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India Migration Report 2017 - Forced Migration (Paperback): S.Irudaya Rajan India Migration Report 2017 - Forced Migration (Paperback)
S.Irudaya Rajan
R1,258 Discovery Miles 12 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The India Migration Report 2017 examines forced migration caused by political conflicts, climate change, disasters (natural and man-made) and development projects. India accounts for large numbers of internally displaced people in the world. Apart from conflicts and disasters, over the years development projects (including urban redevelopment and beautification), often justified as serving the interests of the people and for public good, have caused massive displacements in different parts of the country, disrupting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. The interdisciplinary essays presented here combine a rich mix of research methods and include in-depth case studies on aspects of development-induced displacement affecting diverse groups such as peasants, religious and ethnic minorities, the poor in urban and rural areas, and women, leading to their exclusion and marginalization. The struggles and protests movements of the displaced groups across regions and their outcomes are also assessed. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, sociology and social anthropology and migration studies.

Measuring Poverty (Hardcover): Stephan Klasen Measuring Poverty (Hardcover)
Stephan Klasen
R10,059 Discovery Miles 100 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This impressive research collection discusses the most important contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field of poverty measurement. It analyses what constitutes poverty and associated poverty measures, as well as conceptual and empirical approaches to set poverty lines for both national and international settings. The research collection also discusses national and international income poverty measures, multidimensional poverty indices, and ways to capture poverty dynamics.

Minority Perspectives (Hardcover): Dale Rogers Marshall, Daniel Wm. Fessler Minority Perspectives (Hardcover)
Dale Rogers Marshall, Daniel Wm. Fessler; Series edited by Lowdon Wingo Jr; Bernard Frieden
R3,016 Discovery Miles 30 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1972, Minority Perspectives is the second in a series exploring metropolitan problems within the government structure. The 1960's were a period of civils rights movements as well as poverty in the United States and in the 70's, it became clear that poverty was closely linked to race. This report sets out to explore issues contributing to the metropolitan-minority poverty problem such as racial exclusion and public policy. The papers included in this report discuss issues such as political power in metropolitan areas, the impact an address can have on economic opportunity for minority groups and the effects that laws and litigation can have on poverty. This title will be of interest to students of environmental and urban studies.

Rural Poverty, Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihoods (Paperback): Joseph Mullen Rural Poverty, Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihoods (Paperback)
Joseph Mullen
R1,021 Discovery Miles 10 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1999, this volume explores the nature of poverty and interprets it across a range of policy reforms and project interventions in different geographical settings. It is the culmination of a cooperative effort between development academics and professionals from diverse national and disciplinary backgrounds, who came together for two events: 1) The Development Study Association's Rural Development Study Group Symposium on the theme of the book's title, hosted by the Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme at the University of Manchester's Institute for Development Policy and Management. 2) The Commonwealth Secretariat's Regional Workshop for East and Central Africa on Strategies for Poverty Reduction. The volume is underpinned by the conviction that it is morally and ethically repugnant that over 1.3 billion people live in conditions of endemic hunger and poverty while the wealth of a minority continues to increase exponentially. The authors offer wide ranging analysis of some of the causes of this situation, and of the efforts being made to eliminate or alleviate absolute poverty.

English Poor Law Policy - Sidney and Beatrice Webb (Paperback): Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb English Poor Law Policy - Sidney and Beatrice Webb (Paperback)
Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb
R1,056 Discovery Miles 10 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1910, this volume is a dispassionate analysis of the changes in and the various aspects of official policy towards pauperism from the 'Revolution of 1834' to the Majority and Minority Reports of 1909. In their preface to this volume the Webbs wrote: "What obscured the history was the manner in which masses of heterogeneous facts were heaped together. To read, one after another, these complicated Orders and lengthy Reports, each dealing with all kinds of paupers and various methods of relief, was but to accumulate confusion. They resembled a heap of geological conglomerates which could not be assayed until they had been broken up in such a way as to sort the different materials into separate homogeneous parcels". This book succeeds in presenting a masterly survey of this sector of the British social services on the eve of the foundation of the Welfare State, and completes the corpus of the Webbs on the Poor Law.

