Livelihoods and Development : New Perspectives

Leo de Haan

ISBN 10: 9004342257 / ISBN 13: 9789004342255

Published by Brill Jun 2017, 2017

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Neuware - This books aims to further develop theory and practice on people-centred development, in particular on the livelihood approach. It focuses on four contemporary thematic areas, where progress has been booked but also contestation is still apparent: power relations, power struggles and underlying structures; livelihood trajectories and livelihood pathways: house, home and homeland in the context of violence; and mobility and immobility. Contemporary livelihood studies aim to contribute to the understanding of poor people's lives with the ambition to enhance their livelihoods. Nowadays livelihood studies work from an holistic perspective on how the poor organize their livelihoods, in order to understand their social exclusion and to contribute to interventions and policies that intend to countervail that. Contributors are: Clare Collingwood Esland, Ine Cottyn, Jeanne de Bruijn, Leo de Haan, Charles do Rego, Benjamin Etzold, Urs Geiser, Jan Willem le Grand, Griet Steel, Paul van Lindert, Annelies Zoomers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Livelihoods and Development : New Perspectives
• Publisher: Brill Jun 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004342257
• ISBN 13: 9789004342255
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 154H x 17D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 324 grams

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Synopsis

This books aims to further develop theory and practice on people-centred development, in particular on the livelihood approach. It focuses on four contemporary thematic areas, where progress has been booked but also contestation is still apparent: power relations, power struggles and underlying structures; livelihood trajectories and livelihood pathways: house, home and homeland in the context of violence; and mobility and immobility.
Contemporary livelihood studies aim to contribute to the understanding of poor people’s lives with the ambition to enhance their livelihoods. Nowadays livelihood studies work from an holistic perspective on how the poor organize their livelihoods, in order to understand their social exclusion and to contribute to interventions and policies that intend to countervail that.

Contributors are: Clare Collingwood Esland, Ine Cottyn, Jeanne de Bruijn, Leo de Haan, Charles do Rego, Benjamin Etzold, Urs Geiser, Jan Willem le Grand, Griet Steel, Paul van Lindert, Annelies Zoomers.

About the Author

Leo de Haan, PhD. (1988) University of Amsterdam, is Professor of Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. He has published widely on poor people’s livelihoods in the developing world including The Livelihood Approach: A critical exploration (in Erdkunde 2012).