Bernhard Venema
Biographic Data
| ID | 212360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernhard Venema |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernhard |
| FAMILY NAME | Venema |
| SIGNATURE | VENEMA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Permissive Zone for Prostitution in the Middle Atlas of Morocco
Muslim women are said to live in a male-dominated society with rigid sexual stratification: the seclusion and control of the sexual practices of a woman increase a man's status and power. This view has become more relevant with the process of Islamization in Morocco, as elsewhere. In reality, among the Berber people of the Middle Atlas, many divorced and widowed women see no economic alternative to becoming a prostitute. Cultural and global condi…
Livelihood strategies compared: Private initiatives and collective efforts of Wolof women in Senegal1
The non-farm share of African rural household income is estimated at 25-30% while it amounts to almost 40% in the Sahel".(Cour and Snrech 1998: 55) This article compares two pathways that rural Wolof women in Senegal employ in the face of deteriorating living conditions caused by decreasing farming opportunities, namely, collective income-earning projects initiated by development agencies and individual trading activities.In most African househol…
Access to land and Berber ethnicity in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
This article discusses the relationship between the indigenous settler population of the Middle Atlas of Morocco and the newcomers to the region. Most of the settlers are Tamazigh-speaking Berbers who call themselves imazighen, the original and independent people. The newcomers, or abarani as they are called by the Berbers,' come from other parts of Morocco and generally speak Arabic. A study of settler-newcomer relations is thus at the same time…
The Vitality of Local Political Institutions in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
In the Middle Atlas, Morocco, growing government bureaucracy has not undermined the informal village council and the legitimacy of local functionaries such as shaykh or muqaddam. Although official or elected bodies may formally have de facto power, in practice the village council still controls access to local resources. Instead of being manipulated by the regional government bureaucracy, the village council continues to represent the common peop…
The Rural Councillor as Development Agent: An Uneasy Connection ? A Report from Senegal
The rural council in Senegal is commissioned to play an important role in development. The council is the formal authority to decide on land distribution and land disputes. In addition, it is authorized to collect the yearly head tax and market fees and to decide which collective utilities or projects will be financed. In every arrondissement there is a technical team, the staff of the 'Centre d'Expansion Rural’ (CER), which has been created to a…
Local management of common property. Theory and practice of the common pastures in Morocco
Since the eighties the World Bank, in collaboration with the Moroccan authorities, is trying to change existing sheephusbandry practices in the Middle Atlas in order to arrest soil erosion. In accordance with development philosophy local organisations are given a great role in the management of the project. The research showed that the local herders' associations had become completely incorporated into the local power network. The influential her…
Stagnatie en Groei van Een Plattelandskern in de Midden Atlas van Marokko: Een Macro-Perspectief
Stagnation and Growth of a Rural Centre in the Middle Ailas of Morocco: A Macro-Perspective This article describes the backgrounds of stagnation and growth of the rural centre Azrou in Morocco. Before the Protectorate (1912) this centre was the most important market-place for the Beni Mguild cattle-holders. Although it was connected with the international trading route between Tanger, Fez/Meknes and Tafilalt, it remained a secondary trading centr…
Stagnation and Growth of a Rural Centre in the Middle Atlas of Morocco: A Macro-Perspective
This article describes the backgrounds of stagnation and growth of the rural centre Azrou in Morocco. Before the Protectorate (1912) this centre was the most important market-place for the Beni Mguild cattle-holders. Although it was connected with the international trading route between Tanger, Fez/Meknes and Tafilalt, it remained a secondary trading centre because in the Middle Atlas the central government was not always able to guarantee safe p…
Les Khroumirs: Changements politiques et religieux dans la période 1850-1987
L’application de la réforme agraire dans le Nord-Ouest tunisien: Priorités nationales ou locales
est autorisée que dans les limites des conditions générales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement
L'introduction de la traction bovine chez les Wolof du Saloum (Sénégal)
The Introduction 'of the Oxen-Draught among the Wolof of Saloum (Sénégal). On the basis of a fieldstudy in 1971-73 is described how in Saloum (Senegal) population increase and expansion of groundnut cultivation have decreased the fallow period and soil fertility. Agricultural research and extension help the (Wolof) farmers to make the transition to a permanent agriculture by advising them to adopt oxen-draught instead of the use of manual labour,…
Access to land and Berber ethnicity in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
This article discusses the relationship between the indigenous settler population of the Middle Atlas of Morocco and the newcomers to the region. Most of the settlers are Tamazigh-speaking Berbers who call themselves imazighen, the original and independent people. The newcomers, or abarani as they are called by the Berbers,' come from other parts of Morocco and generally speak Arabic. A study of settler-newcomer relations is thus at the same time…
The Vitality of Local Political Institutions in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
In the Middle Atlas, Morocco, growing government bureaucracy has not undermined the informal village council and the legitimacy of local functionaries such as shaykh or muqaddam. Although official or elected bodies may formally have de facto power, in practice the village council still controls access to local resources. Instead of being manipulated by the regional government bureaucracy, the village council continues to represent the common peop…
