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Harvesting Developments - The Construction of Fresh Food Markets in Papua New Guinea (Paperback)
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Harvesting Developments - The Construction of Fresh Food Markets in Papua New Guinea (Paperback)
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This work addresses the global-local tension evident in much work
on development issues, through the example of fresh food markets in
Papua New Guinea. A key feature of the book is the author's
interweaving of theoretical constructs with a detailed ethnography
of marketing networks, at the rural village and the urban
market-place, as well as in the "spaces in between". It shows the
rural community not as an isolated universe, but as consisting of
dynamic linkages and networks which extend way beyond the locality.
At the same time, local actors with their own agendas and
interpretations of the meta-narrative of "development" are shown to
be crucially important for shaping the outcome of the market
integration process. This work is of relevance to geographers,
anthropologists, sociologists and economists dealing with
development issues. It is also a useful read for
Oceanianists/Melanesianists as it tackles processes and problems,
which few ethnographers, who have worked in Papua New Guinea, have
made their central concern. The book is suitable for courses in
development studies, geography and human ecology, and Oceanic
studies, at advanced undergraduate or postgraduate level. While it
deals with complex theoretical issues, it is written in a clear and
accessible language. This makes the book suitable for those outside
of academia, for instance in government or international agencies,
who work with rural development issues and design and monitor
development projects.
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