عنوان

Economic and political reform in Africa :

0253010934

1306082412

9780253010933

9781306082419

0253010799

0253010845

9780253010797

9780253010841

Economic and political reform in Africa :

[Book]

anthropological perspectives /

Peter D. Little.

Bloomington :

Indiana University Press,

2013.

©2014

1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-229) 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.

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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 challenges common narratives of African poverty, dependency, and environmental degradation and suggests that sustainable development in Africa can best be achieved by strengthening local livelihoods, markets, and institutions.

JSTOR

MIL

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539492

9781306082419

Agriculture and state-- Africa.

Economic development-- Africa.

Rural development-- Africa.

Sustainable development-- Africa.

Social Conditions.

Social Sciences.

Sociology & Social History.

Agriculture and state.

Economic development.

Economic policy.

Landwirtschaft

Nachhaltigkeit

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- City Planning & Urban Development.

Politische Reform

Rural development.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

Sustainable development.

Wirtschaftsentwicklung

Africa, Economic policy.

Africa.

Afrika

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POL-- 002000

POL053000

SOC002010

Little, Peter D.

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