'Life here is just scraping by': Livelihood strategies and social networks among peasant households in Honduras

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-854

  Nygren, Anja ^a   Myatt Hirvonen, Outi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central America; Conflict and cooperation; Livelihoods; Poverty; Power relations; Rural development; Social networks

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POVERTY; POWER RELATIONS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 70849126298     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150903354023     Document Type: Article

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