Peasant Poverty And Persistence In The Twenty First Century
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Author |
: Julio Boltvinik |
Publisher |
: Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 2016-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783608461 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783608463 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the Twenty-First Century by : Julio Boltvinik
Peasants are a majority of the world’s poor. Despite this, there has been little effort to bridge the fields of peasant and poverty studies. Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the Twenty-first Century provides a much-needed critical perspective linking three central questions: Why has peasantry, unlike other areas of non-capitalist production, persisted? Why are the vast majority of peasants poor? And how are these two questions related? Interweaving contributions from various disciplines, the book provides a range of responses, offering new theoretical, historical and policy perspectives on this peasant 'world drama'. Scholars from both South and North argue that, in order to find the policy paths required to overcome peasants’ misery, we need a seismic transformation in social thought, to which they make important contributions. They are convinced that we must build upon the peasant economy’s advantages over agricultural capitalism in meeting the challenges of feeding the growing world population while sustaining the environment. Structured to encourage debate among authors and mutual learning, Peasant Poverty and Persistence takes the reader on an intellectual journey toward understanding the peasantry.
Author |
: Julio Boltvinik |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 489 |
Release |
: 2016-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783608454 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783608455 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the Twenty-First Century by : Julio Boltvinik
Peasants are a majority of the world's poor. Despite this, there has been little effort to bridge the fields of peasant and poverty studies. Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the Twenty-first Century provides a much-needed critical perspective linking three central questions: Why has peasantry, unlike other areas of non-capitalist production, persisted? Why are the vast majority of peasants poor? And how are these two questions related? Interweaving contributions from various disciplines, the book provides a range of responses, offering new theoretical, historical and policy perspectives on this peasant 'world drama'. Scholars from both South and North argue that, in order to find the policy paths required to overcome peasants' misery, we need a seismic transformation in social thought, to which they make important contributions. They are convinced that we must build upon the peasant economy's advantages over agricultural capitalism in meeting the challenges of feeding the growing world population while sustaining the environment. Structured to encourage debate among authors and mutual learning, Peasant Poverty and Persistence takes the reader on an intellectual journey toward understanding the peasantry.
Author |
: Thomas Piketty |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 817 |
Release |
: 2017-08-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674979857 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674979850 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Capital in the Twenty-First Century by : Thomas Piketty
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In this work the author analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. He shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality--the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth--today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values if political action is not taken. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, the author says, and may do so again. This original work reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.
Author |
: Tony Waters |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0739107682 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780739107683 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture by : Tony Waters
The story told by The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture begins 8,000 years ago as humans began using the land and weather to provide themselves with food, housing, and clothing. Productive farmers took care of most daily needs within the small conservative world in which they lived. This world organized around small-scale subsistence farming is ending as the ancient world of farmers has given away to that dominated by the modern marketplace. This book is about how the modern market world transformed these remote agricultural farmers. Waters uses diverse examples to illustrate how the modern market economy captured persistent subsistence farmers and forever altered life in 18th century Scotland, 19th century United States, 20th century Tanzania, and indeed, the entire modern world.
Author |
: Loretta Lees |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 284 |
Release |
: 2016-05-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781509505883 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1509505881 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Planetary Gentrification by : Loretta Lees
This is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, proclamations rang out that gentrification had gone global. But what do we mean by 'gentrification' today? How can we compare 'gentrification' in New York and London with that in Shanghai, Johannesburg, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro? This book argues that gentrification is one of the most significant and socially unjust processes affecting cities worldwide today, and one that demands renewed critical assessment. Drawing on the 'new' comparative urbanism and writings on planetary urbanization, the authors undertake a much-needed transurban analysis underpinned by a critical political economy approach. Looking beyond the usual gentrification suspects in Europe and North America to non-Western cases, from slum gentrification to mega-displacement, they show that gentrification has unfolded at a planetary scale, but it has not assumed a North to South or West to East trajectory the story is much more complex than that. Rich with empirical detail, yet wide-ranging, Planetary Gentrification unhinges, unsettles and provincializes Western notions of urban development. It will be invaluable to students and scholars interested in the future of cities and the production of a truly global urban studies, and equally importantly to all those committed to social justice in cities.
Author |
: Michael Griffin |
Publisher |
: Orbis Books |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781608333165 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1608333167 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Company of the Poor by : Michael Griffin
This book reflects intersection between the lives, commitments, and strategies of two highly respected figures Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez joined in their option for the poor, their defense of life, and their commitment to liberation. Farmer has credited liberation theology as the inspiration for his effort to do "social justice medicine," while Gutierrez has recognized Farmer's work as particularly compelling example of the option for the poor, and the impact that theology can have outside the church. Draws on their respective writings, major addresses by both at Notre Dame, and a transcript of a dialogue between them.
Author |
: Duncan Green |
Publisher |
: Oxfam |
Total Pages |
: 540 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780855985936 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0855985933 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis From Poverty to Power by : Duncan Green
Offers a look at the causes and effects of poverty and inequality, as well as the possible solutions. This title features research, human stories, statistics, and compelling arguments. It discusses about the world we live in and how we can make it a better place.
Author |
: Kevin Watkins |
Publisher |
: Oxfam |
Total Pages |
: 278 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0855985259 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780855985257 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rigged Rules and Double Standards by : Kevin Watkins
A critical and detailed analysis of inequalities of world trade systems.
Author |
: Mohan Munasinghe |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 689 |
Release |
: 2019-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108404150 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108404154 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century by : Mohan Munasinghe
Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.
Author |
: Immanuel Ness |
Publisher |
: Pluto Press (UK) |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0745336000 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780745336008 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Southern Insurgency by : Immanuel Ness
A book on the nature of the new, precarious industrial worker in the Global South - highlighting experimentation, solidarity and struggle.