisis; Introduction; The liquidation and sale of Pamol; State withdrawal and privatisation of the CDC; Conclusion; Notes 327 $a3. CDC workers and the agro-industrial crisis Introduction; Trade unionism in the CDC and the agro-industrial crisis; Tea pluckers and the agro-industrial crisis; Tea pluckers and managerial efforts to maximise labour productivity; Tea pluckers and managerial efforts to strengthen control over the labour process; Tea pluckers and managerial efforts to minimise wages and conditions of service; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Trade unions and Pamol's crisis and liquidation; Introduction; The birth and development of trade unionism on the Pamol estates 327 $aThe role of trade unionism during Pamol's crisis and liquidation Conclusion; Notes; 5. Chieftaincy and the privatisation of the CDC; Introduction; Bakweri chiefs and the retrieval of CDC lands; Bakweri chiefs and the privatisation of the CDC; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Privatisation and labour militancy:The case of Cameroon's tea estates; Introduction; The privatisation of the CDC tea estates; Growing labour militancy on the Tole Tea Estate; Growing labour militancy on the Ndu Tea Estate; Conclusion; Notes; 7. CDC smallholder development and the agro-industrial crisis; Introduction 327 $aSmallholder development at the CDC, 1946/47-1977/78 Smallholder development at the CDC, 1977/78-1994/95; Conclusion; Notes; 8. Pamol's contract farmers and cooperatives: Their development in response to the agro-industrial crisis; Introduction; The emergence and development of Pamol's contract farming scheme; Contract farmers' cooperatives and Pamol's crisis and liquidation; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; Back cover 330 $aThis book discusses the social and political consequences of the economic and financial crisis that befell African economies since the 1980's, using as case study the plantation economy of the Anglophone region of Cameroon. The focus is thus on recent efforts to liberalize and privatize an agro-industrial enterprise where overseas capital and its domestic partners have converged, the consequent modes of production and labour, and the alternatives proposed and resistance generated. The study details how the unprecedented crisis caused great commotion in the region, and presented a serious challenge 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zCameroon 607 $aCameroon$xPolitics and government 607 $aCameroon$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 700 $aKonings$b Piet$0301034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460422203321 996 $aCrisis and neoliberal reforms in Africa$92034115 997 $aUNINA