Learning to be resilient by moving between ‘poor by chance’ to ‘not-so-poor by intent’ identities: lessons from conversations with labor migrants in southern India.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Learning to be resilient by moving between ‘poor by chance’ to ‘not-so-poor by intent’ identities

T2 - lessons from conversations with labor migrants in southern India.

AU - Gopinath, Deepak

AU - Nair, Murali

PY - 2015/2/1

Y1 - 2015/2/1

N2 - Through their engagement with the lives of labor migrants working on construction sites in southern India, the authors advance a critical understanding linking poverty, place and migration. This article challenges conventional images of poverty associated with certain groups in society, in this case, labor migrants. Additionally, it offers cues as to how and why opportunities for spatial mobility in certain locations work to make poor individuals and families more resilient.

AB - Through their engagement with the lives of labor migrants working on construction sites in southern India, the authors advance a critical understanding linking poverty, place and migration. This article challenges conventional images of poverty associated with certain groups in society, in this case, labor migrants. Additionally, it offers cues as to how and why opportunities for spatial mobility in certain locations work to make poor individuals and families more resilient.

M3 - Article

SN - 0147-1473

VL - 37

SP - 1

EP - 10

JO - Social Development Issues

JF - Social Development Issues

IS - 1

ER -