Politics And Poverty

Author : Victoria Lawson,Sarah Elwood
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780820353128

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Relational Poverty Politics by Victoria Lawson,Sarah Elwood Pdf

This collection examines the power and transformative potential of movements that fight against poverty and inequality. Broadly, poverty politics are struggles to define who is poor, what it means to be poor, what actions might be taken, and who should act. These movements shape the sociocultural and political economic structures that constitute poverty and privilege as material and social relations. Editors Victoria Lawson and Sarah Elwood focus on the politics of insurgent movements against poverty and inequality in seven countries (Argentina, India, Brazil, South Africa, Thailand, Singapore, and the United States). The contributors explore theory and practice in alliance politics, resistance movements, the militarized repression of justice movements, global counterpublics, and political theater. These movements reflect the diversity of poverty politics and the relations between bureaucracies and antipoverty movements. They discuss work done by mass and other types of mobilizations across multiple scales; forms of creative and political alliance across axes of difference; expressions and exercises of agency by people named as poor; and the kinds of rights and other claims that are made in different spaces and places. Relational Poverty Politics advocates for poverty knowledge grounded in relational perspectives that highlight the adversarial relationship of poverty to privilege, as well as the possibility for alliances across different groups. It incorporates current research in the field and demonstrates how relational poverty knowledge is best seen as a model for understanding how theory is derivative of action as much as the other way around. The book lays a foundation for realistic change that can directly attack poverty at its roots. Contributors: Antonádia Borges, Dia Da Costa, Sarah Elwood, David Boarder Giles, Jim Glassman, Victoria Lawson, Felipe Magalhães, Jeff Maskovsky, Richa Nagar, Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales, LaShawnDa Pittman, Frances Fox Piven, Preeti Sampat, Thomas Swerts, and Junjia Ye.

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780465096770

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Wealth, Poverty and Politics by Thomas Sowell Pdf

In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture. Sowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others on the left, Sowell draws on accurate empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe. Transcending partisanship through a careful examination of data, Wealth, Poverty, and Politics reveals the truth about the most explosive political issue of our time.

Author : Will Langford
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228004745

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The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada by Will Langford Pdf

In the 1960s and 1970s, in the midst of the Cold War and an international decolonization movement, development advocates believed that poverty could be ended, at home and abroad. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores the relationship between poverty, democracy, and development during this remarkable period. Will Langford analyzes three Canadian development programs that unfolded on local, regional, and international scales. He reveals the interconnections of anti-poverty activism carried out by the Company of Young Canadians among Métis in northern Alberta and francophones in Montreal, by the Cape Breton Development Corporation, and by Canadian University Service Overseas in Tanzania. In dialogue with the New Left, liberal reformers committed to development programs they believed would empower the poor to confront their own poverty and thereby foster a more meaningful democracy. However, democracy and development proved to be fundamentally contested, and development programs stopped short of amending capitalist social relations and the inequalities they engendered. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores how Canadians engaged in informal and formal politics in the course of their everyday lives, locally and transnationally. Langford provides an enduring record of otherwise fleeting anti-poverty programs and their effects: the lived activism and opinions of development workers and ordinary people.

Author : Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass,Kasper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137452696

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Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa by Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass,Kasper Pdf

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and explains how and why these policies were adopted. The analysis offers lessons for the study of poverty elsewhere in the world.

Author : Kristina C. Miler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108473507

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Poor Representation by Kristina C. Miler Pdf

The poor are grossly underrepresented in Congress both overall and by individual legislators, even those who represent high-poverty districts.

Author : Lawrence M. Mead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000099650

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The New Politics Of Poverty by Lawrence M. Mead Pdf

A controversial look at how the failure of most of the poor to work at all has transformed American politics, by a New York University political scientist who is a leading advocate of workfare programs.

Author : Ann-Mari Sätre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351169424

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The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia by Ann-Mari Sätre Pdf

This book provides an overview of poverty and well-being in Russia. Increasing poverty rates during the 1990s were followed by greater attention to social policies in the 2000s and increased efforts to engage people in socially oriented NGOs and ‘encourage’ them to contribute to the fulfillment of social aims. What impact did these developments have on the prevalence of poverty in contemporary Russian society? Tracing continuities from the Soviet system alongside recent developments such as the falling price of oil, economic sanctions, and changes in directions of social policy, this book explores the impact of poverty, inequality and social programmes. The author examines the agency of people living in poverty and those engaged in social policy, using official statistics, survey data and interviews from four Russian regions to explain the reasons and consequences of poverty and people’s attempts to get out of it. The approach is based on institutional theory, complemented by Amartya Sen’s capability approach highlighting the importance of agency and an institutional framework as a means for change. A timely book that will be of interest to students of contemporary Russian politics as well as those engaged in social policy issues.

