PhD thesis Title Page Final _Richard Juma - Victoria University ...

Table of contents
Abstract ............................................................................................ iii
Acknowledgement ............................................................................. v
Table of contents............................................................................... vii
List of figures .................................................................................... xii
List of tables ..................................................................................... xiv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................. 1
1.1 Historical background to drought and famine
in pastoral lands in sub-Saharan Africa ...................................... 1
1.2 The drought problem – a concern for African pastoralists ............ 6
1.3 Research problem: critical gap in response
to drought and famine in the Turkana District, Kenya ................. 10
1.4 Social networks and rural livelihoods .......................................... 21
1.5 Social networks and pastoral livelihoods...................................... 23
1.6 Justification of the study............................................................. 31
1.7 Organization of the study ............................................................ 32
1.8 Chapter summary and hypotheses .............................................. 33
CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY ............... 35
2.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 35
2.2 Emergence of the sustainable livelihoods approach...................... 37
2.2.1 Principles and concepts of sustainable livelihoods
approach applicable to this study.............................................. 39
2.2.2 Explaining the sustainable livelihoods
approach framework ................................................................. 44
2.2.3 Critique to sustainable livelihoods
approach framework ................................................................ 45
2.3 Symbolic interaction theory and adjustments .............................. 47
2.4 Social exchange theory ................................................................ 49
2.5 Turkana pastoralists’ adjustment scheme
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