African Pastoralism: Conflict, Institutions and Government (OSSREA)
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Although many countries in Africa are devastated by poverty and famine, and are desperately in need of aid, it is generally recognised that programmes of aid and development in Africa are imposed upon local communities with little regard for their traditional values and way of life.
This book provides a fresh look at these intricate issues, and explores the way in which farming and traditional pastoral livelihoods have strengthened rather than weakened in the face of government reforms.
It reveals how traditional institutions and resource management strategies within local African communities continue to endure, in spite of the enormous pressure that development programs assert, as pastoralists resolve to confront coercive state policies designed to privilege the interests of the wealthy and powerful elite.
The book introduces thirteen case studies from Botswana, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda and various other parts of the African continent.
About the Author
M. A. Mohamed Salih is Professor of Politics of Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden. He is the author of Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999), Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa (Springer, 1999), Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa (Springer, 2000), African Democracies and African Politics (Pluto, 2001), African Pastoralism (Pluto, 2001) and African Political Parties (Pluto, 2003). Prof. Ton Dietz has been Director of the African Studies Centre Leiden since May 2010. and is also Professor of the Study of African Development at Leiden University. Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed is Professor of Development Studies, Ahfad University and University of Khartoum.
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- Contributor: M. A. Mohamed Salih
- Imprint: Pluto Press
- ISBN13: 9780745317878
- Number of Pages: 320
- Packaged Dimensions: 135x215mm
- Packaged Weight: 535
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Release Date: 2001-07-20
- Series: OSSREA
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: M. A. Mohamed Salih is Professor of Politics of Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden. He is the author of Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999), Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa (Springer, 1999), Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa (Springer, 2000), African Democracies and African Politics (Pluto, 2001), African Pastoralism (Pluto, 2001) and African Political Parties (Pluto, 2003). Prof. Ton Dietz has been Director of the African Studies Centre Leiden since May 2010. and is also Professor of the Study of African Development at Leiden University. Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed is Professor of Development Studies, Ahfad University and University of Khartoum.
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