Rich Democracies, Poor People How Politics Explain Poverty
Synopsis
Poverty is not simply the result of an individual's characteristics, behaviors or abilities. Rather, as David Brady demonstrates, poverty is the result of politics. In Rich Democracies, Poor People, Brady investigates why poverty is so entrenched in some affluent democracies whereas it is a solvable problem in others. Drawing on over thirty years of data from eighteen countries, Brady argues that cross-national and historical variations in poverty are principally driven by differences in the generosity of the welfare state. An explicit challenge to mainstream views of poverty as an inescapable outcome of individual failings or a society's labor markets and demography, this book offers institutionalized power relations theory as an alternative explanation.Book details
- Author:
- David Brady
- ISBN:
- 9780199736676
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780195385915, 9780199888924, 9780195385878
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2022-12-12
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2009
- Copyright by:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Business and Finance, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Sociology