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Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Series: International Studies in Poverty Research
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The researchers who have written this volume are clear not only
that mass poverty is still the leading humanitarian crisis in
developing countries, but that, if effective policies are to be put
in place, the national elites who control governments and economies
need to be convinced of both the reasons why reducing poverty is in
their own and the national interest, and that public action can
make a difference. Remarkably, in the rapidly growing literature on
poverty, this volume is the first to use survey techniques to
explore Third World elites' attitudes to poverty. Five cases -
intended to be broadly representative of the diversity of
situations in developing countries - were chosen: Brazil, South
Africa, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Haiti. While the authors
found major differences in how national elites understand and
represent poverty, the classic threats that induced elites in late
19th Century Europe to be concerned with reducing poverty - the
fear of crime, epidemics, military weakness or political unrest -
do not feature prominently in the consciousness of most Third World
elites. Nor do most of them believe that there is a viable solution
to poverty through public action. The findings in this book throw
light on one reason for the relative ineffectiveness of poverty
reduction strategies hitherto, and the huge importance of
presenting the problem of poverty in ways that fit more closely
with the ways in which national elites understand their world.
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