Why Resilience Research Needs to Take Account of Political Economy and Culture

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2011
Country:
Vietnam, India, Peru, Ethiopia
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Boyden, J.

Abstract

This article on resilience research uses Young Lives research to show that household poverty is closely linked to rural location and to social structural factors like minority ethnic and/or religious status, and that all these factors affect risk and response to adversity.

Citation

Boyden, J. Why Resilience Research Needs to Take Account of Political Economyand Culture. Bulletin of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (2011) 59 (1) 27-31.

Why Resilience Research Needs to Take Account of Political Economy and Culture

Published 1 January 2011
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