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- Title
Livelihood Resilience and Diversity in the face of Socio-Economic Challenges: Exploring the Experiences of Urban Youth in Harare (Zimbabwe).
- Authors
Chipenda, Clement
- Abstract
The article is aimed at unearthing the livelihood and survival strategies which the urban youth in Harare (Zimbabwe) have adopted as a response to socio-economic challenges which have been witnessed in the country over the past decade and a half. Deteriorating socio-economic conditions characterised by high poverty and unemployment levels in the face of reduced and poor economic performance by the country have left young people vulnerable to poverty and unemployment. These challenges have led them to adopt various formal and informal livelihood activities which are aimed at improving their lives. Employing sociological theories of structuration, agency and social organisation; this article argues that the young people in the urban area of Harare have adopted survival strategies which have seen them being able to meet their individual, family and community needs in an environment which has been very difficult and challenging. Using qualitative research methodologies and various data gathering instruments, the article shows from a sociological perspective how the urban youth have organised themselves as individuals and groups to make a better life for themselves in the face of what would otherwise be perceived as insurmountable challenges.
- Subjects
ZIMBABWE; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; STRUCTURATION theory; POVERTY
- Publication
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2017, Vol 14, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1819-8465
- Publication type
Article