Multiple shocks and slum household economies in South India

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ID2159643
AutoresBarbara Harriss-White, Wendy Olsen (0000-0003-1440-5810), Penny Vera-Sanso (0000-0002-3163-399X), Suresh (0000-0002-9102-4686), V Suresh (0000-0003-1982-3851), V Madha Suresh
Ano2013
Volume42
Fascículo3
Páginas398-429
Data de publicação2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEconomy and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03085147.2013.772760
OpenAlexW2075148369
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas22

This research uses a fresh perspective to trace the impact of multiple economic, financial and environmental shocks on slum-dwellers in the South Indian city of Chennai from November 2008 to May 2009. It examines the effects of a concatenation of events scaled from the global to the local, consisting of economic shocks (speculation in financial, fuel and food markets) and extremes of rainfall and temperature, on a cross-section of the urban poor (differentiated by age and gender), taking in household dynamics and work status. The paper also traces the rapidity with which these shocks transfer from the global economy to slum settlements. The method involved twelve-month recall over three survey periods during the shocks and their aftermath, a comparison of emic and etic measures of economic well-being and the comparative use of mixed methods. This research is also the first application of qualitative comparative analysis to slum conditions. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC

Economics · Economy · Emic and etic · Geography · Human settlement · Population · Slum · Sociology · Speculation · Work (physics · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Social and Economic Development in India · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Demography · Finance