TY - BOOK AU - Little,Peter D. ED - Project Muse. TI - Economic and political reform in Africa: anthropological perspectives SN - 9780253010933 AV - HN780.Z9 C6473 2013 U1 - 307.1412096 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Sustainable development KW - Africa KW - Agriculture and state KW - Economic development KW - Rural development KW - Economic policy KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253010933/ ER -