Decentring Development
Understanding Change in Agrarian Societies
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-349-69107-4 (ISBN)
Description
The ways we understand processes of agrarian change are pressing issues for policy makers and development practitioners. Interpreting changes in two agrarian societies in India and Indonesia, the author reveals how transformations to self are critical factors shaping change, as well as under-recognized consequences of development initiatives.
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Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-69107-4 (9781349691074)
DOI
10.1057/9781137466433
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Content
Introduction PART I: Rethinking social change through the development actor 1. Centring the Self-in-Process 2. The Institutional Landscape PART II: Understanding agrarian societies in research for development 3. Livelihood Pathways 4. Self in Transit PART III: Recognising the unintended consequences of development 5. The State and the Self 6. Moral Spaces of Development Conclusion