Developmental Alternatives in Institutional and Knowledge Spheres

The book under review, as its subtitle suggests, is about alternative forestry, or, in a larger sense, about alternative development strategies. However, it lacks a background discussion on alternative development discourse in general. The first section of this review article, hence, is a brief review of the theory and practice of alternative development intended to provide the necessary substantive context for the readers. The following sections of this review (Section 2 to Section 8) deal with the major issues covered in the book. The last section contains brief concluding remarks from the reviewer.