The Social Challenge of Job Creation - Combating Unemployment in Europe (Hardcover): Jordi Gual The Social Challenge of Job Creation - Combating Unemployment in Europe (Hardcover)
Jordi Gual
R3,002 Discovery Miles 30 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Social Challenge of Job Creation brings together a distinguished group of economists and sociologists to provide a broad, accessible and multidisciplinary assessment of job creation in Europe. This major volume discusses the role of labour market institutions and the nature of their interaction with other economic and social regulations. The European case is discussed in depth with a focus on issues such as the extent to which US labour market institutions can be adapted to European societies, and the problem of the long-term unemployed. Two chapters are explicitly devoted to Spain which constitutes a paramount example of the job creation failure in Europe. An introductory chapter summarizes the main conclusions of the book. Among other results, the authors highlight the importance of systemic and carefully balanced labour market reforms. The Social Challenge of Job Creation provides a rigorous yet accessible broad assessment of the policy alternatives which could lead to increased job creation in the European economy.

International Energy and Poverty - The emerging contours (Hardcover): Lakshman Guruswamy International Energy and Poverty - The emerging contours (Hardcover)
Lakshman Guruswamy
R4,228 Discovery Miles 42 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Globally, around 2.8 billion people, also known as the "Other Third" or "energy poor," have little or no access to beneficial energy that meets their needs for cooking, heating, water, sanitation, illumination, transportation, or basic mechanical power." "This book uniquely integrates the hitherto segmented and fragmented approaches to the challenge of access to energy. It provides theoretical, philosophical and practical analysis of energy for the low energy (non-hydrocarbon based) Other Third of the world, and how the unmet needs of the energy poor might be satisfied. It comprehensively addresses the range of issues relating to energy justice and energy access for all, including appropriate sustainable energy technologies (ASETs).

The book breaks new ground by crafting a unified and cohesive framework for analysis and action that:

  • Explains the factual and sociopolitical phenomenon of the energy poor whom lack clean energy for cooking, illumination, sanitation, drinking water, and mechanical or motive power.
  • Demonstrates why energy is the primary determinant of human progress.
  • Restates the conceptual and theoretical grounds found in moral and political philosophy, religious social teaching, and jurisprudence positing that the world ought to remedy the lack of access to energy.
  • Makes the case for using ASETs to supplement the quest for electricity, and provide an intermediary source of energy during the transition to electricity.
  • Recognizes the paucity of compelling information that promotes awareness of the negative impacts of energy poverty.
  • Addresses the behavioral issues associated with the successful deployment of ASETs, which include human dignity and cultural concerns.
  • Outlines the practical economic frameworks of energy sustainability based on quantitative metrics for how the lack of access to energy could be answered by electricity and ASETs.

This is a must-read for all scholars, students, professionals and policy makers working on energy policy, poverty, and sustainable energy technologies.

The Poverty of Capitalism - Economic Meltdown and the Struggle for What Comes Next (Paperback): John Hilary The Poverty of Capitalism - Economic Meltdown and the Struggle for What Comes Next (Paperback)
John Hilary
R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Capitalist growth is widely heralded as the only answer to the crisis still sweeping the global economy. Yet the era of corporate globalisation has been defined by unprecedented levels of inequality and environmental degradation. A return to capitalist growth threatens to exacerbate these problems, not solve them. In The Poverty of Capitalism, John Hilary reveals the true face of transnational capital in its insatiable drive for expansion and accumulation. He exposes the myth of 'corporate social responsibility' (CSR), and highlights key areas of conflict over natural resources, labour rights and food sovereignty. Hilary also describes the growing popular resistance to corporate power, as well as the new social movements seeking to develop alternatives to capitalism itself. This book will be essential reading for all those concerned with global justice, human rights and equity in the world order.

