Shows how our dominant approaches to poverty studies have, in fact, served to reinforce the prevailing neoliberal ideology while neglecting the wider interests of social justice that are fundamental to creating more equitable societies. Instead, our development policies have created a 'poverty industry' that obscures the dynamic reproductions of poverty within contemporary capitalist development and promotes segregation in the name of science and charity. Fischer argues that an effective and lasting solution to global ...
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Shows how our dominant approaches to poverty studies have, in fact, served to reinforce the prevailing neoliberal ideology while neglecting the wider interests of social justice that are fundamental to creating more equitable societies. Instead, our development policies have created a 'poverty industry' that obscures the dynamic reproductions of poverty within contemporary capitalist development and promotes segregation in the name of science and charity. Fischer argues that an effective and lasting solution to global poverty requires us to reorient our efforts away from current fixations on productivity and towards more equitable distributions of wealth and resources. --From publisher description.
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New. A damning critique of the 'poverty industry' which has grown out of development studies, this provocative work also offers a radical new approach to poverty alleviation. Series: International Studies in Poverty Research. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; J; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135...2019. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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