Rural Progress, Rural Decay : : Neoliberal Adjustment Policies and Local Initiatives /

Rural Progress, Rural Decay : : Neoliberal Adjustment Policies and Local Initiatives / / ed. by John D. Cameron, Liisa L. North.

How do rural development programs, especially those run by nongovernmental organizations, cope in a time of structural adjustment programs and economical liberalization? Using Ecuador as a representative example, the authors of Rural Progress, Rural Decay explore the consequences of neoliberal macro...

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MitwirkendeR:
Bretón Solo De Zaldívar, Víctor,
Cameron, John D.,
Grinspun, Ricardo,
Kit, Wade A.,
Koep, Robert B.,
Korovkin, Tanya,
Lefeber, Louis,
Martínez Valle, Luciano,
North, Liisa L.,
HerausgeberIn:
Cameron, John D.,
North, Liisa L.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2003]
Kumarian Press, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms
  • 1 Rural Progress or Rural Decay? An Overview of the Issues and the Case Studies
  • Part I Theoretical Perspectives
  • 2 Problems of Contemporary Development. Neoliberalism and Its Consequences
  • 3 Exploring the Links Among Global Trade, Industrial Agriculture, and Rural Underdevelopment
  • Part II Policy Choices, Policy Impacts: Ecuador in Comparative Perspective
  • 4 Agriculture and Rural Development. A Critique of Establishmentarian Policies in Ecuador
  • 5 Endogenous Peasant Responses to Structural Adjustment. Ecuador in Comparative Andean Perspective
  • 6 Rural Land Conflicts and Human Rights Violations in Ecuador
  • Part III Case Studies from the Ecuadorian Highlands
  • 7 Agrarian Capitalism and Communal Institutional Spaces. Chimborazo After the Land Reform
  • 8 The Contradictions of Rural Development NGOs. The Trajectory of the FEPP in Chimborazo
  • 9 Municipal Democratization and Rural Development in Highland Ecuador
  • 10 Externally Induced Rural Diversification. The Communitarian Experience of Salinas
  • 11 Endogenous Rural Diversification. Family Textile Enterprises in Pelileo, Tungurahua
  • Bibliography
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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