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. Ed(S): Chase, Elaine; Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya - Poverty and Shame - 9780199686728 - V9780199686728
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Poverty and Shame

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Description for Poverty and Shame This book challenges thinking about the nature and causes of poverty in both the Global North and Global South. Together with a companion volume providing more detailed interdisciplinary and theoretical insights into the phenomenon of shame in relation to poverty, the book shows how the pain of poverty is emotional as well as material. Editor(s): Chase, Elaine; Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
Poverty and Shame: Global Experiences explores Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's contention that shame lies at the absolutist core of poverty. It draws on a wealth of empirical evidence to demonstrate how paying greater attention to the psychological and social consequences of poverty provides new insights into how poverty is perpetuated. Based on research in seven very different global contexts, it reveals how, irrespective of whether people live above or below a designated poverty line, in cultures as diverse as rural India, Uganda and Pakistan, urban/suburban UK, China, Norway and South Korea, the ability to participate in society as a full ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199686728
SKU
V9780199686728
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Ref
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About . Ed(S): Chase, Elaine; Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya
Elaine Chase is a Research Fellow at the Department of Social Policy and Green Templeton College, University of Oxford Her research interests include the sociological dimensions of poverty, migration, social exclusion, rights and wellbeing. She has conducted research and written widely on these themes from a UK and international perspective and with a particular focus on young people and communities ... Read more

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