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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826157803321

Titolo

Adaptation, poverty and development [[electronic resource] ] : the dynamics of subjective well-being / / edited by D. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-58525-0

9786613615084

1-137-00277-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Rethinking International Development series

Disciplina

339.46091724

Soggetti

Political planning

Political sociology

Economic policy

Economic development

Poverty

Public Policy

Political Sociology

Development Policy

Development Theory

Development Aid

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Adaptation and development : concepts and issues -- pt. 2. Adaptation and development : three case studies -- pt. 3. Adaptation and development : specific issues.

Sommario/riassunto

The first book to examine in detail the ways in which people adapt their understanding and behaviours towards poverty as a direct result to their experiences of poverty in developing countries, including world-leading academics and case studies from China, India, Ethiopia and South Africa.