1st Edition

Ecology, Civil Society and the Informal Economy in North West Tanzania

By Charles David Smith Copyright 2001
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Based on a decade of first-hand experience and secondary research, this richly detailed study follows daily life in four villages in Tanzania. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, this comprehensive account examines the regional economy, determinants of civil society and implications for democratization, AIDS, population growth, refugees, crops and goods and implications... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Conceptualizing the peasantry; Civil society and governance; The ecology of the Kagera region: the physical and human environment; AIDS and depopulation; Rwandese refugees in Tanzania; The staff of life; Coffee, the world market connection; Sustainable development reconsidered: the rich farmers; Women heads of household: the need for empowerment; Consumer goods and the cash economy; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Biography

Charles David Smith

’This book will be of interest to students of development studies and to staff and supporters of NGOs working in Tanzania...both challenging and thought-provoking.’ Tanzanian Affairs ’...recommended to all levels of scholars of development...’ Labour, Capital and Society