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A painstaking and skillful autopsy of ruinous western-style rational economic development policy forced upon a fragile, yet self- sustaining society. It is also a disquieting demonstration of the general folly of such an approach and an attempt to articulate a better, more sensitive, and more productive model of change.

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Illustrations Tables Acknowledgments Maps 1. "Buying Rope Is a Young Man's Job": Transformations of Culture and Institutions 2. The Serer of Siin: "Le type meme du paysan africain" 3. "Tradition" in the Siin: Contested and Enmeshing 4. Land Pawning as a Response to the Standardization of Tenure Transitions: The Siin Reordered 5. Two Romanticizations: Tenure Confusion after the National Domain Law 6. "The King Has Come--Now Everything Is Ruined": The Promise and Frustration of Syncretic Rural Democracy 7. Culturally Sustainable Development Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 17/06/2004
      ISBN13: 9780520235915, 978-0520235915
      ISBN10: 0520235916
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A painstaking and skillful autopsy of ruinous western-style rational economic development policy forced upon a fragile, yet self- sustaining society. It is also a disquieting demonstration of the general folly of such an approach and an attempt to articulate a better, more sensitive, and more productive model of change.

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations Tables Acknowledgments Maps 1. "Buying Rope Is a Young Man's Job": Transformations of Culture and Institutions 2. The Serer of Siin: "Le type meme du paysan africain" 3. "Tradition" in the Siin: Contested and Enmeshing 4. Land Pawning as a Response to the Standardization of Tenure Transitions: The Siin Reordered 5. Two Romanticizations: Tenure Confusion after the National Domain Law 6. "The King Has Come--Now Everything Is Ruined": The Promise and Frustration of Syncretic Rural Democracy 7. Culturally Sustainable Development Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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