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Grassroots Struggles for Sustainability in Central America
Lynn R. Horton
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Description for Grassroots Struggles for Sustainability in Central America
Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Drawing on the testimony of leaders and residents of three communities in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, Horton explores grassroots assumptions, values, and practices of sustainable development and, in particular, the ways in which they overlap with or challenge international financial institutions' discourse of sustainability. With a comparative, empirical approach, Horton also analyses dominant practices linked to sustainable development -- neoliberal reforms, project interventions, and environmental protection. She reveals how these practices support or undermine economic, cultural, and political opportunities for the rural and indigenous poor and impact these communities' advancement of their own visions of sustainability. Finally, the author ... Read more
Drawing on the testimony of leaders and residents of three communities in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, Horton explores grassroots assumptions, values, and practices of sustainable development and, in particular, the ways in which they overlap with or challenge international financial institutions' discourse of sustainability. With a comparative, empirical approach, Horton also analyses dominant practices linked to sustainable development -- neoliberal reforms, project interventions, and environmental protection. She reveals how these practices support or undermine economic, cultural, and political opportunities for the rural and indigenous poor and impact these communities' advancement of their own visions of sustainability. Finally, the author ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9780870818721
SKU
V9780870818721
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About Lynn R. Horton
Lynn R. Horton is a professor of sociology at Chapman University and author of Peasants in Arms: War and Peace in the Mountains of Nicaragua, 1979 -1994.
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