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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 catagories. 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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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Mathematics & science Science: general issues History of science

• Pełny tytuł: Poverty Knowledge in South Africa
• Podtytuł: A Social History of Human Science, 1855–2005
• Autor: Grace Davie
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 346
• EAN: 9781107551732
• ISBN: 1107551730
• ID: 09265761
• Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
• Waga: 51 g
• Wymiary: 230 × 153 × 20 mm
• Data wydania: 06. August 2015

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