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Indigenous peoples and poverty : an international perspective / Robyn Eversole, John-Andrew McNeish and Alberto D. Cimadamore, editors

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: CROP international studies in poverty researchPublication details: London ; New York : Zed ; New York : Distributed in USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: 311 p. : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1842776789 (hbk.)
  • 1842776797 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Indigenous peoples & poverty [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5089 22
Contents:
1. Introduction : indigenous peoples and poverty / John- Andrew McNeish and Robyn Eversole -- 2. Overview -- patterns of indigenous disadvantage worldwide / Robyn Eversole -- 3. The conditions of life and health for indigenous women in areas of high marginalization, Chiapas, Mexico / Hector Javier Sanchez-Perez, Guadalupe Vargas Morales and Josep Maria Jansa -- 4. Scarred landscapes and tattooed faces : poverty, identity and land conflict in a Taiwanese indigenous community / Scott Simon -- 5. Nutritional vulnerability in indigenous children of the Americas : a human rights issue / Siri Damman -- 6. Overview -- the right to self-determination / John-Andrew McNeish and Robyn Eversole -- 7. Poverty and international aid among Russia's indigenous peoples / Indra Overland -- 8. Indigenous peoples of South-East Asia : poverty, identity and resistance / Don McCaskill and Jeff Rutherford -- 9. Tackling indigenous disadvantage in the twenty-first century : 'social inclusion' and Maori in New Zealand / Louise Humpage -- 10. Political participation and poverty in Colombian indigenous communities : the case of the Zenu and Mokana peoples / A. Carolina Borda Nino and Dario J. Mejia Montalvo -- 11. Indigenous peoples, poverty and self-determination in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States / Stephen Cornell -- 12. Overview : indigenous peoples' perspectives on poverty and development / John-Andrew McNeish -- 13. Ecological wealth versus social poverty : contradictions of and perspectives on indigenous development in Central America and Mexico / Pablo Alarcon-Chaires -- 14. Indigenous anti-poverty strategies in an Australian town / Robyn Eversole, Leon Ridgeway and David Mercer -- 15. Sami responses to poverty in the Nordic countries / Christian Jakob Burmeister Hicks and Ande Somby -- 16. Conclusions : poverty, peoples and the meaning of change / John-Andrew McNeish and Robyn Eversole.
Summary: This volume brings together two of today's leading concerns in development policy. Also hopes to offer indigenous peoples and activists practical insights from the experiences of others.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Introduction : indigenous peoples and poverty / John- Andrew McNeish and Robyn Eversole -- 2. Overview -- patterns of indigenous disadvantage worldwide / Robyn Eversole -- 3. The conditions of life and health for indigenous women in areas of high marginalization, Chiapas, Mexico / Hector Javier Sanchez-Perez, Guadalupe Vargas Morales and Josep Maria Jansa -- 4. Scarred landscapes and tattooed faces : poverty, identity and land conflict in a Taiwanese indigenous community / Scott Simon -- 5. Nutritional vulnerability in indigenous children of the Americas : a human rights issue / Siri Damman -- 6. Overview -- the right to self-determination / John-Andrew McNeish and Robyn Eversole -- 7. Poverty and international aid among Russia's indigenous peoples / Indra Overland -- 8. Indigenous peoples of South-East Asia : poverty, identity and resistance / Don McCaskill and Jeff Rutherford -- 9. Tackling indigenous disadvantage in the twenty-first century : 'social inclusion' and Maori in New Zealand / Louise Humpage -- 10. Political participation and poverty in Colombian indigenous communities : the case of the Zenu and Mokana peoples / A. Carolina Borda Nino and Dario J. Mejia Montalvo -- 11. Indigenous peoples, poverty and self-determination in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States / Stephen Cornell -- 12. Overview : indigenous peoples' perspectives on poverty and development / John-Andrew McNeish -- 13. Ecological wealth versus social poverty : contradictions of and perspectives on indigenous development in Central America and Mexico / Pablo Alarcon-Chaires -- 14. Indigenous anti-poverty strategies in an Australian town / Robyn Eversole, Leon Ridgeway and David Mercer -- 15. Sami responses to poverty in the Nordic countries / Christian Jakob Burmeister Hicks and Ande Somby -- 16. Conclusions : poverty, peoples and the meaning of change / John-Andrew McNeish and Robyn Eversole.

This volume brings together two of today's leading concerns in development policy. Also hopes to offer indigenous peoples and activists practical insights from the experiences of others.

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