Indigenous peoples and poverty : an international perspective / Robyn Eversole, John-Andrew McNeish and Alberto D. Cimadamore, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eversole, Robyn.

McNeish, John-Andrew.

Cimadamore, Alberto D.

International Social Science Council.

Series:

CROP international studies in poverty research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Economic conditions.

Indigenous peoples.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

311 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Indigenous peoples & poverty

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

This major book brings together two of today's leading concerns in development policy - the urgent need to prioritize poverty reduction and the particular circumstances of indigenous peoples in both developing and industrialized countries. The contributors analyse patterns of indigenous disadvantage worldwide, the centrality of the right to self-determination, and indigenous peoples' own diverse perspectives on development. In addition to the general analyses put forward, there is a rich collection of specific country and particular indigenous populations' experiences from the Americas, Australasia, South East Asia, Europe and Russia. One overall conclusion that emerges is that both differences and commonalities must be recognized in any realistic study of indigenous poverty.

Much original empirical information is presented around the nature of poverty in these communities, the frequent pressure for integration from surrounding societies, and self-determination as a potentially effective anti-poverty strategy. At the same time, several fundamental and difficult questions are explored, including the right balance to be struck between autonomy and participation, and the tension between a new wave of assimilationism in the guise of 'pro-poor' and 'inclusionary' development policies and the fact that such policies may provide new spaces for indigenous peoples to advance their demands.

The goal of this book is to contribute to academic debates on indigenous peoples and poverty, and to international organizations' and NGOs' concrete responses to poverty amongst indigenous peoples. Also, by bringing together the experiences of diverse indigenous peoples in a comparative book, the authors hope to offer indigenous peoples, organizations and activists valuable practical insights from the experiences of others.

Contents:

1 Introduction: indigenous peoples and poverty / John-Andrew Mcneish, Robyn Eversole 1

1 Indigenous poverty 27

2 Overview - patterns of indigenous disadvantage worldwide / Robyn Eversole 29

3 The conditions of life and health for indigenous women in areas of high marginalization, Chiapas, Mexico / Hector Javier Sanchez-Perez, Guadalupe Vargas Morales, Josep Maria Jansa 38

4 Scarred landscapes and tattooed faces: poverty, identity and land conflict in a Taiwanese indigenous community / Scott Simon 53

5 Nutritional vulnerability in indigenous children of the Americas - a human rights issue / Siri Damman 69

2 Indigenous peoples in nation-states: rights, citizenship and self-determination 95

6 Overview - the right to self-determination / John-Andrew Mcneish, Robyn Eversole 97

7 Poverty and international aid among Russia's indigenous peoples / Indra Overland 108

8 Indigenous peoples of South-East Asia: poverty, identity and resistance / Don Mccaskill, Jeff Rutherford 126

9 Tackling indigenous disadvantage in the twenty-first century: 'social inclusion' and Maori in New Zealand / Louise Humpage 158

10 Political participation and poverty in Colombian indigenous communities: the case of the Zenu and Mokana peoples / A. Carolina Borda Nino, Dario J. Mejia Montalvo 185

11 Indigenous peoples, poverty and self-determination in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States / Stephen Cornell 199

3 Indigenous peoples' perspectives on development 227

12 Overview: indigenous peoples' perspectives on poverty and development / John-Andrew Mcneish 229

13 Ecological wealth versus social poverty: contradictions of and perspectives on indigenous development in Central America and Mexico / Pablo Alarcon-Chaires 239

14 Indigenous anti-poverty strategies in an Australian town / Robyn Eversole, Leon Ridgeway, David Mercer 260

15 Sami responses to poverty in the Nordic countries / Christian Jakob Burmeister Hicks, Ande Somby 274

16 Conclusions: poverty, peoples and the meaning of change / John-Andrew McNeish, Robyn Eversole 290.

Notes:

"ISS."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1842776789

1842776797

OCLC:

61879320