Agricultural Reform in Rwanda :Authoritarianism, Markets and Zones of Governance ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Authoritarianism, Markets and Zones of Governance

Publication series :1

Author: Huggins   Chris  

Publisher: Zed Books‎

Publication year: 2017

E-ISBN: 9781786990020

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781786990006

Subject: C2 Organizations, Groups , Conference of Social science;D501 developing countries (general);F1 The World Economic Profiles , Economic History , Economic Geography;G64 Higher Education;S-0 General Theory

Keyword: 社会科学机构、团体、会议,一般性理论,发展中国家(总论),高等教育,世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理

Language: ENG

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Description

A critical, in-depth analysis of the Rwandan government’s controversial agricultural reforms. 

Chapter

Introduction

Book Structure

1. Contemporary Agricultural Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Historical Overview of Major Agricultural Reform Trends in Africa

Post-Colonial Agricultural Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Asian Green Revolution

African Agricultural Policies in the Era of Structural Adjustment

Contemporary Agricultural Reform in Africa

The Political Economy of Contemporary Agricultural Policymaking in Africa

Conclusion

2. Theorizing Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda

The Authoritarian High Modernism Concept and Its Limitations

Forms of Power: Discipline, Sovereignty and Governmentality

‘Global Governmentality’

Conclusion

3. An Overview of the Political Economy of Agricultural Reform in Rwanda

Internal Drivers of Change in the Rwandan Agricultural Sector

Agricultural Policy Development

The Goals of the Agricultural Reform

The Crop Intensification Programme

The Emergence of New Zones of Governance in Rwanda

Domestic and Foreign Corporate Investment in the Agricultural Sector

Civil Society Roles: ‘Mobilization’ and Co-Optation

Methodological Approaches

Sampling Methods

Conclusion

4. Rwanda’s Engagement with International Aid and Foreign Direct Investment

The Agricultural Reform in Rwanda and International Governmentality

Assessing ‘Success’

The Government of Rwanda and International Governmentality

Conclusion

5. Systems of Governmentality and Discipline in Rwanda

The Contemporary Administrative System

‘Eradicating Genocide Ideology’ and ‘Promoting National Unity and Reconciliation’ in Rwanda

Creating an Ideal Farmer: Governmentality in the Agricultural Sector

The Agricultural Extension System and Governmentality

Conclusion

6. Agricultural Cooperatives in Musanze District

Implementation of the National Agricultural Policy in Musanze District

Case Study: A ‘Policy Entrepreneur’, Conflict and Primitive Accumulation in an Agricultural Cooperative

Conclusions

7. Pyrethrum Production in Northern Province

The Creation of Pyrethrum Cooperatives

Donor and Private Sector Intervention: The Pyramid Project

The Mechanics of Coerced Production

The Economics of Pyrethrum Production

State Discourse on Pyrethrum Production

Tensions between Governmental and Disciplinary Technologies

Farmer Perceptions of the Pyrethrum Production and Marketing System

Conclusion

8. Maize Production and ‘Fugitive Farmers’ in Kirehe District

The Agricultural Reform in Kirehe

Government Policy Enforcement

Farmer Perspectives and Responses

Conclusion

Conclusion

Markets

Global Governmentality

Zones of Governance

Differentiated Impacts of the Reform

‘Model Farmers’ and ‘Fugitive Farmers’

Implications for the ‘Green Revolution for Africa’ and the Agrarian Question

Notes

References

Index

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