Tables and Figures  ix

Preface  xi

Introduction: Politics, Markets, and Community among a Migrant People  3

I. Subaltern Politics, Development, and the State  35

II. Markets and Exchange   79

III. Community, Institutuions, Hierarchy  125

Notes  169

Bibliography  185

INDEX  211

“A salutary alternative to the ‘noble savage’ stereotyping that so often characterizes writings about nomads, this book also deals nicely with some fundamental issues about social research. . . . Agrawal vividly portrays the failure of ‘development’ programs that ignore local customs and attitudes, and clearly shows why making nomads sedentary is an unlikely way to ‘modernize’ them. This clear, well-organized, unusual ethnography makes several important points.”—Choice

“[A] useful book that answers some important questions. . . . If comparative economists are looking for a short and stimulating book on migratory pastoral economies that has some important messages for our discipline, this is a fine place for a start.”—Frederic L. Pryor and Amanda Bayer, Journal of Comparative Economics

“[A] tremendously rich book and a scholarly achievement worth applauding.”—B. G. Karlsson, American Ethnologist

“[A] skillful treatment of the Raikas. . . . Greener Pastures is a book that will appeal to diverse scholars and students. It is must reading for those interested in pastoralism, while political scientists and anthropologists will find colorful explorations of questions that are central to those disciplines. Additionally, this is a useful text for the fields of human geography, political ecology, development theory, and community-based-cooperatives theory, as well as for South Asian studies.”—Robert G. Varady and Katherine Hankins, The Journal of Asian Studies

“A salutary alternative to the ‘noble savage’ stereotyping that so often characterizes writings about nomads, this book also deals nicely with some fundamental issues about social research. . . . Agrawal vividly portrays the failure of ‘development’ programs that ignore local customs and attitudes, and clearly shows why making nomads sedentary is an unlikely way to ‘modernize’ them. This clear, well-organized, unusual ethnography makes several important points.”—Choice

“[A] useful book that answers some important questions. . . . If comparative economists are looking for a short and stimulating book on migratory pastoral economies that has some important messages for our discipline, this is a fine place for a start.”—Frederic L. Pryor and Amanda Bayer, Journal of Comparative Economics

“[A] tremendously rich book and a scholarly achievement worth applauding.”—B. G. Karlsson, American Ethnologist

“[A] skillful treatment of the Raikas. . . . Greener Pastures is a book that will appeal to diverse scholars and students. It is must reading for those interested in pastoralism, while political scientists and anthropologists will find colorful explorations of questions that are central to those disciplines. Additionally, this is a useful text for the fields of human geography, political ecology, development theory, and community-based-cooperatives theory, as well as for South Asian studies.”—Robert G. Varady and Katherine Hankins, The Journal of Asian Studies

“A riveting combination of sophistication in formal theory, brilliant ethnography, and analytical imagination.”—James C. Scott, Yale University

“Beautifully researched and rigorously analyzed, this book will be of interest to economists, political scientists, and anthropologists,a s well as all who are concerned with the environment.”—Robert H. Bates, Harvard University

“This is a rare book. Not only does it give the reader an excellent indepth view of the life of the raikas, it also contributes to our theoretical understanding of how individuals in field settings overcome social dilemmas. Few books convey such rich theoretical and empirical understanding within the same covers.”—Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University

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