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This is a detailed case study of the workings of the "development" industry in one country, Lesotho. It shows how, despite "expertise" these projects can often fail and have serious repercussions upon the country.

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Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The "development" apparatus conceptual apparatus: the constitution of the object of "development"; Lesotho as "less developed country"; institutional apparatus - the Thaba-Tseka development project. Part 3 The "target population" - the setting - aspects of economy and society in rural Lesotho; the Bovine mystique; a study of power, property, and livestock in rural Lesotho. Part 4 The deployment of "development": livestock development; the decentralization debacle; crop development and some other programs of the Thaba-Tseka project. Part 5 Instrument-effects of a "development" project; the anti-politics machine.

AntiPolitics Machine

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      Publisher University of Minnesota Press
      Published 1 February 1994
      ISBN-13 9780816624379
      978-0816624379
      ISBN-10 0816624372
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a detailed case study of the workings of the "development" industry in one country, Lesotho. It shows how, despite "expertise" these projects can often fail and have serious repercussions upon the country.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The "development" apparatus conceptual apparatus: the constitution of the object of "development"; Lesotho as "less developed country"; institutional apparatus - the Thaba-Tseka development project. Part 3 The "target population" - the setting - aspects of economy and society in rural Lesotho; the Bovine mystique; a study of power, property, and livestock in rural Lesotho. Part 4 The deployment of "development": livestock development; the decentralization debacle; crop development and some other programs of the Thaba-Tseka project. Part 5 Instrument-effects of a "development" project; the anti-politics machine.

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