The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal Book

The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal, Over several centuries, the Serer of the Siin region of Senegal developed a complex system of land tenure that resulted in a stable rural society, productive agriculture, and a well-managed ecosystem. Dennis Galvan's book tells the story of what happened , The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal

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The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal
Written by author Dennis C. Galvan
Published by University of California Press, June 2004
Over several centuries, the Serer of the Siin region of Senegal developed a complex system of land tenure that resulted in a stable rural society, productive agriculture, and a well-managed ecosystem. Dennis Galvan's book tells the story of what happened
"An original, meticulous, and convincing intervention in the debates swirling around development practice. Galvan makes a powerful and eloquent case for cultural syncretism as the route to a culturally sustainable development."—James C. Scott, Sterli

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1 "Buying rope is a young man's job" : transformations of culture and institutions 1
2 The Serer of Siin : "Le type meme du paysan africain" 33
3 "Tradition" in the Siin : contested and enmeshing 72
4 Land pawning as a response to the standardization of tenure 104
Transitions : the Siin reordered 125
5 Two romanticizations : tenure confusion after the national domain law 131
6 "The king has come - now everything is ruined" : the promise and frustration of syncretic rural democracy 164
7 Culturally sustainable development 209
Notes 229
Glossary 269
Bibliography 279
Index 301

Title: The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal

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	Illustrations
	Tables
	Acknowledgments
	Maps
1	"Buying rope is a young man's job" : transformations of culture and institutions	1
2	The Serer of Siin : "Le type meme du paysan africain"	33
3	"Tradition" in the Siin : contested and enmeshing	72
4	Land pawning as a response to the standardization of tenure	104
	Transitions : the Siin reordered	125
5	Two romanticizations : tenure confusion after the national domain law	131
6	"The king has come - now everything is ruined" : the promise and frustration of syncretic rural democracy	164
7	Culturally sustainable development	209
	Notes	229
	Glossary	269
	Bibliography	279
	Index	301