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| Other authors / contributors: | Navarra, Cecilia, 1980- editor.
Rodrigues, Cristina Udelsmann, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9781786999214
1786999218
9781350225664
1350225665
9781786999238
1786999234
9781786999252
1786999250
9781786999245
1786999242
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| Notes: | Selected contributions from a conference and policy dialogue that took place in Maputo in May 2018, organized by the Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden, in partnership with the Instituto de Estudos Soicais e Económicos, Mozambique and other partners.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "With contributions from both Mozambican and non-Mozambican scholars of multi-disciplinary backgrounds and approaches, this book provides a range of new perspectives on how Mozambique has been characterized by profound changes in its rural communities and places. Despite the persistence of poverty in Mozambique, significant investments have been made in rural areas in extractive industry or agribusiness, resulting in both the transformation of these areas, and a new set of tensions and conflicts related to land tenure and population resettlement. Meanwhile, the Mozambican rural landscape is one dominated by smallholders whose livelihoods depend on both farming and non-farming activities, and who are often extremely vulnerable to shocks and pressure over resources. The emergence of new civil society organizations has led to clashes with in the interests of local political, administrative and economic powers, creating fresh social conflicts. Transformations of the Rural Spaces in Mozambique examines the process of transformation across a range of settings; from the impacts of large-scale industries and the transformation of agriculture, to relations between state and non-state actors and issues related to land"--
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| Other form: | Print version: Transformation of rural spaces in Mozambique. London ; New York : Zed Books, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2022 9781786999252
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