| Pastoralism and Politics in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia Contributor(s): Schlee, Günther (Author), Shongolo, Abdullahi A. (Author), Shongolo, Abdullahi A. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1847010369 ISBN-13: 9781847010360 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - African - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Literary Collections | African |
| Dewey: 338.1 |
| Series: Eastern Africa |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.6" W x 8.7" (0.95 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focuses on pastoralism, politics, policies and development in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. It is based on anthropological field research over a period of thirty-four years and attempts a synthesis of historical findingsand political anthropology, including studies carried out from a perspective of development intervention. Presenting a detailed ethnographic view of recent events of ethnic violence in Kenya, the authors analyse how local patterns of conflict among pastoralists were influenced by both national and regional politics, which have encouraged an increased tendency of territorialized ethnicity. The authors then discuss ways of getting out of the ethnic trap and revitalizing a mobile livestock economy in a region where other forms of land use are impossible or much less effective. A companion volume to Islam and Ethnicity in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia, it will be of particular interest to political anthropologists, students of nomadism, pastoral economy ecology, and globalization. Günther Schlee is director of the Department of 'Integration and Conflict', Max Planck Institute forSocial Anthropology, Halle, Germany; Abdullahi Shongolo is an independent scholar based in Kenya. |