The shame of it : global perspectives on anti-poverty policies /

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"The shame experienced by people living in poverty has long been recognised. Nobel laureate and economist, Amartya Sen, has described shame as the 'irreducible core' of poverty. However, little attention has been paid to the implications of this connection in the making and implementa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Gubrium, Erika K. (Editor), Pellissery, Sony, 1972- (Editor), Lødemel, Ivar (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Poverty > Prevention > Government policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Poverty > Government policy.
Internationaler Vergleich
Verwaltungshandeln
Politik
Prävention
Armut
Society.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • One. Resetting the stage / Erika K. Gubrium
  • two. New urban poverty and new welfare provision: China's dibao system / Ming Yan
  • three. Thick poverty, thicker society and thin state: policy spaces for human dignity in India / Leemamol Mathew
  • four. Self-sufficiency, social assistance and the shaming of poverty in South Korea / Robert Walker
  • five. Ǹot good enough': social assistance and shaming in Norway / Ivar Lødemel
  • six. Pakistan: a journey of poverty-induced shame / Sohail Choudhry
  • seven. Separating the sheep from the goats: tackling poverty in Britain for over four centuries / Elaine Chase
  • eight. ̀Food that cannot be eaten': the shame of Uganda's anti-poverty policies / Amon Mwiine
  • nine. Shame and shaming in policy processes / Erika K. Gubrium
  • ten. Towards global principles for dignity-based anti-poverty policies / Ivar Lødemel.

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