Government of Development: Peasants and Politicians in

Government of Development: Peasants and Politicians in Postcolonial Tanzania

What drives state officials to force development projects on resisting "beneficiary" populations? In his new analysis of the Tanzanian stateâ€™s 1960s and 1970s campaign to settle the country's rural population in socialist villages, Leander Schneider traces the discourses and practices that authorized state officials to direct the lives of peasantsâ€•by coercive means if necessary. Government of Development shows that the practices constituting this project's mode of government far exceeded political elitesâ€™ pursuit of their own narrow interests, the go-to explanation for many accounts of similar instances of authoritarian rule and developmental failures in Africa and beyond.
Country USA
Brand Indiana University Press
Manufacturer Indiana University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1 map, 19 b&w illus.
ReleaseDate 2014-09-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780244988814

Government of Development: Peasants and Politicians in Postcolonial Tanzania