Poverty, Solidarity, and Poor-Led Social Movements Deveaux Monique
Poverty, Solidarity, and Poor-Led Social Movements Deveaux Monique Poverty is not only about material deprivation, but also about the subordination and disempowerment of poor populations. Deveaux…
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Poverty, Solidarity, and Poor-Led Social Movements Deveaux Monique
Poverty is not only about material deprivation, but also about the subordination and disempowerment of poor populations. Deveaux argues in this book that philosophers fail to prioritize these ends, and to recognize the moral and political agency of poor people, because they still conceive of poverty narrowly and apolitically as mere needs scarcity. So why isn't the emancipation and empowerment of the poor a core goal of ethical arguments for poverty reduction?
Stuck in an older paradigm of poverty thinking, philosophers have failed to recognize the power and moral authority of poor communities--and their movements for justice and social change.If normative ethicists seek to contribute to By comparison, poor activists and critical poverty researchers who see deprivation as structural exclusion and powerlessness advocate a poor-centered, poor-led, approach to reducing poverty.