Take out hunger : two case studies of rural development in Basutoland
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Take out hunger : two case studies of rural development in Basutoland
(London School of Economics monographs on social anthropology, v. 39)
Berg, 2005
- : cloth
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
First published: London : Athlone Press, 1969
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Development schemes are common throughout the third world. Many fail, but the reasons for failure or success are only too often not adequately studied. In this monograph two schemes started in Basutoland - now Lesotho - are intensively analysed and compared: the first, which was abandoned in 1961, primarily by means of documentary material; the second, which was and still is successful in at least part of the area, mainly through observation and field research. The analysis reveals the factors making for success or failure, particularly in the fields of politics, economics, and communication. The relevance of the study extends beyond Lesotho and even Africa, the analysis dealing with problems common to introduced social change and development in any part of the world.
Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION I Problem, I
- Basutoland, 4 POLITICAL STRUCTURE 9 Prologue, 9
- Colonial Administration, II
- Chieftainship, 15
- Representative Government, 26
- the Political Structure seen from the Village, 32 VILLAGE ECONOMY 39 Setting and People, 39
- Time, Tasks and Production, 46
- Consumption, Money and Possessions, 61 TAUNG RECLAMATION SCHEME 1956-61 76 Soil Conservation, 76
- Taung, 79
- BaTaung, 80
- Initiative for the Scheme, 81
- Plans and Assumptions, 81
- Action and Reaction, 83 Factors of Failure: A. Machinery of the Scheme, 83
- Politics, 94
- C. Specific Objections of the People, 103 'FARMECH' MECHANIZATION SCHEME (from 1961) 115 Background to mechanized farming in Basutoland, 115
- Mafeteng, 117
- Basuto ba Mafeteng, 117
- Initiative for the Scheme, 118
- Plans and Assumptions, 119
- Action and :action, 121 Factors of Failure: A. Machinery of the Scheme, 123
- B. Politics, 13 I
- C. Specific Objections of the People, 135 Beginnings of Success: A. Administration, 141
- Management, 143
- C. Prognosis, 151 IMPLICATIONS 153 APPENDIX: ADMINISTRATION OF COLONIAL FUNDS 165 L1ST OF WORKS CITED 171 INDEX 173
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