From Welfare to Development: A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Dislocated People

Scudder, Thayer; Colson, Elizabeth

doi:10.4324/9780429052293-15

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“…In our case studies, however, as with Colson (1971), it is the struggles over material resources that generate social division, conflict, and dissolution. Reestablishing secure routine material relations is the main preoccupation during transition and adjustment associated with post-resettlement (see also Colson 1971;Scudder and Colson 1982). The frame we use to explain insecurities matters in how we might go about preventing, managing, or repairing displacement distress.…”

Section: Discussion and Conclusion: Authority And Accessmentioning

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“…Previous scholars attribute social disarticulation to a loss of place-based identity (Hirschon 2000), overburdened social networks and informal support mechanisms (Rogers and Wang 2006), loss of authority structures (Downing 1996), the destabilization of routine culture (Downing and Garcia-Downing 2009), or view it as just a phase of the adjustment process (Scudder and Colson 1982). While all of these processes certainly occur, this article offers an explanation for why they repeatedly play out in this destructive way-why social networks tear, why authority structures fall apart, and why the practices and relations called "culture" break down.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Children of Another Land: Social Disarticulation, Access to Natural Resources and the Reconfiguration of Authority in Post Resettlement

Milgroom

Ribot

2019

Society & Natural Resources

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The breakdown of social order, social disarticulation, is a common impact of population resettlement. This article shows that social disarticulation results from the dissolution and reconstruction of authority through which people gain, maintain, and control access to essential resources in response to changes in the material conditions inherent in resettlement. Resource access-and the relations it implies-is required for long-term autonomy and security. When new patterns or hierarchies of resource control lead to some part of the group being disadvantaged via subordination to others or exclusion from resource enjoyment, resettled villages experience social disarticulation. We explore this access realignment and differentiation process in the case of the resettlement of two natural resource-dependent communities out of the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Discussion and Conclusion: Authority And Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children of Another Land: Social Disarticulation, Access to Natural Resources and the Reconfiguration of Authority in Post Resettlement

Milgroom

Ribot

2019

Society & Natural Resources

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“…In analyzing the experiences of the resettlers in the long term, the framework of Scudder (2005) is being used, which is a modification of an earlier framework of Scudder and Colson (1982). This framework presented a four-phase model, the Stress and Settlement Process that focused on the experiences of the people being resettled.…”

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The Contribution of Women in Rebuilding Livelihoods in the Long-Term After Involuntary Resettlement: A Case Study of Resettlers of Kotmale Dam, Sri Lanka

Manatunge¹,

Yamazawa²,

Samanpriya³

2019

JAD

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The experiences of resettlers of Kotmale Dam, Sri Lanka is revisited, with a focus on the involvement of women in shaping the well-being of the family, more than 35 years after their resettlement. This study is based on field visits to eight resettlement sites in Mahaweli System B, C, and H, in which interviews were held mainly with the women of the first generation of resettlers. In most cases, women had to contribute to farm labour apart from housework. With time, women were instrumental in saving enough money, which enabled Journal of Asian Development 72 them to purchase agriculture machinery that lessened the burden of women who engaged in agriculture. The time thus saved could be used for additional income generating activities. Resettlers who were resettled in Mahaweli areas have now reached a stage where they have been successful in the formation of social/community networks and satisfactory economic development. The contribution of women has been a catalyst for such successes. The second/third generations have better opportunities for the future. The results indicate that resettlers, especially women, have made conscious choices for their future, especially for their children. For future resettlement programmes, it is essential that considerations of women's economic role in the household should be given prominence.

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“…Scholars recognise the need to consider individual responses to disaster risks in the cultural, historical, political, and social realms within which they adjust to the threat or impacts of a natural hazard (Zaman, 1989;Scudder and Colson, 1982;Oliver-Smith, 1996). This matter warrants more attention with respect to CCA and DRR as it defines and influences human vulnerability (Comfort et al, 1999;Zaman, 1999;Adger et al, 2003;Wisner et al, 2004;Thomalla et al, 2006;Lei and Wang, 2014;Mechler and Bouwer, 2015;Nelson et al, 2016).…”

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“…Several studies from the spheres of development-forced resettlement and climateor disaster-induced resettlement contain numerous cases of resettlement spawning negative outcomes (Scudder, 2005;Patt and Schroter, 2008;Correa, 2011;Ferris, 2011; Oliver-Smith and de Sherbinin, 2014; Oliver-Smith, 2016). These range from changing livelihood practices, conflicts with host communities, leadership disputes, social disarticulation, and myriad other cultural, psychological, and social effects (Cernea, 2000;Arnall et al, 2013a;Arnall, 2014;Scudder and Colson, 1982). Oliver-Smith (1991) argues that resettlement can create a cultural and physical crisis, leading to a permanent dependency syndrome.…”

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Barriers or enablers? Chiefs, elite capture, disasters, and resettlement in rural Malawi

Kita¹

2018

Disasters

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Chiefs are at the centre of household and community development efforts in most low-income countries around the world. Yet, researchers and scholars have paid limited attention to the institution of chieftaincy and to understanding its role in the management of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. This paper draws on a micro ethnographic evaluation conducted in two predominantly rural districts of Malawi in southeast Africa to assess two different manifestations of elite control. In the first case, a resettlement programme was implemented where chiefs were co-opted and took the lead. In the second case, a food insecurity response programme was designed to exclude chiefs. The study finds that neither co-opting nor countering chiefs prevents elite capture. Rather, the majority of chiefs oscillate between malevolent and benevolent capture. The findings require that states focus on the cultural and political dimensions of rural life when designing climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes.

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From Welfare to Development: A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Dislocated People

Cited by 84 publications

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Children of Another Land: Social Disarticulation, Access to Natural Resources and the Reconfiguration of Authority in Post Resettlement

Children of Another Land: Social Disarticulation, Access to Natural Resources and the Reconfiguration of Authority in Post Resettlement

The Contribution of Women in Rebuilding Livelihoods in the Long-Term After Involuntary Resettlement: A Case Study of Resettlers of Kotmale Dam, Sri Lanka

Barriers or enablers? Chiefs, elite capture, disasters, and resettlement in rural Malawi

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