Alexander's detailed ethnography describes the livelihood strategies and social arrangements that allow communeros to survive in their hostile natural, economic, and political environments….Alexander's work is also a valuable contribution to the growing field of political ecology. His fine description of historical processes, contemporary livelihood systems, and collective resource management systems illustrate the importance of incorporating social and ecological dynamics into ... Read morea single analysis.
Transforming Anthropology
Alexander's book is an important contribution to the discussion on the existence and persistence of communal land ownership in a semi-arid ecological environment within a neoliberal economy illustrated through a specific community….Based on two periods of anthropological field research and with a genuine interest for the communities and their peasants, the author succeeds in gathering relevant data that he complements in a convincing way to give the reader a complete and lively picture of the community he is studying.
Journal For Latin American Studies
Alexander's book is an important contribution to the discussion on the existence and persistence of communal land ownership in a semi-arid ecological environment within a neoliberal market economy illustrated through a specific community…. Based on two periods of anthropological field research and with a genuine interest for the communities and their peasants, the author succeeds in gathering relevant data that he complements in a convincing way to give the reader a complete and lively picture of the community he is studying.
Bulletin of Latin American Research
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