Greener Pastures - Politics, Markets, and Community Among a Migrant Pastoral People

"This is a rare book. Not only does it give the reader an excellent indepth view of the life of the raikas, it also contributes to our theoretical understanding of how individuals in field settings overcome social dilemmas. Few books convey such rich theoretical and empirical understanding within the same covers."--Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University

List of contents

Tables and Figures ix

Preface xi

Introduction: Politics, Markets, and Community among a Migrant People 3

I. Subaltern Politics, Development, and the State 35

II. Markets and Exchange 79

III. Community, Institutuions, Hierarchy 125

Notes 169

Bibliography 185

INDEX 211

About the author

Arun Agrawal is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University.

Summary

In this text, the author, Arun Agrawal uses the story of the Raikas, a little-known group of migrant shepherds in western India, to re-examine scholarship on markets and exchange, local and state politics, and community and hierarchy.

Product details

• Authors: Agrawal, Arun Agrawal, Arun Agrawal
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.1999
• EAN: 9780822321224
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2122-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Anthropologie, Politikwissenschaft, Indien