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almafu_9960118847202883
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1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) :
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ISBN:
1-78744-058-3
Serie:
Eastern Africa series
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In October 2016, the Ethiopian administration declared a State of Emergency in response to anti-Government demonstrations and mass riots. While the Government claimed the riots stemmed from subversive activities among large diasporic populations in the West, the evidence suggests that they were provoked by widespread internal dissatisfaction. Land deals by the Government with foreign investors, the building of vast hydroelectric dams, sugar estates and industry parks, and urban sprawl have put pressure on agricultural, rural areas. Today, dispossessions, drought and social unrest surround fears of the worst food shortages in decades. Examining these developments in Ethiopia's lake region, the author shows how transformations in state-society relations and the organization of production and exchange have impacted on a population of smallholder farmers for whom agriculture is not only the mainstay of the economy but a way of life. Getnet Bekele is Associate Professor of History at Oakland University, MI, where he teaches African History and the Environmental and Economic History of Africa and the Global South.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Maps and Tables --
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Acknowledgements --
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Note on Orthography --
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Acronyms & Abbreviations --
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Glossary --
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Map --
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Introduction --
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1 Landscape Pastoral: The Making and Re-making of a Grassland Environment 1886–1916 --
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2 Negotiating a Landscape: Continuity and Change in a Grassland Environment 1917–1941 --
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3 Blurring the Boundaries: The Ascendancy of Crop Production in a Flexible Environment 1942–1955 --
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4 Fresh Encounters and Morphing Strategies: The Changing Organization of Production in an Era of Agricultural Intervention 1956–1965 --
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5 Inputs, Outputs and the Farm: Transformations in the Science, Politics and Praxis of Agricultural Development 1966–1974 --
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6 Competition and Co-existence: Creating Space for Small- to Large-scale Farming 1966–1974 --
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7 Of Production and Production Relations: Farming in an Era of Revolutionary Change and Socialist Development 1975–1991 --
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8 Vicious Circle: Agricultural Development at the time of ‘Revolutionary Democracy’ 1991–2016 --
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Conclusion --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-84701-174-8
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781787440586
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781787440586/type/BOOK
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