We are not poor! Dominant and subaltern discourses of pastoralist development in the horn of Africa

Journal of International Development

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 771-781

  Scott Villiers, Patta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid; Discourse; Pastoralism; Poverty; Power

Indexed keywords

AID; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; PASTORALISM; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL POWER; POVERTY; RESEARCH;

AFRICA;

EID: 80051745821     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1809     Document Type: Article

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