Thorsten Beck
Survival Strategies and Power amongst the Poorest in a West Bengal Village
focusing peoples history challenges assumption poor people passive followers apolitical identifying ways poor people makers histories adapting peoples history approach geographical study one village west bengal concentrating particularly survival strategies used poorest women children article shows rural poorest active informal economy operate much business clear views characteristics rich people survival strategies considered include use common property resources changes consumption patterns sharerearing livestock mutual support networks put context wider literature policy implications evaluated determine possibility external support indigenous coping mechanisms