Battle for Bed-Stuy - The Long War on Poverty in New York City (Hardcover): Michael Woodsworth Battle for Bed-Stuy - The Long War on Poverty in New York City (Hardcover)
Michael Woodsworth
R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Half a century after the launch of the War on Poverty, its complex origins remain obscure. Battle for Bed-Stuy reinterprets President Lyndon Johnson's much-debated crusade from the perspective of its foot soldiers in New York City, showing how 1960s antipoverty programs were rooted in a rich local tradition of grassroots activism and policy experiments. Bedford-Stuyvesant, a Brooklyn neighborhood housing 400,000 mostly black, mostly poor residents, was often labeled "America's largest ghetto." But in its elegant brownstones lived a coterie of home-owning professionals who campaigned to stem disorder and unify the community. Acting as brokers between politicians and the street, Bed-Stuy's black middle class worked with city officials in the 1950s and 1960s to craft innovative responses to youth crime, physical decay, and capital flight. These partnerships laid the groundwork for the federal Community Action Program, the controversial centerpiece of the War on Poverty. Later, Bed-Stuy activists teamed with Senator Robert Kennedy to create America's first Community Development Corporation, which pursued housing renewal and business investment. Bed-Stuy's antipoverty initiatives brought hope amid dark days, reinforced the social safety net, and democratized urban politics by fostering citizen participation in government. They also empowered women like Elsie Richardson and Shirley Chisholm, who translated their experience as community organizers into leadership positions. Yet, as Michael Woodsworth reveals, these new forms of black political power, though exercised in the name of poor people, often did more to benefit middle-class homeowners. Bed-Stuy today, shaped by gentrification and displacement, reflects the paradoxical legacies of midcentury reform.

'Rogues and Vagabonds' - Vagrant Underworld in Britain 1815-1985 (Hardcover): Lionel Rose 'Rogues and Vagabonds' - Vagrant Underworld in Britain 1815-1985 (Hardcover)
Lionel Rose
R4,199 Discovery Miles 41 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this lively social history, first published in 1988, Lionel Rose explores in detail the plight of the street poor between 1815 and 1985. He describes the Victorian 'Rogues and Vagabonds' who made elicit peddling, begging frauds and other petty crime their profession. He considers the relevant legislation and systems for coping with the street poor, from the 1824 Vagrancy Act and accompanying improvements in policing, through the casual ward systems of the workhouses and the role of common lodging houses, to the development of Social Services in the 1940s and local authority provision of accommodation. This title will be of interest to students of history, criminology and sociology.

The American Way of Eating - Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table (Paperback): Tracie... The American Way of Eating - Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table (Paperback)
Tracie McMillan
R499 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R85 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When award-winning (and working-class) journalist Tracie McMillan saw foodies swooning over $9 organic tomatoes, she couldn't help but wonder: What about the rest of us? Why do working Americans eat the way we do? And what can we do to change it? To find out, McMillan went undercover in three jobs that feed America, living and eating off her wages in each. Reporting from California fields, a Walmart produce aisle outside of Detroit, and the kitchen of a New York City Applebee's, McMillan examines the reality of our country's food industry in this "clear and essential" ("The Boston Globe") work of reportage. Chronicling her own experience and that of the Mexican garlic crews, Midwestern produce managers, and Caribbean line cooks with whom she works, McMillan goes beyond the food on her plate to explore the national priorities that put it there.
Fearlessly reported and beautifully written, "The American Way of Eating "goes beyond statistics and culture wars to deliver a book that is fiercely honest, strikingly intelligent, and compulsively readable. In making the simple case that--city or country, rich or poor--everyone wants good food, McMillan guarantees that talking about dinner will never be the same again.

Reaching the Urban Poor - Project Implementation in Developing Countries (Paperback): G.Shabbir Cheema Reaching the Urban Poor - Project Implementation in Developing Countries (Paperback)
G.Shabbir Cheema
R1,273 Discovery Miles 12 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As urban populations in developing countries continue to grew rapidly, one of the most critical issues in the Third World has become providing shelter and other basic services such as clean water, health clinics, and sewage disposal to the urban poor. This book of nine case studies of urban programs and projects in Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Korea, India, and Sri Lanka focuses on impediments to slum upgrading. The authors discuss each project's evolution, the capabilities and resources of implementing agencies, the problems of interagency relationships and coordination, costs and funding, the difficulties of developing effective linkages with poor communities, and the accessibility of the new services to the urban poor.

