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Defying displacement : grassroots resistance and the critique of development / Anthony Oliver-Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780292717633 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0292717636 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 325 22
Contents:
Disasters of development. Development forced displacement and resett lement -- Understanding resistance. Combating the violence of developme nt -- The people in the way -- Contested landscapes. Development, ecolo gical upheaval, and resistance -- Challenging the economics of displace ment. Evaluating risks and compensating losses -- The lake of memory. C ultural discourses of resistance -- Confronting Goliath. The politics o f DFDR resistance -- The risks and results of resistance to resettlemen t.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disasters of development. Development forced displacement and resett lement -- Understanding resistance. Combating the violence of developme nt -- The people in the way -- Contested landscapes. Development, ecolo gical upheaval, and resistance -- Challenging the economics of displace ment. Evaluating risks and compensating losses -- The lake of memory. C ultural discourses of resistance -- Confronting Goliath. The politics o f DFDR resistance -- The risks and results of resistance to resettlemen t.

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