Idea of poverty / by Paul Spicker

By:

Spicker, Paul

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Rawat publication, 2007. Jaipur:Description: viii,175pISBN:

9788131601679

Subject(s):

Poverty 2. Poor

DDC classification:

362.5 SPI-I

Contents:

1.Understanding poverty: Defining poverty; Poverty in different societies; Understanding the figures-- 2.Poverty as material need: Concepts of need; Area deprivation-- 3.Poverty as economic position: Economic resources-- 4.four: Poverty and social relationships: Social exclusion; Dependency; Poverty and politics-- 5.Poverty as a moral concept: The moral dimensions of poverty; The moral condemnation of the poor-- 6.Explanations for poverty: Why people are poor; Why poor countries stay poor-- Responses to poverty: Responding to poverty; Policies for poverty.

Summary: Making a committed argument for a participative, inclusive understanding of the term, Paul Spicker examines views about what poverty is and what should be done about it.

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1.Understanding poverty: Defining poverty; Poverty in different societies; Understanding the figures--
2.Poverty as material need: Concepts of need; Area deprivation--
3.Poverty as economic position: Economic resources--
4.four: Poverty and social relationships: Social exclusion; Dependency; Poverty and politics--
5.Poverty as a moral concept: The moral dimensions of poverty; The moral condemnation of the poor--
6.Explanations for poverty: Why people are poor; Why poor countries stay poor--
Responses to poverty: Responding to poverty; Policies for poverty.

Making a committed argument for a participative, inclusive understanding of the term, Paul Spicker examines views about what poverty is and what should be done about it.

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