Byways of the Poor: Organizing Practices & Economic Control in the Developing World 9788763538404

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Автор: Karsten Paerregaard, Neil Webster
Название: Byways of the Poor: Organizing Practices & Economic Control in the Developing World
ISBN: 9788763538404
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
Классификация:

Археология

ISBN-10: 8763538407
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 261
Вес: 0.67 кг.
Дата издания: 12.06.2012
Серия: Sociology
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Black & white tables
Размер: 237 x 166 x 24
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Ключевые слова: Sociology & anthropology
Подзаголовок: Organizing practices & economic control in the developing world
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Two contrasting images typically represent the poor in development studies and practice. On the one hand, they are portrayed as those who do not have: deprivation is the quintessence of their identity, the definition of their being. The very notion of poor dooms the bearer to a subordinate, powerless status. Alternatively, they are idealistically depicted as thriving in solidarity, rich traditions and true authentic experience uncontaminated by capitalist ways of life and harmoniously linked to nature. An analysis of poverty requires stepping back from these stereotypical notions of the poor and examining the ways in which those identified as destitute deploy resources and act in pursuing their livelihoods. Taking cases from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, India, Bangladesh, Peru and Mexico and spanning diverse spheres of interaction: between donors and beneficiaries, local authorities and citizens, employers and employees, as well as between different social and ethnic groups the contributions in this volume focus on peoples struggles to alleviate their poverty or to deal with situations of hardship and privation. They challenge traditional approaches within studies on poverty and developing countries by addressing the ways in which resources including land, labour, credit and aid, water and cash, but also knowledge, skills, organisation and moral entitlements are accessed, deployed and negotiated. Whether successful or not, individual and collective efforts to juggle adversity help us understand the mechanisms by which poverty is reproduced, but also contested.

Byways of the Poor: Organizing Practices & Economic Control in the Developing World, Karsten Paerregaard, Neil Webster