Living in the shadow of the large dams : long term responses of downstream and lakeside communities of Ghana's Volta River Project /

Living in the shadow of the large dams : long term responses of downstream and lakeside communities of Ghana's Volta River Project /

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Author / Creator:Tsikata, Dzodzi.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 439 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:English
Series:African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 11
African social studies series ; v. 11,
Subject:
Volta River Project (Ghana)
Volta River Project (Ghana)
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Social conditions
Volta River Valley (Ghana) -- Economic conditions.
Volta River Valley (Ghana) -- Social conditions.
Ghana -- Economic policy.
Ghana.
Ghana -- Volta River Valley.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185765
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ISBN:9789047406556
9047406559
9004141448
9789004141445
9004141448
9789004141445
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-434) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Studies of populations affected by large dams are usually about physically displaced and resettled communities. This book on the Volta River Project breaks with the mould and tackles the long term environmental and socio-economic impacts of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams and the livelihood responses of two neglected groups- downstream and lakeside communities. In a detailed study which takes a gendered political economy of livelihoods approach, the book examines livelihoods in downstream and lakeside communities from a historical perspective. The study takes into account the contribution of factors such as the environmental restructuring of the Lower Volta and the exodus of its most economically active population to the Volta Lake, the state's neglect of affected communities, the changing economic and social context of Ghana, and social relations of class, gender and kinship (including inter-generational relations) to livelihood trajectories and outcomes. Readership: Policy makers, researchers, students of development and civil society activists interested in the debates about large dams and their long term impacts on downstream communities, rural migration, the livelihoods approaches and gender analysis within a political economy approach.
Other form:Print version: Tsikata, Dzodzi. Living in the shadow of the large dams. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006
Standard no.:9789004141445
Table of Contents:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""CHANGES IN THE GHANAIAN CURRENCY (1958â€?2002)""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION""; ""2. The National Context""; ""3. The Conceptual Framework and Research Methods""; ""4. The Booksâ€?s Sources""; ""5. The Structure of the Book""; ""CHAPTER TWO THE VOLTA RIVER PROJECT: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Players and the Volta River Project""; ""3. The Volta River Project: Conception, Planning and Implementation (1915â€?1966)""; ""4. The Volta River Project as Agreed and Executed""
  • ""5. Assessing the Terms of the Volta River Project""""6. The Volta River and Dam-Affected Communities: Predicted Impacts and Recommendations""; ""7. Summary and Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER THREE THE LOWER VOLTA AND THE VOLTA RIVER PROJECT: DAM IMPACTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Lower Volta in the 50s and 60s""; ""3. Political and Social Institutions""; ""4. The Economy and Livelihood Activities of the Lower Volta""; ""5. The Lower Volta in the 1960s: Growth of Trading, Artisanal Activities and Waged Employment""
  • ""6. The Post-Akosombo Dam Situation: Impacts of the Volta River Project""""7. Summary and Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER FOUR STATE POLICY AND COMMUNITY RESPONSES: THE POLITICS OF RELUCTANT SELECTIVE ACTION AND INEFFECTUAL ACTIVISM""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Institutional Framework for Addressing Dam Impacts: The VRA Legal and Institutional Character""; ""3. The VRA as Resettler""; ""4. The VRA and Migrant Fisher-Folk and their Communities: From Promoting Fisheries to Environmental Protection""; ""5. Downstream Communities""
  • ""6. Responses to Dam Impacts and State and VRA Policies: The Politics of Compensation and Development Projects""""7. Summary and Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER FIVE LIVELIHOODS IN TIMES OF STRESS: LONG TERM RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AT MEPE AND SOKPOE""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Background to the Research Communities: Mepe and Sokpoe""; ""3. Migration and Livelihoods at Mepe and Sokpoe""; ""4. Squeezing Water Out of Stone?""; ""5. Multiple Livelihood Activities at Mepe and Sokpoe""; ""6. Summary and Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER SIX THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF LIVELIHOODS AT MEPE AND SOKPOE""
  • ""1. Introduction""""2. Household Relations and Livelihoods""; ""3. Kinship and Livelihoods""; ""4. Labour Relations Outside the Household: Using the Labour of Others""; ""5. Acquiring Support Through the Membership of Formal and Informal Associations and Networks""; ""6. Livelihoods and Inter-Generational Relations: The Situation of Young People""; ""7. Summary and Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN RESPONSES TO THE VOLTA RIVER PROJECT: VOLUNTARY MIGRATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LAKESIDE SETTLEMENTS""; ""1. Introduction""

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