Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality
Drawing on case studies from a range of developing countries, the contributors to this volume discover major differences in how national elites understand and represent poverty. The classic threats that induced elites in late 19th century Europe, such as the fear of crime, epidemics, military weakness or political unrest--do not feature prominently in the consciousness of most developing country elites. Nor do most of them believe that there is a viable solution to poverty through public action. The findings help to explain the relative ineffectiveness of poverty reduction strategies so far, and illustrate the need to present poverty in ways…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Moore, Mick (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84277-638-4
- EAN: 9781842776384
- Produktnummer: 23125408
- Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B13.5 cm x D1.8 cm 408 g
- Gewicht: 408
- Sonstiges: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Über den Autor
Elisa P. Reis is professor of political sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, chair of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary Research Network on Inequality (NIED) and current president of the Research Committee on Sociological Theory of the International Sociological Association.Mick Moore is currently professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; and director of the Centre for the Future State.
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