Economic and political reform in Africa anthropological perspectives / Peter D. Little.

Author/creator Little, Peter D.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 240 pages ; 23 cm
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-229) and index.
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LCCN 2013016718
ISBN9780253010797 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253010841 (pb : alk. paper)

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