Grace (Queens College, City University of New York) Davie 
Poverty Knowledge in South Africa [PDF ebook] 
A Social History of Human Science, 1855 2005

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Poverty is South Africa”s greatest challenge. But what is ”poverty”? How can it be measured? And how can it be reduced if not eliminated? 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), Gini coefficients and other poverty thresholds to petition the state, to chip away at the pillars of white supremacy, and, more recently, to criticize the postapartheid government”s failures to deliver on some of its promises. Rather than promoting one particular policy solution, this book argues that poverty knowledge teaches us about the dynamics of historical change, the power of racism in white settler societies, and the role of grassroots protest movements in shaping state policies and scientific categories. Readers will gain new perspectives on today”s debates about social welfare, redistribution and human rights, and will ultimately find reasons to rethink conventional approaches to advocacy.

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Format PDF ● ISBN 9781316190357 ● Editura Cambridge University Press ● Publicat 2015 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 5688604 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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