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The poverty of nations : a relational perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spicker, Paul (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Poverty > Case studies.
Poverty > Cross-cultural studies.
Social policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Representations of poverty
  • Understanding poverty in relational terms
  • The plan of the book
  • Part I. Poverty: economic and social relationships
  • 1. Poverty
  • Relative poverty
  • Poverty as a relational concept
  • Resources and relationships
  • 2. Poverty and the economy
  • 'Capitalism'
  • The economic system
  • Poverty and the world economy
  • 3. Economic development
  • Development and the economy
  • Growth
  • Human development
  • 4. Inequality
  • Poverty and inequality
  • Unequal resources
  • Responses to inequality
  • 5. Exclusion
  • Poverty and stigma
  • The concept of exclusion
  • Voice and empowerment
  • Responding to exclusion
  • 6. Poverty and rights
  • Rights against poverty
  • Poverty and human rights
  • The rights of communities
  • Delivering rights in practice
  • 7. Poverty and social policy
  • Policies for poverty
  • Part II. Rich and poor countries
  • 8. Poverty in national perspective
  • Methodological nationalism
  • The nation as a territorial entity
  • The limits of methodological nationalism
  • 9. Poverty and the state
  • Democracy
  • The role of government
  • Governments and poverty
  • The constraints on government
  • 10. Poverty in rich countries
  • Money and markets
  • Social security versus decommodification
  • 11. Poor countries
  • What is a 'poor country'?
  • Pathological explanations
  • Structural explanations
  • Responding to poverty in poor countries
  • 12. Rich and poor countries
  • Debt
  • Money from abroad
  • Ideas from abroad
  • The Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable
  • Development Goals Poverty reduction strategies
  • 13. Responses to poverty
  • Responsibility for poverty
  • The experience of developed economies
  • The experience of the developing world
  • Conclusion: Poverty and social science
  • A change in focus
  • Index of subjects
  • Index of names.