1. Introduction : the ecotourism-extraction nexus / Veronica Davidov and Bram Buscher -- 2. Conceptualizing lived experiences within the political economy of the ecotourism-extraction nexus / Bram Buscher and Veronica Davidov -- 3. Gems of Ankarana : the commodification and generification of...

1. Extractive industries, socio-environmental conflicts and political economic transformations in Andean America / Anthony Bebbington -- 2. The political economy of managing extractives in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru / Jose Carlos Orihuela and Rosemary Thorp -- 3. The politics of extractive...

1. Introduction -- 2. Culture, history, and political ecology -- 3. Markets and market relations -- 4. A risky region -- 5. Changing livelihood strategies -- 6. Household and intra-household patterns -- 7. Regional development priorities -- 8. Conclusion.

1. Rethinking public policy in agriculture : lessons from history, distant and recent / Ha-Joon Chang -- 2. Chile / Maximiliano Cox -- 3. Ethiopia / Beyene Tadesse and Mulat Demeke -- 4. Ghana / Kwaku Owusu-Baah -- 5. India / V.S. Vyas -- 6. Mexico / Luis Gomez-Oliver -- 7. Vietnam / Adam Fforde.

This book critically re-examines the currently dominant paradigm of agricultural development policy from historical and comparative perspectives. Examining the experiences of 11 developed countries in their earlier stages of development and the experiences of 10 developing and transition...

1. Livelihoods, resources and land reform / Paul Hebinck and Charlie Shackleton -- 2. Anger, policy, data : perspectives on South Africa's 'poverty question' / Michael Aliber -- 3. Land reform and poverty reduction in South Africa / Edward Lahiff -- 4. What is a 'smallholder'? class-analytic...