In the way of development : indigenous peoples, life projects and globalization / edited by Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit and Glenn McRae.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blaser, Mario, 1966-

Feit, Harvey A.

McRae, Glenn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples.

Economic development.

Human rights.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

ix, 362 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books in Association with International Development Research Centre, Ottawa ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave, 2004.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1842771922

1842771930

OCLC:

52798864