Building resilience knowledge for sustainable development: Insights from development studies

Abstract

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Understanding resilience in sustainable development: Rallying call or siren song?

“…To recall our opening question, how has the concept of resilience been used in development studies? At first glance, these 419 articles evidence an extensive use of resilience across development contexts (see Figure 2 in Park, 2023). Indeed, no less than 140 semantic varieties of resilience were found across these works (e.g., migrant resilience, forest resilience and cyber resilience; see Table 2).…”

Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala

“…Gender discourses and practices within the community, however, underwent significant changes during the Great Depression, which in Travancore state put huge financial pressures on landed and farming households (Prakash, 1987). During this period of crisis, educated women entered the workforce to contribute to family income.…”