Humane Development [[electronic resource] ] : Participation and Change Among the Sadama of Ethiopia

• Autore: Hamer John H. <1926-2016.>
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8963; 306/.089935
• Soggetto topico: Acculturation; Acculturation -- Ethiopia -- Case studies; Case studies; Ethiopia; Rural development; Rural development -- Ethiopia -- Case studies; Sidamo (African people)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: ""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 generali
• Titolo autorizzato: Humane Development
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790358103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II