ISBN:
9781107020573
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1280878010
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9781280878015
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9781139378925
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (426 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Indigenous Peoples, Poverty, and Development
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Documents poverty systematically for the world's indigenous peoples in developing regions in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, POVERTY, AND DEVELOPMENT; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Contributors; 1 Introduction; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; FRAMEWORK OF THE BOOK; HOW MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES?; THE QUESTION OF INDIGENOUS IDENTITY; 2 Indigenous Peoples and Development Goals; METHODOLOGY; AFRICA; Central and Southern Africa; West Africa; East Africa; Summary; ASIA AND PACIFIC; South Asia; South East Asia; Pacific; Summary; LATIN AMERICA; South America; Central America and Mexico; Summary; NORTH AMERICA; United States; Canada; Conclusions
Description / Table of Contents:
3 Becoming IndigenousINTRODUCTION; RETHINKING INDIGENOUS IDENTITY; Indigenous Peoples and the Creation of Indigeneity; THE HETEROGENEITY OF INDIGENEITY; Scales of Difference, Dimensions of Divergence; Indigenous Spaces: Tradition, Civilization, and Its Discontents; POLYTHETIC CLASSIFICATION: A FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO UNITY AMID DIVERSITY; INDIGENOUS IDENTITY IN CONTINENTAL CONTEXTS: "SETTLER SOCIETIES" VERSUS THE AFRICAN/ASIAN CONTROVERSY; THE "FOUR R'S" OF INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS; Representation; Recognition; Resources; Rights; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 4 Indigenous Peoples in Central Africa
Description / Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTIONHOW MANY PYGMIES ARE THERE?; POVERTY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; Quantitative Evidence from CAR and Gabon on Education; Qualitative Evidence from the DRC on Education and Health; LIVELIHOODS, LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION, AND EMPLOYMENT; Quantitative Evidence from CAR and Gabon; Qualitative Evidence from the DRC; SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND LACK OF RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE DRC; Abuse and Social Exclusion; Lack of Access to Land and Forests; Lack of Institutional Representation; Lack of Citizenship and Registration; CONCLUSION; 5 China; INTRODUCTION
Description / Table of Contents:
NATIONALITIES, ETHNIC GROUPS, AND THE CONCEPT OF INDIGENOUS POPULATIONSECONOMIC HISTORY; POLICIES RELATED TO ETHNIC MINORITIES; DATA USED; DEMOGRAPHICS AND GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY AND INCOME DISPARITIES; LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS: INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, AND OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND ATTAINMENT BY ETHNIC GROUP; The Importance of Educational Attainment; Educational Attainment in the Total Population; Compulsory Education Policy and Exclusion in Rural Communities; The Context of Education for Minority Children; Enrollment and Attainment in the Compulsory-Education Ages; HEALTH CARE
Description / Table of Contents:
ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMSCONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; 6 India; INTRODUCTION; INDIA'S RAPID GROWTH AND POLICIES RELATED TO SCHEDULED TRIBES; DATA AND METHODOLOGY; OVERALL TRENDS; Demographic Profile; Trends in Poverty Reduction and Distribution of Wealth; Correlates of Poverty; Employment; Health; Education; WHAT EXPLAINS POOR OUTCOMES FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES IN INDIA?; Centrality of Land and Natural Resources in Explaining Poor Outcomes; Proactive Legislation but Poor Enforcement; Poor Implementation of Government Programs
Description / Table of Contents:
Strong Protest Movements But Limited Voice in Decision Making
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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