Hardship & Health Womens Lives (Hardcover): Hilary Graham Hardship & Health Womens Lives (Hardcover)
Hilary Graham
R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Poverty, Progress and Development (Paperback): Paul-Marc Henry Poverty, Progress and Development (Paperback)
Paul-Marc Henry
R1,360 Discovery Miles 13 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The studies of poverty, progress and development in this volume, first published in 1991, by a distinguished international roster of authors and researchers, aim to increase knowledge of the social mechanisms of pauperization, marginalization, and the exclusion of certain categories of society; to bring to light the potential and creative role of socio-cultural, intellectual, ethical, moral and spiritual values in progress and the development process; and to examine the links and contradictions between development and progress in order to propose ways of reducing social inequalities.

Ending Extreme Inequality - An Economic Bill of Rights to Eliminate Poverty (Paperback): Scott Myers-lipton Ending Extreme Inequality - An Economic Bill of Rights to Eliminate Poverty (Paperback)
Scott Myers-lipton
R814 Discovery Miles 8 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Poverty and inequality are at record levels. Today, forty-seven million Americans live in poverty, while the median is in decline. The top 20 percent now controls 89 percent of all wealth. These conditions have renewed demands for a new economic Bill of Rights, an idea proposed by F. D. Roosevelt, Truman and Martin Luther King, Jr. The new Economic Bill of Rights has a coherent plan and proclaims that all Americans have the right to a job, a living wage, a decent home, adequate medical care, good education, and adequate protection from economic fears of unemployment, sickness and old age. Integrating the latest economic and social data, Ending Extreme Inequality explores each of these rights. Each chapter includes: an analysis of the social problems surrounding each right; a historical overview of the attempts to right these wrongs; and assessments of current solutions offered by citizens, community groups and politicians. These contemporary, real-life solutions to inequality can inspire students and citizens to become involved and open pathways toward a more just society.

Understanding Poverty and the Environment - Analytical frameworks and approaches (Hardcover): Fiona Nunan Understanding Poverty and the Environment - Analytical frameworks and approaches (Hardcover)
Fiona Nunan
R4,503 Discovery Miles 45 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Does poverty lead to environmental degradation? Do degraded environments and natural resources lead to poverty? Or, are there other forces at play? Is the relationship between poverty and the environment really as straightforward as the vicious circle portrayal of 'poverty leading to environmental destruction leading to more poverty' would suggest? Does it matter if the relationship is portrayed in this way? This book suggests that it does matter. Arguing that such a portrayal is unhelpful and misleading, the book brings together a diverse range of analytical frameworks and approaches that can enable a much deeper investigation of the context and nature of poverty-environment relationships. Analytical frameworks and approaches examined in the book include political ecology, a gendered lens, Critical Institutionalism, the Environmental Entitlements framework, the Institutional Analysis and Development approach, the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, wellbeing analysis, social network analysis and frameworks for the analysis of the governance of natural resources. Recommended further reading draws on published material from the last thirty years as well as key contemporary publications, giving readers a steer towards essential texts and authors within each subject area. Key themes running through the analytical frameworks and approaches are identified and examined, including power, access, institutions and scale.

The Cost of Not Educating the World's Poor - The new economics of learning (Hardcover): Lynn Ilon The Cost of Not Educating the World's Poor - The new economics of learning (Hardcover)
Lynn Ilon
R4,359 Discovery Miles 43 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In The Cost of Not Educating the World's Poor, Lynn Ilon observes from her 30 years of travel and work in some 20 developing countries, how global instability, problems of environmental degradation, spread of global disease, migration and political instability are a cost of viewing the uneducated poor as separated from a networked of fast-growing global knowledge. This book shows how powerful global learning systems are rapidly forming and linking the rich world with the world of the poor and developing nations. Using a narrative voice interleaved with concise introductions to the underlying theories (economics, development, learning, technology and networks) it shows us how changing our ways of thinking can lead to new possibilities. The Cost of Not Educating the World's Poor is based on an emerging theory of development economics and the author's own vast experiences and stories. It also discusses, among other issues: International development and how it has evolved toward an emphasis on knowledge How networked human capital creates new potential for poorly resourced countries The formation of a global system of learning networks The digitization of knowledge How nations improve their well-being through knowledge and equity This inter-disciplinary assessment of international learning inequality and the methods to overcome it will appeal to researchers concerned with emerging concepts of global learning networks and their effects on development. It will also be of interest to students and policymakers studying national inequality, economics, and global development.

