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
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