Resettlement with People First: Counterfactual Pathways
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Drawing on contributions from leading and emerging scholars from around the world, this book considers cases involving dams, mines, roads, and housing, amongst others, from Asia, Africa, and South America. In each case, the counterfactual approach invites us to reconsider how the dynamics of accountability play out through resettlement hazards and the asymmetries of power relations in the negotiation of displacement benefits and redress. Considering a range of theoretical and ethical perspectives, the book concludes with practical, alternative policy suggestions for displacement arising both from development and from slow onset climate change.
This book’s novel approach focussing on the people's agency in the dynamics of governance, accountability, and (dis)empowerment in development projects with displacement and resettlement will appeal to academic researchers, development practitioners, and policymakers.
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Susanna Price was the first international resettlement specialist recruited to the Asian Development Bank, Manila. Now based in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University (ANU) she publishes regularly on displacement, resettlement, and social analysis. Her PhD is from Kyoto University, Japan.
Jay Drydyk is Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, Canada; past President of the International Development Ethics Association; and past President of the Human Development and Capability Association. He is a Canadian philosopher whose research examines development from perspectives in ethics and social/political philosophy including the capability approach. Recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics (with Lori Keleher) in 2019.
