Defying Displacement: Grassroots Resistance and the Critique of Development
Author:   Anthony Oliver-Smith
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
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9780292717633


Pages:   303
Publication Date:   01 August 2010
Replaced By:   9780292728905
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Author:   Anthony Oliver-Smith
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780292717633


ISBN 10:   0292717636
Pages:   303
Publication Date:   01 August 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780292728905
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Preface Acknowledgements Chapter One. Disasters of Development: Development Forced Displacement and Resettlement Chapter Two. Understanding Resistance: Combating the Violence of Development Chapter Three. The People in the Way Chapter Four. Contested Landscapes: Development, Ecological Upheaval, and Resistance Chapter Five. Challenging the Economics of Displacement: Evaluating Risks and Compensating Losses Chapter Six. The Lake of Memory: Cultural Discourses of Resistance Chapter Seven. Confronting Goliath: The Politics of DFDR Resistance Chapter Eight. The Risks and Results of Resistance to Resettlement Bibliography Index

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ANTHONY OLIVER-SMITH is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Florida. He held the Munich Re Foundation Chair of Social Vulnerability at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security 2007-2008. He has done anthropological research and consultation on issues relating to involuntary resettlement, as well as the impacts of natural and technological disasters, in Peru, Honduras, India, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s.

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