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Empowering a Peasantry in a Caribbean Context
Greenidge, Carl B. (Director, Technical Centre For Agricultural And Rural Cooperation, Netherlands)
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Paperback. An exploration of the land settlement schemes of Guyana over 160 years. It analyzes the interrelationships of conflicting forces in the political economy of Guyana, which frustrated attempts at empowerment of the peasantry. The impact of these schemes on social differentiation is also discussed. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; KCP; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Land has always been a political commodity, and nowhere has this been more the case than in Guyana. This study of the land settlement schemes of Guyana over a 160-year period analyses the interrelationships among conflicting forces in the political economy of Guyana, which frustrated attempts at empowerment of the peasantry. The impact of these schemes on social differentiation and on the balance of political forces and racial power is also discussed.
Land has always been a political commodity, and nowhere has this been more the case than in Guyana. This study of the land settlement schemes of Guyana over a 160-year period analyses the interrelationships among conflicting forces in the political economy of Guyana, which frustrated attempts at empowerment of the peasantry. The impact of these schemes on social differentiation and on the balance of political forces and racial power is also discussed.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789766400682
SKU
V9789766400682
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99-3
About Greenidge, Carl B. (Director, Technical Centre For Agricultural And Rural Cooperation, Netherlands)
Carl B. Greenidge recently completed a stint as Deputy Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. He is currently Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation in the Netherlands.
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