Shady Practices Agroforestry and Gender Politics in the Gambia

"In this engaging and exceptionally well-crafted case study, Schroeder shows clearly how local dynamics intersect with wider processes. . . . Changes in cropping patterns, land rights, work routines, and gender politics were shaped by multiple struggles and interactions among women and men, landholders and land users, farmers, government officials, and representatives of various international agencies."—Sara Berry, author of No Condition Is Permanent

About the author

Richard A. Schroeder is Director of African Studies and Assistant Professor of Geography at Rutgers University.

Summary

An analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village.

Product details

• Authors: Richard A. Schroeder, Schroeder Richard A.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.10.1999
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
• EAN: 9780520222335
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22233-5
• Pages: 206
• Series: California Studies in Critical > 5; California Studies in Critical Human Geography
• Subjects: Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies, gender groups