Globalising Rural Development Competing Paradigms and Emerging Realities
- London Sage Publications 2006
- 462p
includes index and biblioraphy
Preface 7 I. Globalisation: Whither Rural Development An Introduction M.C. Behera 13 II. Globalisation, State and NGOs 1. The State and Rural Development: Ideologies and an Agenda for the 1990s Robert Chambers 57 2. State Restructuring and Rural Development in South Africa Maano Ratnutsindela 78 3. Rural Development in the Era of Globalisation: Fragmented Realities Farida Akhter 92 4. Rural Development Issues in Nigeria in the Era of Globalisation: An Overview S. Tunji Titilola and Femi Ogundele 108 5. Enwrapped by Thai Development: The Sedentarisation Process of a Hunting and Gathering People of South Thailand Nathan Porath 125 6. Non-Governmental Organisations in Rural Development Damodar Suar, Laxmi Bilash Hota and Himadri Sinha 160 7. The NGO Debate in `Development`: A Review Mokbul Morshed Ahmad 183 III. Sustainability and Endogenous Rural Development: Concepts and Strategies 8. Sustainable Livelihood and Rural Development in South Asia: Issues, Concerns and General Implications Binayak Rajbhandari 211 9. Systems of Local Self-Administration after Agricultural Transformation: Experiences of a Local Resource Management Project in East Germany Lutz Laschewski 242 10. Repertoires and Strategies in European (Neo-) Endogenous Rural Development Christopher Ray 256 11. LEADER, a New Social Order, and the Central- and East-European Countries Imre Kovdch 277 12. Indigenous Self-Development in Practice: Tackling Crisis in Swidden Farming among the Buhid of Mindoro, Philippines Christian Erni 291 IV. Participation, Gender, Poverty and Food Security: Policy Issues 13. Engendering Participatory Development in the Analysis of Household Food Security: Small-Scale Farmers in the Vihiga District of Kenya Eliud Wandabwa Wakwabubi 323 14. Critically Evaluating Rural Women`s Participation and Empowerment: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Framework for Research and Analysis June Lennie 350 15. Level of Empowerment of Rural Women: Lessons from the Field Pradip K. Bhowmick 374 16. Social Forestry, Poverty Reduction and Rural Development in Bangladesh: A Sociological Exploration Niaz Ahmed Khan . 396 17. Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Rural India: A Critical Assessment Sibranjan Misra 423 Conclusion 434 About the Editor and Contributors 445 Index 453