Negotiating economic development : identity formation and collective action in Belize /
"Laurie Kroshus Medina analyzes the development of the citrus industry in Belize over fifteen years to explore the relationship between the production of collective identities and the negotiation of development policies at the interface of global and local processes. She shows how citrus farmer...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
©2004.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : collective identities, shared interests, and the negotiation of development
- The articulate state : discourses of development, nation, and democracy
- Citrus history : the strategic negotiation of foreign and local interests
- Citrus workers : segmentation and solidarities
- Brethren and paisanos : the mobilization of collective agents in union politics
- Citrus growers : producing oranges, producing identities
- The sale of a processing company : negotiating class and national identities
- Conclusion : collective agency and the direction of development.