A Permissive Zone for Prostitution in the Middle Atlas of Morocco
Muslim women are said to live in a male-dominated society with rigid sexual stratification: the seclusion and control of the sexual practices of a woman increase a man's status and power. This view has become more relevant with the process of Islamization in Morocco, as elsewhere. In reality, among the Berber people of the Middle Atlas, many divorced and widowed women see no economic alternative to becoming a prostitute. Cultural and global condi…
Livelihood strategies compared: Private initiatives and collective efforts of Wolof women in Senegal1
The non-farm share of African rural household income is estimated at 25-30% while it amounts to almost 40% in the Sahel".(Cour and Snrech 1998: 55) This article compares two pathways that rural Wolof women in Senegal employ in the face of deteriorating living conditions caused by decreasing farming opportunities, namely, collective income-earning projects initiated by development agencies and individual trading activities.In most African househol…
L'introduction de la traction bovine chez les Wolof du Saloum (Sénégal)
The Introduction 'of the Oxen-Draught among the Wolof of Saloum (Sénégal). On the basis of a fieldstudy in 1971-73 is described how in Saloum (Senegal) population increase and expansion of groundnut cultivation have decreased the fallow period and soil fertility. Agricultural research and extension help the (Wolof) farmers to make the transition to a permanent agriculture by advising them to adopt oxen-draught instead of the use of manual labour,…
L’application de la réforme agraire dans le Nord-Ouest tunisien: Priorités nationales ou locales
est autorisée que dans les limites des conditions générales d'utilisation du site ou, le cas échéant, des conditions générales de la licence souscrite par votre établissement
Stagnatie en Groei van Een Plattelandskern in de Midden Atlas van Marokko: Een Macro-Perspectief
Stagnation and Growth of a Rural Centre in the Middle Ailas of Morocco: A Macro-Perspective This article describes the backgrounds of stagnation and growth of the rural centre Azrou in Morocco. Before the Protectorate (1912) this centre was the most important market-place for the Beni Mguild cattle-holders. Although it was connected with the international trading route between Tanger, Fez/Meknes and Tafilalt, it remained a secondary trading centr…
Stagnation and Growth of a Rural Centre in the Middle Atlas of Morocco: A Macro-Perspective
This article describes the backgrounds of stagnation and growth of the rural centre Azrou in Morocco. Before the Protectorate (1912) this centre was the most important market-place for the Beni Mguild cattle-holders. Although it was connected with the international trading route between Tanger, Fez/Meknes and Tafilalt, it remained a secondary trading centre because in the Middle Atlas the central government was not always able to guarantee safe p…
Les Khroumirs: Changements politiques et religieux dans la période 1850-1987
Local management of common property. Theory and practice of the common pastures in Morocco
Since the eighties the World Bank, in collaboration with the Moroccan authorities, is trying to change existing sheephusbandry practices in the Middle Atlas in order to arrest soil erosion. In accordance with development philosophy local organisations are given a great role in the management of the project. The research showed that the local herders' associations had become completely incorporated into the local power network. The influential her…
The Rural Councillor as Development Agent: An Uneasy Connection ? A Report from Senegal
The rural council in Senegal is commissioned to play an important role in development. The council is the formal authority to decide on land distribution and land disputes. In addition, it is authorized to collect the yearly head tax and market fees and to decide which collective utilities or projects will be financed. In every arrondissement there is a technical team, the staff of the 'Centre d'Expansion Rural’ (CER), which has been created to a…
The Vitality of Local Political Institutions in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
In the Middle Atlas, Morocco, growing government bureaucracy has not undermined the informal village council and the legitimacy of local functionaries such as shaykh or muqaddam. Although official or elected bodies may formally have de facto power, in practice the village council still controls access to local resources. Instead of being manipulated by the regional government bureaucracy, the village council continues to represent the common peop…
Access to land and Berber ethnicity in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
This article discusses the relationship between the indigenous settler population of the Middle Atlas of Morocco and the newcomers to the region. Most of the settlers are Tamazigh-speaking Berbers who call themselves imazighen, the original and independent people. The newcomers, or abarani as they are called by the Berbers,' come from other parts of Morocco and generally speak Arabic. A study of settler-newcomer relations is thus at the same time…
A Permissive Zone for Prostitution in the Middle Atlas of Morocco
Muslim women are said to live in a male-dominated society with rigid sexual stratification: the seclusion and control of the sexual practices of a woman increase a man's status and power. This view has become more relevant with the process of Islamization in Morocco, as elsewhere. In reality, among the Berber people of the Middle Atlas, many divorced and widowed women see no economic alternative to becoming a prostitute. Cultural and global condi…
Livelihood strategies compared: Private initiatives and collective efforts of Wolof women in Senegal1
The non-farm share of African rural household income is estimated at 25-30% while it amounts to almost 40% in the Sahel".(Cour and Snrech 1998: 55) This article compares two pathways that rural Wolof women in Senegal employ in the face of deteriorating living conditions caused by decreasing farming opportunities, namely, collective income-earning projects initiated by development agencies and individual trading activities.In most African househol…
Geography (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (8 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (7 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · History (4 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works)