Gender, Mobilities, and Livelihood Transformations: Comparing Indigenous People in China, India, and Laos (Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration)

By: Kyoko Kusakabe and Ragnhild Lund and Smita Mishra Panda and Yunxian Wang

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Synopsis: 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 particular focus on how these transformations are gendered. It queries how state policies and cross-border and cross-regional connections have shaped and redefined the livelihood patterns, rights and citizenship, identities, and gender relations of indigenous peoples. It also identifies the dynamic changes that indigenous men and women are facing, given rapid infrastructure improvements and commercialization and/or industrialization in their places of Environment. With a focus on mobility, this innovative book gives students and researchers in development studies, gender studies, human geography, anthropology and Asian studies a more realistic assessment of peoples livelihood choices under a time of rapid transformation, and the knowledge produced may add value to present development policies and practices.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 200 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781135082062
Related ISBNs:: 9780203068137, 9781138928398, 9780415813532, 9780415813532, 9781138928398
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/28/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Ragnhild Lund
Edited by:: Kyoko Kusakabe
Edited by:: Smita Mishra Panda
Edited by:: Yunxian Wang