Author : Kathleen Beegle,Luc Christiaensen
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464812330

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Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa by Kathleen Beegle,Luc Christiaensen Pdf

Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After many years in decline, the continent's economy picked up in the mid-1990s. Along with this macroeconomic growth, people became healthier, many more youngsters attended schools, and the rate of extreme poverty declined from 54 percent in 1990 to 41 percent in 2015. Political and social freedoms expanded, and gender equality advanced. Conflict in the region also subsided, although it still claims thousands of civilian lives in some countries and still drives pressing numbers of displaced persons. Despite Africa’s widespread economic and social welfare accomplishments, the region’s challenges remain daunting: Economic growth has slowed in recent years. Poverty rates in many countries are the highest in the world. And notably, the number of poor in Africa is rising because of population growth. From a global perspective, the biggest concentration of poverty has shifted from South Asia to Africa. Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa explores critical policy entry points to address the demographic, societal, and political drivers of poverty; improve income-earning opportunities both on and off the farm; and better mobilize resources for the poor. It looks beyond macroeconomic stability and growth—critical yet insufficient components of these objectives—to ask what more could be done and where policy makers should focus their attention to speed up poverty reduction. The pro-poor policy agenda advanced in this volume requires not only economic growth where the poor work and live, but also mitigation of the many risks to which African households are exposed. As such, this report takes a "jobs" lens to its task. It focuses squarely on the productivity and livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable—that is, what it will take to increase their earnings. Finally, it presents a road map for financing the poverty and development agenda.

Author : David Brady,Linda Burton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199914050

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The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty by David Brady,Linda Burton Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to provide diverse perspectives on the issue.

Author : Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass,Kasper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137452696

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Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa by Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass,Kasper Pdf

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and explains how and why these policies were adopted. The analysis offers lessons for the study of poverty elsewhere in the world.

Author : Alberto Diaz-Cayeros,Federico Estévez,Beatriz Magaloni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107140288

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The Political Logic of Poverty Relief by Alberto Diaz-Cayeros,Federico Estévez,Beatriz Magaloni Pdf

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how elections shape social programs aimed at aiding the poor. They also assess whether voters reward politicians for targeted poverty alleviation programs.

Author : David Vernon Donnison
Publisher : Martin Robertson
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Pauvres - Grande-Bretagne
ISBN : 085520480X

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The Politics of Poverty by David Vernon Donnison Pdf

Author : Benjamin I. Page,James R. Simmons
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226644820

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What Government Can Do by Benjamin I. Page,James R. Simmons Pdf

At the same time, Page and Simmons show how even more could be - and should be - accomplished."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Duncan Green
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780855985936

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From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green Pdf

Offers a look at the causes and effects of poverty and inequality, as well as the possible solutions. This title features research, human stories, statistics, and compelling arguments. It discusses about the world we live in and how we can make it a better place.

Author : Valentin Beck,Henning Hahn,Robert Lepenies
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030317119

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Dimensions of Poverty by Valentin Beck,Henning Hahn,Robert Lepenies Pdf

This anthology constitutes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary debate on poverty measurement and alleviation. Absolute and relative poverty—both within and across state boundaries—are standardly measured and evaluated in monetary terms. However, poverty researchers have highlighted the shortfalls of one-dimensional monetary metrics. A new consensus is emerging that effectively addressing poverty requires a nuanced understanding of poverty as a relational phenomenon involving deprivations in multiple dimensions, including health, standard of living, education and political participation. This volume advances the debate on poverty by providing a forum for philosophers and empirical researchers. It combines philosophically sound analysis and genuinely global research on poverty's social embeddedness. Next to an introduction to this interdisciplinary field—which links Practical Philosophy, Development Economics, Political Science, and Sociology—it contains articles by leading international experts and early career scholars. The contributors analyse the concept of poverty, detail its multiple dimensions, reveal epistemic injustices in poverty research, and reflect on the challenges of poverty-related social activism. The unifying theme connecting this volume's contributions is that poverty must be understood as a multidimensional and socially relational phenomenon, and that this insight can enhance our efforts to measure and alleviate poverty.