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Gender, Mobilities, and Livelihood Transformations: Comparing Indigenous People in China, India, and Laos book cover

1st Edition

Gender, Mobilities, and Livelihood Transformations Comparing Indigenous People in China, India, and Laos

Edited By Ragnhild Lund, Kyoko Kusakabe, Smita Mishra Panda, Yunxian Wang Copyright 2014
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

1. Gender, Mobilities and Livelihoods Transformations: An Introduction, Ragnhild Lund  2. Rethinking "Mobilities" - Exploring the Linkages between Development Issues, Marginalized Groups and Gender Tanu Priya Uteng  3. Mobile Livelihoods of Ethnic Minorities in Socio-economic Transformation in China: A Case of Yunnan , Yunxian Wang  4. Chinese Peasants in Transition, Thomas Sæthre Jakobsen  5. Exploring Mobile Livelihoods among Tribal Communities in Odisha: Gendered Insights and Outcomes, Smita Mishra Panda  6.Mobility Patterns and Gendered Practices among Soliga People in Karnataka, India, Anitha Venkatesh & Veena N  7. Gendered vulnerability of resettlement and restricted mobility of ethnic groups in Northern Laos,Kyoko Kusakabe and Sengkham Vongphakdy  8. Conclusion Ragnhild Lund 

Biography

Ragnhild Lund is Professor in Development Geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

Kyoko Kusakabe is Associate Professor of Gender and Development Studies at the School of Environment, Resources and Development, at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

Smita Mishra Panda is Professor at the School of Management at the Human Development Foundation in Odisha, India.

Yunxian Wang is an independent researcher, affiliated to the Institute of Sociology, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China.

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