The Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South

The Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South provides a comprehensive overview of livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries,covering key concepts,frameworks,and methods. It brings together insights and critical analysis from diverse approaches and experiences,learning from research and practice over the last 30 years. The Handbook is an essential resource for students,researchers,and practitioners of international development and related fields,with diverse disciplinary contributions and contemporary coverage.

Format: Hardback
Length: 526 pages
Publication date: 23 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South is a comprehensive and timely exploration of livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries. Since its widespread adoption in the 1990s, livelihoods perspectives, frameworks, and methods have significantly influenced diverse areas of research, policy, and practice.

The concept of livelihoods captures the intricate web of strategies and practices employed by individuals, households, and communities to fulfill their needs and navigate their lives. This Handbook brings together insights and critical analysis from a wide range of approaches and experiences, drawing from research and practice over the past three decades.

The Handbook is structured into an introductory section on key concepts and frameworks, followed by five parts: researching livelihoods, negotiating livelihoods, generating livelihoods, enabling livelihoods, and contextualizing livelihoods. The introduction provides readers with an appreciation of the concepts researched and applied in the subsequent parts, including chapters on vulnerability and resilience, social capital and networks, and institutions. Each part reflects the diversity of approaches taken to understanding livelihoods, while also recognizing commonalities, such as the pivotal role of power in shaping, enabling, and constraining livelihoods.

The book also acknowledges the diversity of contexts, including conflict, climate change, and religion, as well as the diverse livelihoods generated through agriculture, small-scale mining, and pastoralism. The aim of each chapter is to provide a critically informed introduction and overview of key concepts, issues, and debates relevant to the topic, with each chapter concluding with suggestions for further reading.

This Handbook will serve as an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of international development and rural studies. It offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective on livelihoods, providing a deeper understanding of the complex factors that shape and sustain livelihoods in the Global South.

Weight: 1170g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367856359