Governing the poor : exercises of poverty reduction, practices of global aid /

"Every day we are barraged by statistics, images, and emotional messages that present poverty as a problem to be quantified, managed, and solved. Global generalizations present the poor as a heterogeneous group and stress globalized solutions. Governing the Poor exposes the ways in which such g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ilcan, Suzan, 1960-
Otros Autores: Lacey, Anita, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Poor > Developing countries.
Poverty > Developing countries.
Neoliberalism.
International agencies > Developing countries.
Non-governmental organizations > Developing countries.
Poverty > Government policy.
Pauvres > Pays en voie de développement.
Pauvreté > Pays en voie de développement.
Néo-libéralisme.
Organisations internationales > Pays en voie de développement.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Pays en voie de développement.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
International agencies
Neoliberalism
Non-governmental organizations
Poor
Poverty
Poverty > Government policy
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Every day we are barraged by statistics, images, and emotional messages that present poverty as a problem to be quantified, managed, and solved. Global generalizations present the poor as a heterogeneous group and stress globalized solutions. Governing the Poor exposes the ways in which such generalized descriptions and quantifications marginalize the poor and their experiences. Drawing on field research in Namibia and the Solomon Islands and case studies of international organizations such as USAID and Oxfam, Suzan Ilcan and Anita Lacey argue that aid programs have forged new understandings of poverty that are more about governing the poor through neo-liberal reforms than providing just solutions to poverty. The concepts of privation, empowerment, and partnership used in these programs are tools that treat the poor as a governed entity within a system of actors-governments, international organizations, and private businesses-that make up the global-aid regime. An illuminating work of critiques and solutions for the current global-aid regime, Governing the Poor shows the consequences of championing market-based solutions to poverty while neglecting to provide social infrastructure."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773586536
0773586539
077353797X
9780773537972
0773538054
9780773538054

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