Economic and political reform in Africa
Little, Peter D.,
Economic and political reform in Africa anthropological perspectives / [electronic resource] : Peter D. Little. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780253010933
Sustainable development--Africa.
Agriculture and state--Africa.
Economic development--Africa.
Rural development--Africa.
Africa--Economic policy.
Electronic books.
HN780.Z9 / C6473 2013
307.1412096
Economic and political reform in Africa anthropological perspectives / [electronic resource] : Peter D. Little. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780253010933
Sustainable development--Africa.
Agriculture and state--Africa.
Economic development--Africa.
Rural development--Africa.
Africa--Economic policy.
Electronic books.
HN780.Z9 / C6473 2013
307.1412096