Susan Beckerleg

Ethnic Identity and Development

Khat and Social Change in Africa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story of khat, the book will serve as a vehicle for the analysis of social change, development priorities and shifting ethnic identities in Uganda over the last 80 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-62310-1
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9780230623101
• ISBN-10: 0230623107
• Artikelnr.: 29932279

Autorenporträt

SUSAN BECKERLEG is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK and is also affiliated to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Somali Identity and Khat in Uganda Yemeni Migrants Khat Production Spreads Altitude and Attitude Wholesale Risks A New Leisure Culture Signs of Khat Idle and Disorderly Khat and Changing Social Identities Khat and Development

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Introduction Somali Identity and Khat in Uganda Yemeni Migrants Khat Production Spreads Altitude and Attitude Wholesale Risks A New Leisure Culture Signs of Khat Idle and Disorderly Khat and Changing Social Identities Khat and Development