The food, fuel, and financial crises that started in 2008
reverberated throughout the global economy, causing job losses,
poverty, and economic, financial, and political upheaval in countries
all over the world. Living through Crises shows how global crises
affected the poorer, more vulnerable, powerless, and less visible
populations in developing countries. They, their realities, and what
they did to cope are the focus of this book, which offers a unique lens
into the experience of living through a new type of systemic shock wave
that is globalized, contagious, and multifaceted.
Living through Crises presents eight country case studies to
illustrate how people in specific localities were affected by global
shocks, which coping strategies they adopted, and which sources of
support were available to them. The country studies relied on
qualitative data collected from 2008-11, comprising one of the most
comprehensive qualitative studies of crisis impacts and coping ever
conducted in developing countries.
Living through Crises aims to assist development practitioners in
understanding how large-scale economic crises affect people’s
lives and, in so doing, to contribute to an anatomy of coping:
knowledge of what vulnerability and resilience mean in relation to the
new pattern of globalized crises and the role of public policy in
protecting against risk. By showing the value of timely qualitative
insights, Living through Crises should lead the way and inspire action
by governments, policy makers, and researchers across the globe.
'Living through Crises shows what qualitative research can
do. It reveals significant realities which otherwise would be little
recognised or would pass unseen. This is illustrated by surprises which
qualify or contradict common professional views of what happens in
crises, who is affected how much, and how people respond...By showing
the value of timely qualitative insights, this book should lead the way
and inspire action by governments and researchers across the
globe.'
— Robert Chambers, Professor, Institute
of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
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