Social networks and food security in the urban fringe / Stephen More, The Reverend Sister Nora MacNamara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Stephen, author.

MacNamara, Nora, author.

Series:

GeoJournal library

GeoJournal Library, 0924-5499

Urban Perspectives from the Global South, 2511-2171

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--Nigeria--Abuja (Federal Capital Territory).

Food security.

Sociology, Urban.

Nigeria--Abuja (Federal Capital Territory).

Social networks--Nigeria--Abuja (Federal Capital Territory).

Social networks.

Social groups--Nigeria--Abuja (Federal Capital Territory).

Social groups.

Social participation--Nigeria--Abuja (Federal Capital Territory).

Social participation.

Sociology, Urban--Nigeria.

Human geography.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 228 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2020]

Summary:

This book explores how social groups in the urban fringe of Abuja, Nigeria, engaged with a series of development projects spanning 15 years (2003 to 2018) which focused on the enhancement of food security for farming households. The groups were at the heart of these development projects and the book presents the many insights that were gained by farmers and project agents working within these partnerships and provides advice for those seeking to do the same. The book also explores how the social groups attempted to lever benefits from being near to the fastest growing city in Africa and a centre of economic and political power. While much has been written about social groups and their embeddedness within wider social networks in Africa and in other parts of the world, the exploration of the role of social groups within development projects is an area that remains relatively unchartered and this book seeks to fill that important gap in knowledge. It provides an important contribution for all those researching and working with social groups in the developing world.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: The leveraging by and of social groups

Chapter 2. Social groups, networks, leadership and trust

Chapter 3. Exploring social groups

Chapter 4. Abuja: A new city of opportunity

Chapter 5. The social group landscape

Chapter 6. Social groups as catalysts

Chapter 7. Lessons and the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.

Current copyright fee: GBP19.00 42\0.

ISBN:

3030463583

9783030463588

OCLC:

1145625281

Publisher Number:

10.1007/9783030463595