Author: Cornelis Lodewijk Johannes van der MeerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Rural Development in Northern Thailand
Author: Cornelis Lodewijk Johannes van der MeerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Thailand’s Political Peasants
Author: Andrew WalkerPublisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299288234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
When a populist movement elected Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister of Thailand in 2001, many of the country’s urban elite dismissed the outcome as just another symptom of rural corruption, a traditional patronage system dominated by local strongmen pressuring their neighbors through political bullying and vote-buying. In Thailand’s Political Peasants, however, Andrew Walker argues that the emergence of an entirely new socioeconomic dynamic has dramatically changed the relations of Thai peasants with the state, making them a political force to be reckoned with. Whereas their ancestors focused on subsistence, this generation of middle-income peasants seeks productive relationships with sources of state power, produces cash crops, and derives additional income through non-agricultural work. In the increasingly decentralized, disaggregated country, rural villagers and farmers have themselves become entrepreneurs and agents of the state at the local level, while the state has changed from an extractor of taxes to a supplier of subsidies and a patron of development projects. Thailand’s Political Peasants provides an original, provocative analysis that encourages an ethnographic rethinking of rural politics in rapidly developing countries. Drawing on six years of fieldwork in Ban Tiam, a rural village in northern Thailand, Walker shows how analyses of peasant politics that focus primarily on rebellion, resistance, and evasion are becoming less useful for understanding emergent forms of political society.
Re-discovering Rural Development
Author: Nanjunda DcPublisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176258425
Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
In Indian context.
Policies for Agricultural Sustainability in Northern Thailand
Author: Phrek GypmantasiriPublisher: IIED
ISBN: 9781904035039
Category : Agricultural industries
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas
Author: Holger L. FröhlichPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364233377X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This book is based on the findings of a long-term (2000-2014) interdisciplinary research project of the University of Hohenheim in collaboration with several universities in Thailand and Vietnam. Titled Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Areas in Southeast Asia, or the Uplands Program, the project aims to contribute through agricultural research to the conservation of natural resources and the improvement of living conditions of the rural population in the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia. Having three objectives the book first aims to give an interdisciplinary account of the drivers, consequences and challenges of ongoing changes in mountainous areas of Southeast Asia. Second, the book describes how innovation processes can contribute to addressing these challenges and third, how knowledge creation to support change in policies and institutions can assist in sustainably develop mountain areas and people’s livelihoods.
Cattle and Sheep in North Thailand
Author: J. Lindsay FalveyPublisher: lindsay falvey
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A summary of research into cattle and sheep in the northern highlands of Thailand, focussing on nutrition and health within a social context. The work includes an early wide sociological survey to inform research planning of major issues in an area previously misunderstood by approaches to render it similar to the lowlands or Western practices. It presents comparative studies on liveweight gain and foreshadows the development of the region.
Rural Development in Northern Thailand
Author: Cornelis Lodewijk Johannes van der MeerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Shifting Cultivation Policies
Author: Malcolm CairnsPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1786391791
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1117
Book Description
Shifting cultivation supports around 200 million people in the Asia-Pacific region alone. It is often regarded as a primitive and inefficient form of agriculture that destroys forests, causes soil erosion and robs lowland areas of water. These misconceptions and their policy implications need to be challenged. Swidden farming could support carbon sequestration and conservation of land, biodiversity and cultural heritage. This comprehensive analysis of past and present policy highlights successes and failures and emphasizes the importance of getting it right for the future. This book is enhanced with supplementary resources. The addendum chapters can be found at: www.cabi.org/openresources/91797
Information Orientation
Author: Donald A. MarchandPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199252213
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book presents the results of an international research project designed to evaluate how effectively people use information and IT to improve business performance. In particular it looks at three dimensions - information behavior and values; information management practices; and IT practices - and their relationship to business performance. The book combines a focus on business relevance with strong empirical research.
Rural Development
Author: International Labour OfficePublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221064510
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Entries in English and various other languages.