Globalization and Indigenous Peoples in Asia : Changing the Local-global Interface


Dev. Nathan
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
New Delhi : : SAGE India, , 2004.
Omfang
1 online resource (340 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Environmental Services and the Case for Local Forest Management; Indigenous Communities' Knowledge of Local Ecological Services; Local Environmental Services: Forest Management and Terraced Agriculture, a Case Study of the Hani of the Ailao Mountains, Yunnan, China; Conflict in Resource Management of Ecosystem Services: Water in the Lashi Watershed, Lijiang, Yunnan, China; Impact of the State Logging Ban in Meghalaya, India; Timber and Local Accumulation in China. - Northeast India: Market and the Transition from Communal to Private PropertyTourism and Forest Management among the Hani in Xishuangbanna, China; Tourism and Gender Relations in Lijiang, China; Crafting an Alternative: Leasehold Forestry for Livelihoods of the Poor in Nepal; External Trade and Development of Upland Peoples in the Himalaya-Hindukush; Conclusion; About the Editors and Contributors; Index. - Globalization has profoundly affected both the ways of life and the livelihoods of indigenous peoples worldwide. The 12 original essays in this book are based on fieldwork conducted in India, China, Nepal and parts of the Himalaya-Hindukush region. In the first section the contributors explore the possibility of devising a more democratic and equitable alternative for indigenous peoples within the process of globalization. The essays in the second section discuss the changes in the social and economic systems of the indigenous peoples that have resulted from the transition to a market economy.
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ISBN
0761932534

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