The Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South

Fiona Nunan is Professor of Environment and Development, International Development Department, University of Birmingham. Clare Barnes is an Interdisciplinary Lecturer in Sustainable Livelihoods at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh. Sukanya Krishnamurthy is a Chancellors Fellow/Senior Lecturer at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh.

0. Introduction, 1. Livelihoods in the Global South, 2. Livelihoods: concepts and framework, 3. The Capability Approach as an analytic lens for studying livelihood, 4. Livelihoods and institutions, 5. Vulnerability and resilience, 6. Social capital and social networks, 7. A rights-based approach for sustainable livelihoods, Part i: Researching livelihoods: approaches and methods, 8. Critically understanding livelihoods in the Global South: researchers, research practices and power, 9. Quantitative approaches to analyse rural livelihood strategies, 10. Longitudinal research to understand the complexity of livelihoods, 11. The use of ethnography for livelihoods research, 12. Using participatory rural appraisal to research livelihoods, 13. Using Participatory Video in researching livelihoods in the Global South: The Why and Wherefore, 14. Using participatory GPS methods to develop rich understandings of people’s diverse and complex livelihoods in the global South, Part ii: Negotiating livelihoods, 15. Power and livelihoods, 16. Feminist political ecology, 17. Democratic politics and livelihoods in Africa, 18. Social accountability in Asia’s livelihoods: the role of sanctions and rewards, 19. Advocating for livelihoods through Social Movements, 20. Education and livelihoods in the Global South, 21. Youth livelihoods: negotiating intergenerationality and responsibility, 22. The governance and regulation of the informal economy: Implications for livelihoods and decent work, 23. Disability and sustainable livelihoods: towards inclusive Community-based Development, Part iii: Generating livelihoods, 24. Environmental income and rural livelihoods, 25. Forests and livelihoods, 26. Agricultural livelihoods, Rural Development Policy and Political Ecologies of Land and Water: Exploring New Agrarian Questions, 27. Pastoralism and livelihoods in the Global South, 28. Fisheries livelihoods, 29. Complexity and heterogeneity in the informal economy of waste: Problems and prospects for organising and formalising, 30. Planning for sustainable urban livelihoods in Africa, 31. Artisanal Mining and Livelihoods in the Global South, Part iv: Enabling livelihoods, 32. Conceptualising migration and livelihoods: perspectives from the Global South, 33. International migration and experiences of Indian women migrants: a critical analysis of the Kafala system, 34. Remittances and economic development in the Global South, 35. Mobile Money, Financial Inclusion and Livelihoods in the Global South, 36. The role of microfinance in mediating livelihoods, 37. Global Markets and Southern Livelihoods: Exploring trans-scalar connections, 38. Contextualising urban transport systems and livelihoods in developing countries: The case of Bus Rapid Transit Project, Part v: Contextualising livelihoods, 39. Livelihoods and social protection, 40. Collective organisations: an introduction to their contributions to livelihoods in the Global South, 41. Rebuilding livelihoods to reduce disaster vulnerabilities, 42. Religion and Livelihoods Studies, 43. Climate change adaptation and agricultural livelihoods of smallholder farmers, 44. Livelihoods and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: from Security to Inclusive Development, 45. Livelihoods in conflict-affected settings, 46. Land tenure transformations in the Global South: Privatisation, marketisation and dispossession in contemporary rural Asia.