The livelihood approach: A critical exploration

Erdkunde

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-357

  De Haan, Leo J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Livelihood approach; Livelihoods; Meta analysis; Power relations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; META-ANALYSIS; POWER RELATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84871705429     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2012.04.05     Document Type: Article

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