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Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development

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Overview

The message of this short book is clear: livelihoods approaches are an essential lens on questions of rural development, but these need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy. The book looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and generation. The relationships between sustainability and livelihoods are examined, and the book situates livelihoods analysis within a wider political economy of environmental and agrarian change. Four dimensions of a new politics of livelihoods are suggested: a politics of interests, individuals, knowledge and ecology. Together, these suggest new ways of conceptualizing rural and agrarian issues, with profound implications for both thinking and action.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781853398759
  • ISBN-10: 1853398756
  • Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
  • Publish Date: September 2015
  • Page Count: 168

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