Author: N. G. Ranga Publisher: ISBN: Category : India Languages : en Pages : 132
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Contains a collections of speeches, press releases, and other statements by Prof. N.G. Ranga and C. Rajagopalachari concerning the land reform and peasant movement.
Author: Virginius Xaxa Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9811057567 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 349
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The book explores the debates surrounding sustainable livelihood in the neoliberal era effected through transformation of the nature of work and the role of institutions, particularly in the Global South. By creating gainful work and employment opportunities through formal and informal institutions using progressive instruments and innovations within rural and urban economies, livelihood becomes ‘sustainable’, thereby reducing inequality and increasing resilience among households. Based on both theoretical and empirical studies from Asia and Africa, the book establishes the relationship between three broad concepts – work, institutions and sustainable development. The content has been divided into three broad sections: Rural Economy and Its Transformations; Urbanisation and Sustainable Livelihood; and Innovations and Instruments of Transformation. This book is a valuable resource for scholars of development studies, rural and urban studies, labour studies besides economics, sociology, political science and policymaking.
Author: George Psacharopoulos Publisher: Ashgate Publishing ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 264
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Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from severe and widespread poverty. They are more likely than any other groups of a country's population to be poor. This study documents their socioeconomic situation and shows how it can be improved through changes in policy-influenced variables such as education. The authors review the literature of indigenous people around the world and provide a statistical overview of those in Latin America. Case studies profile the indigenous populations in Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, examining their distribution, education, income, labour force participation and differences in gender roles. A final chapter presents recommendations for conducting future research.
Author: Birendra Prasad Mathur Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1315388723 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 232
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While development has been the foremost agenda before successive governments in India, it has been viewed narrowly – from the perspective of economic development and particularly in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). This book questions such an approach. It breaks from the conventional wisdom of GDP growth as being a definitive measure of the success of a country’s policies and offers an alternative development philosophy. The author contends that people’s economic and social welfare, life satisfaction, self-fulfilment and happiness should be treated as indicators of real development. The book underlines that in a successful model of development, the country’s economic policies will have to synergize with its cultural ethos and that the objective of development should be gross national happiness and well-being of the people. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, public policy and administration, governance, political science and sociology, as well as to policymakers.
Author: A K H Weinrich Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429939523 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 282
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Originally published in 1975 this book analyses the factors making for success and failure in agricultural development among black Zimbabweans during the 20th century. A detailed analysis is given of 2 tribal trust lands, including government policies and administrative control of these areas, voluntary and forced adjustment to land shortage and the economic resources and productivity of peasant cultivators. Settlements under individual land tenure are examined, as are government policies to these, the internal transofrmation of these communities and their economic resources and productivity. There is also a section on irrigation schemes and the reaction of people to irrigation farming. This is an indispensable book in understanding the present-day situation of agriculture in Zimbabwe.
Author: Rebati Mohan Sarkar Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 296
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The Tradition-Oriented Rights Of The Tribal People Of India On Lands And Forests Are Not Only The Indigenous Issue Developed Long Ago, But In Most Of The Cases These Surpass The Frontiers Of History. After Their Many-Sided Confrontations With The Contemporary Conceptions, The Question Of Traditional Rights And Their Feasibility Has Raised A Lot Of Queries And Counter-Queries In The Sphere Of Safeguarding The Indiscriminate Destruction Of The Forested Environment And Unusual Utilization Of The Lands In Nature. The Question Has Not Only Been Confined To The Academic Circle, But It Has Stirred Conspicuously The Political Domain Of The Country Very Recently. The Tribal People Living In And Around The Forests Are Not The Destructor But The Conservers Of Forests And Related Natural Resources. Their Love And Sympathy For The Natural Resources Have Been Processed Characteristically In Their Cultural Patterns And Ultimately These Have Oriented The All-Embracing Tribal Philosophy. These Are Needed To Be Evaluated In Their Proper Perspectives With Scientific Outlook Reinforced By Concrete Case Studies. The Present Anthology Pledges To Supply Relevant Information To All Concerned In Its As Many As Nineteen Discernible Papers Including One Introduction Presented By The Veteran And Young As Well As Promising Social Scientists. It Would Cater To The Needs Of The Policy-Makers, Administrators, Politicians And Social Workers Together With All The Persons Interested In The Different Domains Of Social Sciences In General And In The Tribal Affairs In Particular.
Author: James M. Cypher Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780415254151 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 574
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This textbook includes discussions of such topics as the environment, the debt case, export-led industrialization, import substitution industrialization, growth theory and technological capability.
Author: Mario Blaser Publisher: IDRC ISBN: 1552500047 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 373
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Authored as a result of a remarkable collaboration between indigenous people's own leaders, other social activists and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this volume explores what is happening today to indigenous peoples as they are enmeshed, almost inevitably, in the remorseless expansion of the modern economy and development, at the behest of the pressures of the market-place and government. It is particularly timely, given the rise in criticism of free market capitalism generally, as well as of development. The volume seeks to capture the complex, power-laden, often contradictory features of indigenous agency and relationships. It shows how peoples do not just resist or react to the pressures of market and state, but also initiate and sustain "life projects" of their own which embody local history and incorporate plans to improve their social and economic ways of living.
Author: David Kyle Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 0801876338 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 268
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Why do two groups from the same country pursue radically different economic strategies of transnational mobility? David Kyle examines the lives of people from four rural communities in two regions of the Andean highlands of Ecuador. Migrants from the southern province of Azuay shuttle back and forth to New York City, mostly as undocumented laborers. In contrast, an indigenous group of Quichua-speakers from the northern canton of Otavalo travel the world as handicraft merchants and musicians playing Andean music. In one village, Kyle found that Otavalans were migrating to 23 different countries and returning within a year. Transnational Peasants provides an intriguing historical and sociological exploration of a contemporary migration mystery.
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