Müller-Böker
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Institutional Change and Livelihood Strategies (Phase 1 of NCCR North-South) | ||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | A key linkage issue in the analysis of "syndromes of global change" is the interface between local livelihoods and state policies. Understanding how these levels interact is of vital importance for developing sustainable local natural resource management. State policies and regional and international institutions which are exposed to and embedded in national economies, market forces and processes of globalisation / global change have an impact on rural people's livelihood practices and strategies as well as on local institutions developed by the people themselves (informal institutions). On the other hand, these institutionally shaped livelihood activities have an impact on the sustainability of resource use. Therefore, the key theme of IP6 is "Institutional change and livelihood strategies". The main objectives are: Livelihoods: Analyse rural livelihood strategies in selected case study localities to iden-tify key issues that support or hinder sustainable development. Institutions: Identify the main processes of state policies and institutions (with reference to selected topics of resource conservation and management, and rural development), their implementation and enforcement. Globalisation: Identify the global influences on selected state policies, their implementation mechanisms, and related markets and economic conditions. Interrelations: Analyse the interface between rural livelihood strategies on the one hand, and state policies and institutions on the other, under conditions of globalisation, and with special consideration of - (i) the role of local state and intermediary organisations (especially processes of parti-ci-pation and decentralisation); - (ii) the role of local skills and knowledge; and - (iii) the gender dimension. Action: Develop and test within the selected case study settings institutional and organisational arrangements at different levels of society to improve their effectiveness in mitigating syndromes of global change. These objectives are to be achieved through comparative research based on insights gained by the following main partners: Nepal: Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu; Nepal Institute of Development Studies; Development Study Group, University of Zurich Pakistan: Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad; Development Study Group, University of Zurich India/Kerala: Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram; Development Study Group, University of Zurich Africa (Cameroon and Tansania): Université de Yaundé, Depart. de Sociologie et Anthropologie; Department of Geography, University Dar es Salaam; Department of Social Anthropology (ESUZ), University of Zurich. Weitere Informationen |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Geiser, U. & Müller-Böker U. (2003): Gemeinschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und Staat als sozialer Kontext des Le-bensalltags in den Bergen Nepals und Pakistans. In: Jeanneret, F., Wastl-Walter, D., Wiesmann, U. & Schwyn, M. (eds.): Welt der Alpen – Gebirge der Welt. Ressourcen, Akteure, Perspektiven. Haupt Verlag: Bern, Stuttgart, Wien, 171-183.Geiser, U. & Steimann, B. (2004): State actors' livelihoods, acts of translation, and forest sector reforms in northwest Pakistan. Contemporary South Asia, 13(4): 437-448.Geiser, U. (2005): The Urgency of (Not Necessarily) Policy-Oriented Research: The Example of Power Devolution and Natural Ressource Management in North-West Pakistan. In: SDPI (Editor), Sustainable Development. Bridging the Research/Policy Gaps in Southern Contexts. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 67-76.Gurung, G. & Kollmair, M. (2005): Marginality: Concepts and their Limitations. IP6 Discussion Paper, Vol. 4. NCCR North-South, 20 pp.Hurni, H., Wiesmann, U., Bolay, J., Hufty, M., Ludi, E., Maselli, D., Milbert, I., Müller-Böker, U. & Schelling, E. (2004): Research for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change. Chapter 14: Designing Future Research Projects. In: Hurni, H., Wiesmann, U. & Schertenleib, R. (Editors), Research for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change. A Transdisciplinary Appraisal of Selected Regions of the World to Prepare Development-Oriented Research Partnerships. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South. University of Berne, Geographica Bernensia, Berne, pp. 425-439.Müller-Böker, U. with the support of Geiger, D., Geiser, U., Kansakar, V., Kollmair, M., Molesworth, K. & Suleri, A. (2004): JACS South Asia. Sustainable Development in Marginal Regions of South Asia. In: Hurni, H., Wiesmann, U. & Schertenleib, R. (eds.): Research for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change. A Transdisciplinary Appraisal of Selected Regions of the World to Prepare Development-Oriented Research Partnerships. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South, Berne: 225-261.Thieme, S. (2003): Savings and Credit Associations and Remittances: the Case of Far West Nepalese Labour Migrants in Delhi, India. ILO Working Paper No. 39, Genf, 53 S.Thieme, S. & Müller-Böker, U. (2004): Financial Self-Help Associations Among Far West Nepalese Labor Migrants in Delhi, India. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 13(3): 339-361.Thieme, S. (2005): Social Networks and Migration: Far West Nepalese Labour Migrants in Delhi. PhD Thesis Thesis, University of Zurich, Zurich.Véron, R., Strasser, B. & Geiser, U. (2004): Globalisierung und Agrarproduktmärkte in Kerala. Das Beispiel Cashew und Kautschuk. Geographische Rundschau(11): 18-24.Weitere Informationen | ||||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | Institutions, Livelihood Strategies, Global Change | ||||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), SNF (Programm NFS/NCCR), Other Public Sources (e.g. Federal or Cantonal Agencies) SDC |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jul 2001 to Jun 2005 |