Economic and Political Reform in Africa Anthropological Perspectives

Name: Economic and Political Reform in Africa Anthropological Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780253010841

ISBN-10: 0253010845

ISBN-13: 9780253010841

Edition: 2013

Authors: Peter D. Little

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What are the local effects of widespread economic reform in Africa? How have globalized market-oriented and pro-business measures improved the lot of Africa's poor? Examining economic reform in the Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, Peter D. Little shows how rural farmers and others respond to new initiatives in the context of local history, political relations, and earlier development programs. Little's bold vision of economic success demonstrates how Africa can thrive if reform filters the global encounter through local, national, and regional imperatives.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 11/20/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: What it means to be "Reformed?"



'They Think We Can Manufacture Crops:' Contract Farming and the Non-Traditional Commodity Business



'Everybody is a Petty Trader:' Peri-Urban Trade in Post-Conflict Maputo, Mozambique



'We Now Milk Elephants:' The Community Conservation Business in Rural Kenya



'They are Beating Us Over the Head with Democracy:' Multi-Party 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:' Stateless Somalia and a hyper-liberalized economy


Conclusions: Rethinking encounters and reformist narratives


Notes


Bibliography


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