Global Poverty - Global governance and poor people in the post-2015 era (Hardcover, 2nd edition): David Hulme Global Poverty - Global governance and poor people in the post-2015 era (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
David Hulme
R4,520 Discovery Miles 45 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Around 1.4 billion people presently live in extreme poverty, and yet despite this vast scale, the issue of global poverty had a relatively low international profile until the end of the 20th century. In this important new work, Hulme charts the rise of global poverty as a priority global issue, and its subsequent marginalisation as old themes edged it aside (trade policy and peace-making in regions of geo-political importance) and new issues were added (terrorism, global climate change and access to natural resources). Key updates for the new edition: evaluation of the post-2015 Development Agenda and the Rio+20 exploration of how Colombia and Brazil are pushing a sustainability agenda as a Southern perspective to challenge the aid focus of OECD post-MDGs interests examination and discussion of the gradual shift of power and influence to the BRICs and emerging regional powers (Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa) but the lack of change in global institutions exploration of Russia's lack of participation in the development agenda The first book to tackle the issue of global poverty through the lens of global institutions; this fully updated volume provides an important resource for all students and scholars of international relations, development studies and international political economy.

Touring Poverty (Paperback): Bianca Freire-Medeiros Touring Poverty (Paperback)
Bianca Freire-Medeiros
R1,611 Discovery Miles 16 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Touring Poverty addresses a highly controversial practice: the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into valued attractions for international tourists. In the megacities of the Global South, selected and idealized aspects of poverty are being turned into a tourist commodity for consumption.

The book takes the reader on a journey through Rocinha, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as "the largest favela in Latin America." Bianca Freire-Medeiros presents interviews with tour operators, guides, tourists and dwellers to explore the vital questions raised by this kind of tourism. How and why do diverse social actors and institutions orchestrate, perform and consume touristic poverty? In the context of globalization and neoliberalism, what are the politics of selling and buying the social experience of cities, cultures and peoples?

With a full and sensitive exploration of the ethical debates surrounding the sale of emotions elicited by the first-hand contemplation of poverty, Touring Poverty is an innovative book that provokes the reader to think about the role played by tourism and our role as tourists within a context of growing poverty. It will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, ethnography and methodology, urban studies, tourism studies, mobility studies, development studies, politics and international relations."

Socially Responsive Organizations & the Challenge of Poverty (Hardcover): Milenko Gudic, A.L. Rosenbloom, Carole Parkes Socially Responsive Organizations & the Challenge of Poverty (Hardcover)
Milenko Gudic, A.L. Rosenbloom, Carole Parkes
R2,128 Discovery Miles 21 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Case studies and research on how organizations are working to alleviate local and global poverty* Provides conceptual and research rationales for why management education must address the issue of poverty* The first part of a book series by the PRME Working Group on PovertyThis book provides a combination of case studies and current action research describing how businesses and civil society organizations are working to alleviate poverty in local and global communities. It provides conceptual and research rationales for why management education and management institutions must address the issue of poverty. The book responds to one of the major findings from the research of the PRME Working Group on Poverty that the topic of poverty still lacks a strong business case for management educators and program/institutional administrators.The distinctive features of this book are that it: (1) includes examples of small and medium-sized (SME) businesses; (2) deals with the issue of poverty as a human rights violation; (3) explores the issue of absolute versus relative poverty; (4) deals with leadership challenges in organizations committed to poverty alleviation; and (5) discusses the issues in terms of management education s responsibility for setting new management, research, institutional and intellectual agendas.The first of two books to be produced by the PRME Working Group on Poverty, "Socially Responsible Organizations and the Challenge of Poverty " provides both researchers and practitioners with the most wide-ranging coverage yet published on how business can be a positive force in alleviating poverty and how management education needs to adapt to this increasingly crucial prerogative."

Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 1834-1914 - From Chadwick to Booth (Hardcover): David Englander Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 1834-1914 - From Chadwick to Booth (Hardcover)
David Englander
R4,124 Discovery Miles 41 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system dominated attitudes to welfare provision for the next 80 years. This new Seminar Study explores the changing ideas to poverty over this period and assesses current debates on Victorian attitudes to the poor. David Englander reviews the old system of poor relief; he considers how the New Poor Law was enacted and received and looks at how it worked in practice. The chapter on the Scottish experience will be particularly welcomed, as will Dr Englander's discussion of the place of the Poor Law within British history.

Garden of the Lost and Abandoned - The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Woman and the Children She Saves (Paperback):... Garden of the Lost and Abandoned - The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Woman and the Children She Saves (Paperback)
Jessica Yu 1
R641 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The problem by most lights is overwhelming: at least 5,000 children live on the streets of Uganda's capital city of Kampala. Some forget the names of their villages. The youngest may not know the names of their parents. But Gladys Kalibbala--part journalist, part detective, part Good Samaritan--does not hesitate to dive into difficult or even dangerous situations to aid a child. Author of a newspaper column called "Lost and Abandoned," she is a resource that police and others turn to when they stumble across a stranded kid with a hidden history. Jessica Yu delivers an acutely observed story of this hard-nosed and warm-hearted woman, the children she helps, and her precarious dream of providing a home and livelihood for her vulnerable charges. Garden of the Lost and Abandoned chronicles one woman's altruism, both ordinary and extraordinary, in a way that is impossible to forget, and impossible not to take to heart. "This beautiful, unforgettable story will break your heart and then leave you awed by the human capacity for kindness." -- Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers "[Yu] reminds us that it's possible to make the world a better place one child at a time." -- Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed "This heartfelt book should be on a list of the best uplifting true stories." -- Shelf Awareness "Jessica Yu's compelling writing and her filmmaker's eye paint a vivid picture of urban Kampala and allow us to walk in Gladys's shoes . . . Garden of the Lost and Abandoned renews my faith in humanity." -- Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone

INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT - Causes, Consequences and Cures (Paperback, New edition): Graham Dawson INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT - Causes, Consequences and Cures (Paperback, New edition)
Graham Dawson
R1,106 Discovery Miles 11 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is an introduction to the costs of unemployment and inflation, which analyzes the ways in which these two issues profoundly influence the conduct of economic policy. The book covers economic events and policies in the UK and the USA.

Cultures of Healing - Medieval and After (Paperback): Peregrine Horden Cultures of Healing - Medieval and After (Paperback)
Peregrine Horden
R1,260 Discovery Miles 12 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume brings together for the first time an updated collection of articles exploring poverty, poor relief, illness, and health care as they intersected in Western Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, during a 'long' Middle Ages. It offers a thorough and wide-ranging investigation into the institution of the hospital and the development of medicine and charity, with focuses on the history of music therapy and the history of ideas and perceptions fundamental to psychoanalysis. The collection is both sequel and complement to Horden's earlier volume of collected studies, Hospitals and Healing from Antiquity to the Later Middle Ages (2008). It will be welcomed by all those interested in the premodern history of healing and welfare for its breadth of scope and scholarly depth.

Catholic Missionaries and Their Work with the Poor - Mitigating Market-Government Failure in Emerging Nations (Paperback):... Catholic Missionaries and Their Work with the Poor - Mitigating Market-Government Failure in Emerging Nations (Paperback)
Albino Barrera
R1,273 Discovery Miles 12 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the vital role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in compensating for the market's and government's inability to provide vital services. Its key theoretical contribution is the notion that poverty is the result of a triadic failure-when markets, government, and civil society become dysfunctional at the same time. Using data on Catholic missionaries' development work, this study presents the various ways by which FBOs mitigate market and government failures in healthcare, education, and social services, and in the process build and strengthen civil society. This study has two main objectives. First, it aims to present an overview of missionaries' development work, evaluating the socioeconomic significance of their faith-based development work. In addition, various comparative advantages and disadvantages have been imputed to FBOs in the religion-development literature, and we assess to what extent missionaries actually exhibit these posited qualities in practice. Second, the groundwork is laid for future religion-development scholars by presenting a theoretical framework and a method for evaluating the role and contributions of FBOs in the larger community. This is an important investigation of contemporary worldwide Christianity and its relationship with development. As such, it will interest scholars of religious studies and missiology, as well as development economics, public service and the political economy.

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