Westergaard Kirsten (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Policy changes and agricultural development in the last quarter of the 20 century. 3. Agricultural changes in Boringram. 4. Changes in occupational structure, income patterns and education. 5. Women's work and NGOs for women. 6. Changing institutions in Boringram, power structure and local level politics. 7. Discussion: Boringram and beyond. Bibliography. Index. "This book is based on a restudy undertaken during the second half of the 1990s of a village that Kirsten Westergaard studied in 1975/76, and which she named Boringram. The period between the two studies had witnessed many changes at the policy level in Bangladesh. Over time, the ideology of socialism had been abandoned and replaced by capitalism, emphasising liberalisation and privatisation as well as other structural adjustment reforms. The impacts of the reforms were mixed and varied throughout the country; and with regard to the agricultural sector, the agro-ecological characteristics were important factors for the success of the reforms. Located in the Barind Tract in the northwestern part of Bangladesh, Boringram is well suited for irrigation and the cultivation of high-yielding varieties of crops, which were introduced in the area in the early 1980s. The study shows that the size of landownership had declined, but nevertheless all sections of the population had improved their standard of living, the landowners due to increased productivity of land, and the landless due to rising agricultural wages and employment in the informal sector. While the process of pauperisation experienced in the mid-1970s had been halted, the study also shows that in the intervening period, inequality had increased. Because of loans from NGO credit institutions and non-agricultural employment, the poor were less dependent on the landed classes, and in the economic sphere the patron-client relationships had weakened. These changes, however, had little impact on the political sphere. The breakdown of village unity witnessed in the 1970s had accelerated, and the traditional institutions had broken down. Although the villagers had no trust in the traditional leaders, there was no challenge to their leadership, and the local power structure persisted." (jacket). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 190pp. Monograph series no. 49.

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. The cover has light wear. The edges of the book have a minor tan. 190 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

VIII, 398 Seiten, Mit graphischen Darstellungen und Tabellen; mit Literatur und Register; --- Einband und Schutzumschlag mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 790 Gr.-8°, Gebundene Ausgabe / Pappband.

Condition: New. pp. ii + 127.

Hardcover. 107 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and wear. With dust jacket. Book pages smell slightly musty. Spine edge slightly bumped. Otherwise a tidy copy. 9789840512713 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Condition: New. pp. ii + 127.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 200 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Condition: gut. 1994. Development Through Decentralization in Bangladesh: Evidence and Perspective In deutscher Sprache. pages.