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Poverty knowledge in South Africa : a social history of human science, 1855-2005 /
Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? And how can it be measured and addressed? In South Africa, human-science knowledge about the cost of living grew out of colonialism, industrialization, apartheid, and civil resistance campaigns, which makes this know...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? And how can it be measured and addressed? In South Africa, human-science knowledge about the cost of living grew out of colonialism, industrialization, apartheid, and civil resistance campaigns, which makes this knowledge far from neutral or apolitical. South Africans have used the Poverty Datum Line (PDL) and other poverty indicators to petition the state, to chip away at the pillars of white supremacy and, more recently, to criticize the post-apartheid government's failures to deliver on its promises. Rather than advocating. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 334 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316190357 1316190358 9781316203347 1316203344 9781322882130 1322882134 1316206971 9781316206973 9781139048187 113904818X 9781107551732 1107551730 1316188523 9781316188521 1316208834 9781316208830 1316205177 9781316205174 1316201473 9781316201473 |