African Pastoralism
Conflict, Institutions and Government
- 320 pages
- English
- PDF
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African Pastoralism
Conflict, Institutions and Government
About this book
Although many countries in Africa are devastated by poverty and famine, and are desperately in need of aid, it is generally recognised that programmes of aid and development in Africa are imposed upon local communities with little regard for their traditional values and way of life. This book provides a fresh look at these intricate issues, and explores the way in which farming and traditional pastoral livelihoods have strengthened rather than weakened in the face of government reforms. It reveals how traditional institutions and resource management strategies within local African communities continue to endure, in spite of the enormous pressure that development programs assert, as pastoralists resolve to confront coercive state policies designed to privilege the interests of the wealthy and powerful elite. The book introduces thirteen case studies from Botswana, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda and various other parts of the African continent.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Towards Security, Stability and Sustainability Oriented Strategies of Development in Eastern Africa
- 2. Sustainable Development and Resource Conflicts in Botswana
- 3. Participation and Governance in the Development of Borana: Southern Ethiopia
- 4. Conflict Management, Resolution and Institutions among the Karrayu and their Neighbours
- 5. Ranchers and Pastoralists: The Restructuring of Government Ranching, Uganda
- 6. Resource Competition and Conflict: Herder/ Farmer or Pastoralism/ Agriculture?
- 7. Resource Conflicts Among the Afar of North-East Ethiopia
- 8. Livelihood and Resource Competition, Sudan
- 9. Pastoral Commercialisation: On Caloric Terms of Trade and Related Issues
- 10. Immediate Problems: A View From a Distance
- 11. Changing Gender Roles and Pastoral Adaptations to Market Opportunity in Omdurman, Sudan
- 12. Research-Led Policy Deliberation in Eritrea and Somalia: Searching to Overcome Institutional Gaps
- Contributors
- Index