Table of Contents
Illustrations ix
Foreword David Hulme xii
Preface xv
List of Contributors xvii
1 Adaptation and Development - Issues, Evidence and Policy Relevance David A. Clark 1
Part I Adaptation and Development: Concepts and Issues
2 Utilitarianism, 'Adaptation' and Paternalism Mozaffar Qizilbash 35
3 Adaptation: Implications for Development in Theory and Practice David A. Clark 61
Part II Adaptation and Development: Three Case Studies
4 Aspirations, Adaptation and Subjective Weil-Being of Rural-Urban Migrants in China John Knight Ramani Gunatilaka 91
5 A Multidimensional Analysis of Adaptation in a Developing Country Context Abigail Ban David A. Clark 111
6 Adaptation, Poverty and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from South India Daniel Neff 137
Part III Adaptation and Development: Specific Issues
7 Subjective Well-Being, Disability and Adaptation: A Case Study from Rural Ethiopia Marcel Fafchamps Bereket Kebede 161
8 Adaptation of the Rural Working Class in India: A Case Study of Migrant Workers Bhim Reddy Wendy Olsen 181
Name Index 215
Subject Index 221