The politics of defining and alleviating poverty: State strategies and their impacts in rural Kerala

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 991-1001

  Williams, Glyn ^a   Thampi, Binitha V ^b   Narayana, D ^c   Nandigama, Sailaja ^d   Bhattacharyya, Dwaipayan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

India (Kerala); NREGA; Poverty (alleviation); Poverty (measurement); Poverty (relational approaches); Self help groups; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONAL PLANNING; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SELF HELP;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 84864035542     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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