Conflict - threat or opportunity? War, livelihoods, and vulnerability in Sri Lanka
Abstract: "In the light of a growing number of unstabilized regions of warfare or post-war conditions, this paper investigates how civilians survive in the context of a civil war. It analyzes livelihood strategies of farmers in the war-torn areas of Sri Lanka. The analytical framework is based on a revised form of DFID's sustainable rural livelihoods approach placing particular attention on the institutional reproduction of household capital assets in the war economy. The paper delineates a three pillar model of household livelihood strategies focusing on how households (i) cope with the increased level of risk and uncertainty, (ii) adjust their economic and social household assets for economic survival, and how they (iii) use their social and political assets as livelihood strategies. Empirically, the paper analyses four local case studies from the east of Sri Lanka. A key conclusion from the empirical studies was that even though the four case studies were located geographically very close
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Konflikt - Bedrohung oder Chance? Krieg, Lebensunterhalt und Risiko in Sri Lanka
- Standort
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Umfang
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Online-Ressource, 23 S.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources (ICAR) : Discussion Papers ; Bd. 1
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Berlin
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2003
- Urheber
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaus, Fachgebiet Ressourcenökonomie
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-112179
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Korf, Benedikt
- Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaus, Fachgebiet Ressourcenökonomie
Entstanden
- 2003
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