Adaptation, Poverty and Development

1. Adaptation and Development — Issues, Evidence and Policy Relevance
David A. Clark

Part I. Adaptation and Development: Concepts and Issues

2. Utilitarianism, ‘Adaptation’ and Paternalism
Mozaffar Qizilbash

3. Adaptation: Implications for Development in Theory and Practice
David A. Clark

Part II. Adaptation and Development: Three Case Studies

4. Aspirations, Adaptation and Subjective Well-Being of Rural–Urban Migrants in China
John Knight, Ramani Gunatilaka

5. A Multidimensional Analysis of Adaptation in a Developing Country Context
Abigail Barr, David A. Clark

6. Adaptation, Poverty and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from South India
Daniel Neff

Part III. Adaptation and Development: Specific Issues

7. Subjective Well-Being, Disability and Adaptation: A Case Study from Rural Ethiopia
Marcel Fafchamps, Bereket Kebede

8. Adaptation of the Rural Working Class in India: A Case Study of Migrant Workers
Bhim Reddy, Wendy Olsen

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Public Policy, Political Sociology, Development Policy, Development Theory, Poverty, Aid and Development, Development Studies