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In the name of the poor : contesting political space for poverty reduction / edited by Neil Webster and Lars Engberg-Pedersen.
Lippincott Library HC59.72.P6 I5 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--Developing countries--Case studies.
- Poor.
- Poverty--Developing countries--Case studies.
- Poverty.
- Economic conditions.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions--Case studies.
- Developing countries.
- Developing countries--Economic policy--Case studies.
- Economic policy.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 279 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- Current development discourse on poverty reduction mainly emphasizes the respective roles of the state and the market. This book argues for the importance of exploring and understanding the poor's own actions. These actions may seek to change their poverty directly, or the poor may seek to effect change with respect to the formulation and implementation of public policy.
- Contents:
- Local organizations and poor people 4
- The concept of political space 7
- What informs our thinking on political space? 13
- Approaching diversity, agency and non-dichotomous analyses 19
- The contributions 24
- 2 Reading the Bolivian Landscape of Exclusion and Inclusion: The Law of Popular Participation / Anne Marie Ejdesgaard Jeppesen 30
- The Sanchez de Lozada administration 31
- The Law of Popular Participation 33
- The politics of space and participations a historical perspective 33
- The image of the state as enemy 37
- Boundaries and names 38
- Processes of popular participation 40
- Political spaces for poverty alleviation? 47
- 3 The Vicissitudes of Politics and the Resilience of the Peasantry: The Contestation and Reconfiguration of Political Space in the Peruvian Andes / Karsten Paerregaard 52
- From revolution to neo-liberalism 53
- Peasant communities and the struggle for land in the Alto Cunas area 56
- The 1970s: agrarian reform in Alto Cunas 59
- The 1980s: political violence in Alto Cunas 63
- The 1990s: neo-liberalism in Alto Cunas 67
- 4 The Voice and Representation of the 'Poor': Striving for Government Aid in Western Mexico / Magdalena Villarreal 78
- The nature of political space for poverty alleviation 79
- Poverty alleviation programmes in Mexico 81
- Participation and power 85
- The multi-faceted nature of political agency in Tomatlan 87
- Equitable development and the identity of 'the poor' 92
- Routes of access and mediation 95
- Arenas of struggle and mechanisms of control 97
- Voice and representation of the poor in the strife over government resources 101
- 5 Ambiguous Political Space: Chiefs, Land and the Poor in Rural Mozambique / Astrid Blom 104
- The historical context 105
- Effective colonial control after the turn of the century 106
- Independence 107
- War between Frelimo and Renamo 109
- The post-war period 110
- Political authorities in post-war Angonia 110
- Land tenure and poverty in Angonia 115
- Land conflict settlement and the social practices of the poor 117
- Political space for poverty reduction in Angonia 122
- 6 Speaking with Space: Displacements and Claims in the Politics of Land in Zimbabwe / Amanda J. Hammar 129
- Colonial invasions and translations 130
- 'Inventing' and perpetuating the communal lands 132
- Shifting land authorities 134
- Post-independence transitions and dispositions 135
- Local versions and inversions 137
- The 'making' of Gokwe North district 138
- Locating Vumba 140
- Narratives of displacement, migration, adaptation and belonging 142
- Multiple, simultaneous land authorities 143
- Shifting land values, reshaping boundaries 145
- The buffer zone: 'A place where people end' 146
- Settlers or squatters? The power of naming 147
- 'The day of burning' 148
- Insiders and outsiders, and scripts of belonging 149
- Conclusion: Reshaping the political space for land claims in Zimbabwe 151
- 7 The Limitations of Political Space in Burkina Faso: Local Organizations, Decentralization and Poverty Reduction / Lars Engberg-Pedersen 157
- Political change and decentralization 159
- Local organizations in Yatenga 164
- Political space and the organization of politics 171
- 8 Where Local Organizations do not Work: Problems of Poverty Reduction in Tamil Nadu, India / D. Rajasekhar 183
- Historical analysis of poverty in the selected villages 185
- The condition and severity of poverty in the selected villages 190
- SHARE's intervention strategy 195
- Attempts at poverty reduction by local organizations 197
- 9 Local Institutions in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Civil Society and Local Elections / Kirsten Westergaard, Abul Hossain 208
- The state, civil society and political space 208
- Challenges to the traditional power structure 219
- 10 Local Organizations and Political Space in the Forests of West Bengal / Neil Webster 233
- The Indian context 236
- The Left Front government and people's democracy 238
- Local change in Bankura district 241
- Adivasi women's cooperatives as collective action 243
- Joint forest management and forest protection committees 247
- Political agency and poverty reduction in local development 251
- 11 Political Agencies and Spaces / Lars Engberg-Pedersen, Neil Webster 255
- National politics and poverty reduction 258
- The bewildering richness of local actors, actions and processes 262
- Political space and poverty reduction 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1856499588
- 1856499596
- OCLC:
- 46807977
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