{"product_id":"the-state-must-be-our-master-of-fire-9780520235915","title":"The State Must Be Our Master of Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations 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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402818363735,"sku":"9780520235915","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520235915.jpg?v=1730481595","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-state-must-be-our-master-of-fire-9780520235915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}