The everyday life of the poor in Cameroon : the role of social networks in meeting needs / Nathanael Ojong.
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Ojong, Nathanael (author.)
- ISBN 0367140527
- Publicerad: London ; Routledge, 2020
- Engelska x, 142 pages
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Serie: Routledge contemporary Africa series
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- 1. Food -- 2. ‘I Need a Roof over my Head’ -- 3. Illness and Coping Strategies -- 4. Death Shocks, Funerals, and Solidarities -- 5. Everyday Financial Practices -- 6. ‘I Need Someone to Pour Out my Heart to’.
- "Based on fieldwork in Cameroon, the book provides a distinctive approach that draws on social network theory and insights from economic anthropology to shed light on how the poor make a living. Though embeddedness in social networks is essential to human achievement, we know little about the social and cultural forces and processes that shape poor people’s decisions to seek help from strong, weak, and disposable ties in an African context. Focusing on network practice rather than network structure, the author argues that the ability of poor people to meet their diverse needs rests on several elements, such as favourable interactions and social and cultural forces. He examines various issues crucial to the lives of the poor, such as food, shelter, healthcare, death and funerals, and access to finance. Particular focus is given to the complicated nature of social relationships, the different contexts where these relationships take place, and how these factors shape poor individuals’ decisions regarding whom to turn to when attempting to meet their needs, including how they actually meet those needs."
Ämnesord
- Poor -- Cameroon. (LCSH)
- Social networks -- Cameroon. (LCSH)
- Cameroon -- Social life and customs. (LCSH)
Klassifikation
- HC995.Z9 (LCC)
- 362.5/096711 (DDC)
- Ohf (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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