1st Edition

Anthropological Approaches To Resettlement Policy, Practice, And Theory

Edited By Michael M. Cernea Copyright 1993
    414 Pages
    by Routledge

    414 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is about people who have been forced resettle because of development projects. It takes stock of recent applied social science research on involuntary resettlement and forms a part of an international discussion on theories of resettlement and what social scientists can do about it.

    Anthropological Approaches to Involuntary Resettlement: Policy, Practice, and Theory -- Anthropological and Sociological Research for Policy Development on Population Resettlement -- Legal Aspects of Involuntary Population Resettlement -- Involuntary Resettlement, Human Capital, and Economic Development -- Resettlement Planning in the Brazilian Power Sector: Recent Changes in Approach -- Resettlement After Involuntary Displacement: The Karelians in Finland -- The Yacyretá Experience with Urban Resettlement: Some Lessons and Insights -- Resettlement in Ghana: From Akosombo to Kpong -- The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute and Navajo Relocation -- Peasants, Planners, and Participation: Resettlement in Mexico1 -- Resettlement at Manantali, Mali: Short-Term Success, Long-Term Problems -- The Dynamics of Social and Economic Adaptation During Resettlement: The Case of Beles Valley in Ethiopia -- Involuntary Displacement and the Changing Frontiers of Kinship: A Study of Resettlement in Orissa -- Involuntary Resettlement: A Plea for the Host Population -- A Spatial Analysis of Involuntary Community Relocation: A South African Case Study1 -- Successful Involuntary Resettlement: Lessons from the Costa Rican Arenal Hydroelectric Project -- Disaster-related Refugee Flows and Development-caused Population Displacement