Marcela Vásquez–léon, Brian J. Burke, Timothy J. Finan

Cooperatives, Grassroots Development, and Social Change

Experiences from Rural Latin America
Herausgeber: Vásquez-Léon, Marcela; Finan, Timothy J; Burke, Brian J

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents examples from Paraguay, Brazil, and Colombia, examining what is necessary for smallholder agricultural cooperatives to support holistic community-based development in peasant communities. Reporting on successes and failures of these cooperative efforts, the contributors offer analyses and strategies for supporting collective grassroots interests.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Arizona Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780816534746
• ISBN-10: 0816534748
• Artikelnr.: 46764616

Autorenporträt

Marcela Vásquez-León is the director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona, where she is also an associate professor at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA) at the School of Anthropology. She has received many awards and her work has been published in American Anthropologist, Human Organization, Latin American Perspectives, and Global Environmental Change. Brian J. Burke is an assistant professor in the Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Department at Appalachian State University. His work has appeared in Anthropology News, Journal of Political Ecology, Latin American Perspectives, and Practicing Anthropology. Timothy J. Finan is a research professor at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA) at the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. His recent work appears in Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions and in many journals, including Global Environmental Change.