CAUSES OF PERSISTENT RURAL POVERTY

Language: English

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Nov 2010, 2010

3843365210 / 9783843365215

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study investigates the causes of poverty among the residents of Thika District in Kenya over the period 1953-2000. Using the articulation of modes of production perspective, the study traces the dynamics of poverty to the geography, history and politics of Thika District. The thrust of the argument is that livelihoods in the district changed during the period under investigation, but not necessarily for the better. Landlessness, collapse of the coffee industry, intergenerational poverty, and the ravages of diseases (particularly of HIV/AIDS) are analysed. This leads to the conclusion that causes of poverty in Thika District during the period under examination were complex as one form of deprivation led to another. The study established that poverty in Thika District during the period under review was a product of a process of exclusion from the centre of political power and appropriation. The study therefore demonstrates that during the period under examination, the Kikuyu, like any other Kenyan community, were a heterogeneous group whose differences were accentuated by class relations. 312 pp. Englisch.…

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Title
CAUSES OF PERSISTENT RURAL POVERTY
Author
Felistus Kinyanjui
Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Nov 2010
Publication year
2010
Condition
Neu
Binding
Taschenbuch
Language
English
ISBN 10
3843365210
ISBN 13
9783843365215
Item weight
483 grams
Dimensions
220x150x19 mm

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