An account of agrarian politics in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu.
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How effective is western aid-agency intervention in Africa? What can African women do to manage the AIDS crisis? Can western feminist theory be applied to the rural African context? These vital issues, and many others, are considered in this topical book by eminent scholars and …
The main target of this book is to explore how the involvement of rural populations and communities in different kinds of markets (mainly for agricultural commodities) has influenced the management of rural land in Europe. Most of the papers focus on precisely what were the forc…
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A survey and comparative analysis, this aims to provide a deeper knowledge and understanding of the planning of rural land use at an international level, discussing issues including major land use conflicts, conservation, rural political climate and central-local state relations.
A survey and comparative analysis, this aims to provide a deeper knowledge and understanding of the planning of rural land use at an international level, discussing issues including major land use conflicts, conservation, rural political climate and central-local state relations.
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