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Poverty Knowledge in South Africa - A Social History of Human Science, 1855-2005 (Paperback)
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Poverty Knowledge in South Africa - A Social History of Human Science, 1855-2005 (Paperback)
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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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