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Degrees of separation: informal social protection, relatedness and migration in Biswanath, Bangladesh
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Abstract This paper argues for a more precise and context specific understanding of mechanisms of 'informal social protection' in Bangladesh. The context is a 'Londoni' village in Sylhet which has high levels of internal and overseas migration. As our findings show, the extent to which the poor can call upo... view more
This paper argues for a more precise and context specific understanding of mechanisms of 'informal social protection' in Bangladesh. The context is a 'Londoni' village in Sylhet which has high levels of internal and overseas migration. As our findings show, the extent to which the poor can call upon the protection of rich overseas migrants depends upon the degree of closeness to, or separation from, them, marked both through real and fictive kinship as well as geography. As the paper also argues, access to hierarchically ordered places is vital for the sustainability of precarious livelihoods. Yet whilst geographical movement is an important survival strategy for the poor, it is only when social relations are established with wealthy patrons that it can be said to contribute to informal social protection.... view less
Keywords
migration
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Social Problems
Free Keywords
Bangladesh; employment and law; social protection
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 124-149
Journal
Journal of Development Studies, 45 (2008) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802468587
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)