Economic spaces of pastoral production and commodity systems : markets and livelihoods / edited by Jörg Gertel and Richard Le Heron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gertel, Jörg.

Le Heron, Richard B.

Series:

Ashgate economic geography series.

Ashgate economic geography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral systems--Economic aspects.

Pastoral systems.

Exchange.

Commodity exchanges.

Human geography.

Economic anthropology.

Economic geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pastoralism as a land use system is under recognized in terms of its contribution to food provision and livelihoods as well as to human security.This book is the first attempt to explore the dynamics of economic spaces of pastoral production and commodity systems for explicit South and North positionings. It develops and applies a new approach in combining agri-food, market and commodity chain perspectives with livelihood approaches. This enables new understandings of re-aligning exchange relations between the global south and the global north.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I: Pastoralists in the Market; 1 Introduction: Pastoral Economies Between Resilience and Exposure; 2 Theoretical Plurality in Markets Conceived as Social and Political Institutions; 3 Social Vulnerability and Livelihood Security; Part II: From Subsistence to Market Production: Post-Colonial Africa; 4 Livestock Production and Pastoral Livelihood Security in Western Chad; 6 Pastoral Integration in East African Livestock Markets; 7 Livestock Marketing Chains in Northern Kenya: Re-Aligning Exchange Systems in Risky Environments

8 Market Spaces in a Globalising PeripheryPart III: From State to Market Production: Post-Socialist Contexts; 9 Pastoralism in the Pamirs; 10 Mongolian Pastoral Economy and its Integration into the World Market; 11 Nomads and their Market Relations in Eastern Tibet's Yushu Regions; 12 Capitalism in the Tundra or Tundra in Capitalism?; Part IV: From Commercialised Production to Integrated Markets; 13 Livestock Markets and Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa; 14 The UK Sheep Industry; 15 Market-Making and Livelihood Challenges in Contemporary New Zealand's Dairy and Sheep

16 Contested Market-Relations Around Value and Values: Live Sheep Exports from Western Australia17 Conclusion: Embodied Risks of Exchange Relations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Pastoralists in the market -- pt. 2. From subsistence to market production : post-colonial Africa -- pt. 3. From state to market production : post-socialist contexts -- pt. 4. From commercialised production to integrated markets.

ISBN:

1-315-57873-5

1-317-14613-1

1-283-31884-9

9786613318848

1-4094-2532-0

9781315578736

OCLC:

764633578