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OverviewFocusing on an agropastoral society of southcentral Somalia, this book explores the seeming incompatibility of subsistence agriculture and development goals. Based upon survey and ethnographic research carried out among the Rahanweyn, the study pays particular attention to economic activities, linking them with environmental factors as well as with history, culture, the division of labor and women's roles, family structure, demography, and herding and agriculture. How change can best be introduced into such a society is the central question of the book. The meaning of subsistence and its relationship to self-sufficiency and a survival threshold are examined within the context of an externally imposed market system. The implications of rapidly induced market involvement in a traditional society are looked at in light of data on a range of subsistence societies. The author argues for a redirection of development practices, making a case for the viability of a mixed agropastoral system that diverges little from the traditional subsistence patterns, and for peasant-centered development compatible with subsistence production, balancing national and international interests. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Garth MasseyPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9780367304591ISBN 10: 0367304597 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 31 October 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments -- Subsistence-Based Agropastoralism in the Era of Development -- Society and Economy Among the Rahanweyn -- The Process of a Subsistence-Based Agropastoralism -- Social Change in an Agropastoral Society -- Avoiding a ""False Start"" in Southcentral SomaliaReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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