Our world seems entangled in systems increasingly dominated by power, greed, ignorance,
self-deception and denial, with spiralling inequity and injustice. Against a backdrop of …

After defining key words and listing biases and limitations, this paper seeks to explore
linkages between methodologies, mindsets, concepts and perceptions in research on …

Robert Chambers outlines some key approaches to poverty and ways to end it through
participatory approaches. He suggests that while poverty may never be made history, a …

Bihar, in the central Gangetic Basin, is simultaneously India's poorest and most flood-prone
State. Climate change models currently identify a heightening of Bihar's flood risk, as rainfall …

This chapter provides an overview of the evolution of social work in India to highlight the
profession's attempts to decolonize its substantive theoretical content and concomitant …

Title: Routledge handbook of food and nutrition security/edited by Bill Pritchard, Rodomiro
Ortiz and Meera Shekar. Description: London; New York: Routledge, 2016.| Includes …

Food and nutrition security (FNS) is a wicked problem. There is no universal consensus on
its definitional parameters, and it has complex interdependencies with other problems …

This thesis aims to analyse how poverty and social exclusion are visually represented
through photographic images in the Greek mainstream media, following relevant articles in …

Human development means positive growth and change in human well-being–collective
and individual–in all its multiple dimensions: economic, social, political, cultural, and …

This essay explores the practice of participatory poverty research that aims to mediate
between the poor and policy makers. Through the practice of listening-to-the-poor …