The Byways of the Poor
Organizing Practices and Economic Control in the Developing World
Distributed for Museum Tusculanum Press
261 pages
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20 tables
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6 3/8 x 9 1/2
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© 2012
Images of the poor often fall into two contrasting depictions; on one hand, individuals and communities labeled as poor are seen as powerless victims of deprivation, and on the other, as thriving in solidarity, and authenticity, uncontaminated by capitalist ways of life. The articles in The Byways of Poor attempt to analyze poverty beyond these stereotypes. Drawing on cases from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, India, Bangladesh, Peru, and Mexico, and examining a diverse sphere of interactions, including those between donors and beneficiaries, local authorities and citizens, and employers and employees, the contributors in this book challenge traditional approaches to poverty, focusing on the resources, skills, and organizations by which individuals and communities struggle to alleviate their own financial and social hardships.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction. Defying Poverty: Myths of Economic Control and Power
Magdalena Villarreal
Asia
2. Organizing Practices and Copying Strategies of Agricultural Labourers: A Case of Mutah Labour in South India
Rajasekhar Durgam
3. Agrarian Change for Better or Worse in West Bengal? A Village Level Analysis of the Late Twentieth Century
Neil Webster
4. Coping with Poverty and Institutionalized Practices: Tank-Irrigated Cultivation in Kolar District, Karnataka
Lars Engeberg-Pedersen
5. Women’s Organizing Practices in Rural Bangladesh
Kirsten Westergaard (in collaboration with Abul Hossain)
Africa
6. Retrieving Lost Lands: Struggles over Livelihoods, Leadership and Entitlement in Zimbabwe’s Communal Lands
Amanda Hammar
7. Norms and Outcomes: Rural Poor, Land Disputes and Conflict Solution in Mozambique
Astrid Blom
Latin America
8. Cashing Identities: Debt in the Non-material World of Money among Rural Mexicans
Magdalena Villarreal
9. The Grass of Wrath: U.S. Labour Migration and Organizing Practices among Peruvian Sheepherders
Karsten Paerregaard
10. Afterword. Organizing Practices and the Invited Space of Local Governance
Neil Webster
Contributors
1. Introduction. Defying Poverty: Myths of Economic Control and Power
Magdalena Villarreal
Asia
2. Organizing Practices and Copying Strategies of Agricultural Labourers: A Case of Mutah Labour in South India
Rajasekhar Durgam
3. Agrarian Change for Better or Worse in West Bengal? A Village Level Analysis of the Late Twentieth Century
Neil Webster
4. Coping with Poverty and Institutionalized Practices: Tank-Irrigated Cultivation in Kolar District, Karnataka
Lars Engeberg-Pedersen
5. Women’s Organizing Practices in Rural Bangladesh
Kirsten Westergaard (in collaboration with Abul Hossain)
Africa
6. Retrieving Lost Lands: Struggles over Livelihoods, Leadership and Entitlement in Zimbabwe’s Communal Lands
Amanda Hammar
7. Norms and Outcomes: Rural Poor, Land Disputes and Conflict Solution in Mozambique
Astrid Blom
Latin America
8. Cashing Identities: Debt in the Non-material World of Money among Rural Mexicans
Magdalena Villarreal
9. The Grass of Wrath: U.S. Labour Migration and Organizing Practices among Peruvian Sheepherders
Karsten Paerregaard
10. Afterword. Organizing Practices and the Invited Space of Local Governance
Neil Webster
Contributors
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