"Going for Income" in Village Tibet : A Longitudinal Analysis of Change and Adaptation, 1997-2007

Abstract/Sommario: Rural Tibet is in the throes of a major paradigm shift from a predominantly subsistence agricultural economy to a new mixed economy in which non-farm income plays a dominant role. The paper examines this change, comparing longitudinal data collected through direct fieldwork in rural Tibet in 1997-98 and 2006-07