Defying displacement : grassroots resistance and the critique of development /
Anthony Oliver-Smith.
- 1st ed.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.
- xi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.