Crisis and neoliberal reforms in Africa : civil society and agro-industry in anglophone Cameroon's plantation economy / / Piet Konings

• Autore: Konings Piet
• Pubblicazione: Bamenda, : Langaa RPCIG; Leiden, The Netherlands, : African Studies Centre, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Economic aspects - Cameroon
• Soggetto geografico: Cameroon Politics and government; Cameroon Economic conditions 21st century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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 ; 3. 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 ; The 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 ; Smallholder 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Crisis and neoliberal reforms in Africa
• ISBN: 1-283-00489-5; 9786613004895; 9956-579-26-2; 9956-579-24-6; 9956-578-10-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815131203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II