Oliver-Smith, Anthony.

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.

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Forced migration.
Land settlement.
Protest movements.
Infrastructure (Economics)-- Social aspects.

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