Economic and political reform in Africa : anthropological perspectives / / Peter D. Little
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| Autore: |
Little Peter D
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| Titolo: |
Economic and political reform in Africa : anthropological perspectives / / Peter D. Little
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.1412096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Agriculture and state - Africa |
| Economic development - Africa | |
| Rural development - Africa | |
| Sustainable development - Africa | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa Economic policy |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 farmers and others respond to complex agendas of governments, development agencies, and non-governmental organizations. The book explores the contradictions between what policy reforms were supposed to do and what actually happened in local communities. Little's bold vision of development challenge |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Economic and political reform in Africa |
| ISBN: | 0-253-01084-5 |
| 0-253-01093-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810373703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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