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Author Lund, Ragnhild

Title Gender, Mobilities and Livelihood Transformations
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration
Routledge studies in development, mobilities, and migration.
Contents Cover; Gender, Mobilities, and Livelihood Transformations; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Foreword; 1 Gender, mobilities, and livelihood transformations: an introduction; 2 Rethinking 'mobilities': exploring the linkages between development issues, marginalized groups, and gender; 3 Mobile livelihoods of ethnic minorities in socio-economic transformation in China: the case of Yunnan Province; 4 Chinese peasants in transition
5 Exploring mobile livelihoods among tribal communities in Odisha, India: gendered insights and outcomes6 Mobility patterns and gendered practices among Soliga people in Karnataka, India; 7 Gender vulnerabilities of resettlement and restricted mobility of ethnic groups in northern Laos; 8 Concluding discussion; Index
Summary In the era of globalization many minority populations are subject to marginalization and expulsion from their traditional habitats due to rapid economic restructuring and changing politico-spatial relations. This book presents an analytical framework for understanding how mobility is an inherent part of such changes. The book demonstrates how current neoliberal policies are making people increasingly on the move - whether voluntarily or forced, and whether individually, as family, or as whole communities - and how such mobility is changing the livelihoods of indigenous people, with part
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Form Electronic book
Author Kusakabe, Kyoko
Panda, Smita Mishra
Wang, Yunxian
ISBN 9781135082062
1135082065