Alfonso Peter Castro
Biographic Data
| ID | 629229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfonso Peter Castro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfonso Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Castro |
| SIGNATURE | CASTRO A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Constructing an Anthropology of Infrastructure
Book review on: Anand, Nikhil, Akhil Gupta, & Hannah Appel (Eds.). The Promise of Infrastructure. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2018. Scudder. Thayer. Large Dams: Long-Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free-Flowing Rivers. Singapore: Springer, 2018
Beetz, Simone. External Democracy Promotion and Diversity Among International Agencies: Evaluating Variances in the Impact of the UNDP and EC in Rwanda. Opladen, Berlin and Toronto: Budrich UniPress L…
Indigenous people and co-management: Implications for conflict management
Sustainable agriculture or sustained error? The case of cotton in Kirinyaga, Kenya
Ignoring historical information is one of the major sources of error in development planning. Much can be learned about what works and what does not by examining unsuccessful interventions. This paper uses archival and ethnographic data to examine the very troubled history of cotton in Kirinyaga District, Kenya. It compares the crop's introduction and failure during the 1930s under British colonial rule with its later disappointing promotion by t…
Facing Kirinyaga: A Social History of Forest Commons in Southern Mount Kenya
Conclusion - Facing Kirinyaga
The Contested Commons
Two steps forward, one step back: Some Perspectives on food strategies and rural development
Kotler, Neil G., ed., Sharing Innovation: Global Perspectives on Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. xv + 265 pp. including references, tables, and appendices. $12.95 paper. Barkin, David, Rosemary L. Batt, and Billie R. DeWalt. Food Crops vs. Feed Crops: Global Substitution of Grains in Production. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1990. xiii + 168 pp. including tables, appendix, refe…
Indigenous Kikuyu agroforestry: A case study of Kirinyaga, Kenya
The Southern Mount Kenya forest since independence: A social analysis of resource competition
Large forest reserves represent a long-standing state response to tropical forest destruction. There are, however, growing doubts about their effectiveness as sustainable resource management regimes. This case study uses a social and historical perspective to examine conflicts about the use and management of the Mount Kenya Reserve in Kirinyaga District, Kenya since independence in 1963. Official policies and practices have treated local househol…
Indicators of rural inequality
Indigenous people and co-management: Implications for conflict management
Indicators of rural inequality
The Southern Mount Kenya forest since independence: A social analysis of resource competition
Large forest reserves represent a long-standing state response to tropical forest destruction. There are, however, growing doubts about their effectiveness as sustainable resource management regimes. This case study uses a social and historical perspective to examine conflicts about the use and management of the Mount Kenya Reserve in Kirinyaga District, Kenya since independence in 1963. Official policies and practices have treated local househol…
Facing Kirinyaga: A Social History of Forest Commons in Southern Mount Kenya
Indicators of rural inequality
Indigenous Kikuyu agroforestry: A case study of Kirinyaga, Kenya
The Southern Mount Kenya forest since independence: A social analysis of resource competition
Large forest reserves represent a long-standing state response to tropical forest destruction. There are, however, growing doubts about their effectiveness as sustainable resource management regimes. This case study uses a social and historical perspective to examine conflicts about the use and management of the Mount Kenya Reserve in Kirinyaga District, Kenya since independence in 1963. Official policies and practices have treated local househol…
Two steps forward, one step back: Some Perspectives on food strategies and rural development
Kotler, Neil G., ed., Sharing Innovation: Global Perspectives on Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. xv + 265 pp. including references, tables, and appendices. $12.95 paper. Barkin, David, Rosemary L. Batt, and Billie R. DeWalt. Food Crops vs. Feed Crops: Global Substitution of Grains in Production. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1990. xiii + 168 pp. including tables, appendix, refe…
Conclusion - Facing Kirinyaga
The Contested Commons
Facing Kirinyaga: A Social History of Forest Commons in Southern Mount Kenya
Sustainable agriculture or sustained error? The case of cotton in Kirinyaga, Kenya
Ignoring historical information is one of the major sources of error in development planning. Much can be learned about what works and what does not by examining unsuccessful interventions. This paper uses archival and ethnographic data to examine the very troubled history of cotton in Kirinyaga District, Kenya. It compares the crop's introduction and failure during the 1930s under British colonial rule with its later disappointing promotion by t…
Indigenous people and co-management: Implications for conflict management
Beetz, Simone. External Democracy Promotion and Diversity Among International Agencies: Evaluating Variances in the Impact of the UNDP and EC in Rwanda. Opladen, Berlin and Toronto: Budrich UniPress L…
Constructing an Anthropology of Infrastructure
Book review on: Anand, Nikhil, Akhil Gupta, & Hannah Appel (Eds.). The Promise of Infrastructure. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2018. Scudder. Thayer. Large Dams: Long-Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free-Flowing Rivers. Singapore: Springer, 2018
Geography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)