| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 412 pages) |
| Series |
Philosophy and poverty ; v. 2 |
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Philosophy and poverty ; v. 2
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Poverty Measurement, Epistemic Injustices and Social Activism -- Part I. Poverty as a Social Relation -- Beyond Poverty / Jonathan Wolff) -- Poverty as a Social Relation / Daniel Putnam -- Metrics, Politics and Definitions: How Poverty Lost its Social Context and What This Means for Current Debates / Philipp Lepenies -- Part II. Epistemic Injustices in Poverty Research -- Scientific Ghettos and Beyond: Epistemic Injustice in Academia and its Effects on Researching Poverty / Franziska Dübgen -- Is the Debate on Poverty Research a Global One? A Consideration of Odera Orukas 'Human Minimum as a case of Epistemic Injustice / Jonathan Chimakonam -- Hairiness and Hairlessness: An African Feminist View of Poverty / Sharon Adetutu Omotoso -- Western Academic Activism and Poverty Research: What's Not to Like / Mitu Sengupta -- Part III. Philosophical Conceptions in Context -- Giving Well: Philanthropy for Human Rights / Patricia Illingworth -- Absolute Poverty in European Welfare States / Gottfried Schweiger and Helmut Gaisbauer -- Poverty, Wealth, and Aid: A Sociological Perspective / Bettina Mahlert -- Part IV. Measuring Multidimensional Poverty -- Multidimensional Poverty Measures as Policy Tools / Sabina Alkire -- Poverty: Beyond Obscurantism / Sanjay Reddy -- An Absolute Multidimensional Poverty Measure in the Functioning Space (and Relative Measure in the Resource Space): an Illustration Using Indian data / Caroline Dotter and Stephan Klasen -- Poverty in All its Forms: Determining the Dimensions of Poverty Through Merging Knowledge / Xavier Godinot and Robert Walker -- The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty Across Countries: A Proposal for Selecting Dimensions / Francesco Burchi, Nicole Rippin, and Claudio E. Montenegro -- Capability Deprivation and the Relational Dimension of Poverty: Testing Univesal Multidimensional Indexes / Nicolas Brando and Katarina Pitasse Frafoso -- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: the Value od Life and the Challenge to Value Aggregation / Nicole Hassoun, Anders Herlitz, and Lucio Esposito -- Part V. Country Cases -- Mapping Out Multiple Dimensions of Well-Being by Ethnicity in Rural Cameroon / Hans Tino Ayamena Mpenya, Francis Menjo Naye, and Boniface Ngah Epo -- Rising Tide of Precariat and Denizens in Neoliberal Capitalism: The Case of Germany / Eda Keskin -- Measuring Capabilities: Using Financial Diaries in Bangladesh / Julio Linares and Yu-hsuan Su -- Correction to: Measuring Capabilities: Using Financial Diaries in Bangladesh |
| Summary |
This anthology constitutes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary debate on poverty measurement and alleviation. Absolute and relative poverty--both within and across state boundaries--are standardly measured and evaluated in monetary terms. However, poverty researchers have highlighted the shortfalls of one-dimensional monetary metrics. A new consensus is emerging that effectively addressing poverty requires a nuanced understanding of poverty as a relational phenomenon involving deprivations in multiple dimensions, including health, standard of living, education and political participation. This volume advances the debate on poverty by providing a forum for philosophers and empirical researchers. It combines philosophically sound analysis and genuinely global research on poverty's social embeddedness. Next to an introduction to this interdisciplinary field--which links Practical Philosophy, Development Economics, Political Science, and Sociology--it contains articles by leading international experts and early career scholars. The contributors analyse the concept of poverty, detail its multiple dimensions, reveal epistemic injustices in poverty research, and reflect on the challenges of poverty-related social activism. The unifying theme connecting this volume's contributions is that poverty must be understood as a multidimensional and socially relational phenomenon, and that this insight can enhance our efforts to measure and alleviate poverty |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Social aspects
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Poverty -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beck, Valentin (Lecturer in philosophy), editor.
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Hahn, Henning, editor.
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Lepenies, Robert, editor
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| ISBN |
3030317110 |
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9783030317119 |
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9783030317126 |
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3030317129 |
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9783030317133 |
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3030317137 |
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