Poverty as Ideology: Rescuing Social Justice from Global Development Agendas (International Studies in Poverty)
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 178699044X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Andrew M. His previous books include The DisempoweredDevelopment of Tibet in China and State Growth and Social Exclusion in Tibet. Fischer is associate professor of social policy and development studies at the Institute of Social Studies
About the AuthorAndrew M. His previous books include The DisempoweredDevelopment of Tibet in China and State Growth and Social Exclusion in Tibet. . Fischer is associate professor of social policy and development studies at the Institute of Social Studies
Developing an effective and lasting solution to global poverty requires a comprehensive critique of the research methods within the field, and Fischer here upends much of the received wisdom within poverty and development studies and offers a radical new direction. Instead, our development policies have created a poverty industry that only perpetuates, rather than ameliorates, economic despair. How is wealth created and divided among societies? To answer that question, Andrew Fischer argues that we need to rethink how we have conceived of poverty and poverty policies to begin with. . And yet, we continue to lack a fundamental understanding of the actual origins and causes of poverty itself. Poverty has become the central focus of global development efforts, with a vast body of research and funding