The Tanzanian Peasantry: Further Studies

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Part 1 Theoretical and macroscopic considerations: participation in defining Tanzanian realities, Norma Romm the rise and fall of Nyerere's populaism (ujamaa), Sam Maghimbi the conflict between the state and grassroots-based institutions in Tanzania's rural development, Sam Maghimbi structural adjustment and the performance of the agricultural sector in Tanzania, 1980-1990, A.K. Kashuliza and E.R. Mbiha social changes and the rural elderly in Tanzania, F.S.K. Tungaraza. Part 2 Land and environmental issues: land degradation in local communities on the southern slopes of Lake Kilimanjaro - towards a social science explanation and prospects for sustainable development, A.J. Lema towards a people-based approach - a case study of Mwanga District, A.A.K. Mvungi access to and ownership of land among women among the Pare Mountains of Northeastern Tanzania, C.K. Omari. Part 3 Indigenous technical knowledge: an overview of the dissemination and utilization of agricultural technical information in Tanzania, D.F. Rutatora and V. Rutachokozibwa towards sustainable rural development using the participatory approach - the case of Mgeta farmers, Morogoro Rural District, T. Lassalle and A.Z. Mattee the role of indigenous technical knowledge in increased food production in Tanzania, I.J. Lupanga et al conflicts between the systems of knowledge of the pastoralists and developmentalists - the case of Parakuyp Maasai in Bagamoyo District, Marja-Liisa Swantz. Part 4 Social control: from mythical stories to state-administered justice - some notes on the changing modes of social control among the Iraqw, Y.Q. Lawi the preponderance of women as victims in Sukuma witch killings, Simeon Mesaki partners and competitors in the fight against crime - the case of Sungusungu, Sufian B. Bukurura.