Staying Secure, Staying Poor: The “Faustian Bargain”

Wood, Geof

doi:10.1016/s0305-750x(02)00213-9

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“…While illegal forms of entrepreneurship are necessary for survival in this context, it is clear that such activity can also lead to feelings of frustration and anger, and therefore, to social harm (Machan, 1999) -a situation Wood (2003) describes as 'Faustian bargain. '…”

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Contextualizing entrepreneurial identity among Syrian refugees in Jordan

Refai

Haloub

Lever

2018

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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This article aims to contextualize the entrepreneurial identity (EI) of Syrian refugees living outside refugee camps in Jordan. The research adopts a social lens to consider the situation Syrians find themselves in by drawing on the work of Bourdieu. A qualitative design is applied to explore the different experiences and perceptions that pervade refugee stories and the work of refugee aid agencies. By contextualizing EI in the Jordanian context, the article reveals how a destabilized refugee habitus based on an embodied disposition of survivability is emerging. The article makes an empirical and conceptual contribution by highlighting how the entrepreneurial activities of Syrian refugees are driven by their experiences of the harsh social conditions they find themselves in.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contextualizing entrepreneurial identity among Syrian refugees in Jordan

Refai

Haloub

Lever

2018

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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“…However, this is not an easy task. Getting their voices into the policy process is particularly challenging as such groups may by necessity greatly discount the future in order to survive in the present (Wood, 2003) and are unable to engage with longer-term climatic risks. Thus, it may be difficult for them to appreciate the need for a policy response, let alone participate in such processes.…”

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Policy without politics: technocratic control of climate change adaptation policy making in Nepal

Ojha¹,

et al. 2015

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As developing countries around the world formulate policies to address climate change, concerns remain as to whether the voices of those most exposed to climate risk are represented in those policies. Developing countries face significant challenges for contextualizing global-scale scientific research into national political dynamics and downscaling global frameworks to subnational levels, where the most affected are presumed to live. This article critiques the ways in which the politics of representation and climate science are framed and pursued in the process of climate policy development, and contributes to an understanding of the relative effectiveness of globally framed, generic policy mechanisms in vulnerable and politically volatile contexts. Based on this analysis, it also outlines opportunities for the possibility of improving climate policy processes to contest technocratic framing and generic international adaptation solutions. Policy relevanceNepal's position as one of the countries most at risk from climate change in the Himalayas has spurred significant international support to craft climate policy responses over the past few years. Focusing on the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) and the Climate Change Policy, this article examines the extent to which internationally and scientifically framed climate policy in Nepal recognizes the unfolding political mobilizations around the demand for a representative state and equitable adaptation to climate risks. This is particularly important in Nepal, where political unrest in the post-conflict transition after the end of the civil war in 2006 has focused around struggles over representation for those historically on the political margins. Arguing that vulnerability to climate risk is produced in conjunction with social and political conditions, and that not everyone in the same locality is equally vulnerable, we demonstrate the multi-faceted nature of the politics of representation for climate policy making in Nepal. However, so far, this policy making has primarily been shaped through a technocratic framing that avoids political contestations and downplays the demand for inclusive and deliberative processes. Based on this analysis, we identify the need for a flexible, contextually grounded, and multi-scalar approach to political representation while also emphasizing the need for downscaling climate science that can inform policy development and implementation to achieve fair and effective adaptation to climate change.

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“…However, other patron-client relations include reducing rents during poor harvests, paying for education and other social payments. These arrangements have been shown to further the interests of patrons as they ensure the continuation of the community as a whole and ensure support that maintains privileged positions in society (Wood 2003). For those with limited rights, social mechanisms such as patron, patron-client and other reciprocity provide access to ecosystem services.…”

Section: Social Drivers Constraints and Dynamics In The Realisationmentioning

confidence: 99%