Ethnic Identity and Development

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Khat and Social Change in Africa

ISBN: 0230623107
ISBN 13: 9780230623101
Autor: Beckerleg, S
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: x, 212 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.07.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

CROSSOVER MARKET: This book will interest scholars studying the effects of drugs on society in a variety of other disciplines as it will engage in wider debates about the role legal and illegal drugs in developmentFOCUS ON IDENTITY: The author looks at how khat is used to both forge and reinforce a common identity amid diverse communities in Uganda, a previously overlooked aspect of the khat usage worldwide

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Beschreibung

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.

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.

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