No-Nonsense Guide To World Poverty, 2nd Edition
Second edition
Why are there so many people who are poor in a world that’s richer than ever before? Something must be wrong with conventional thinking about wealth and poverty. In this No-Nonsense Guide, Jeremy Seabrook summarizes his celebrated work on the meaning of poverty and draws on the experiences of people living in poverty all over the world.
Seabrook asserts that the relatively poor majority of the world’s people do not actually want to be rich—in fact, they want to be safe. Giving voice to those whose views are rarely sought, this guide shows that the answers to world poverty lie not in economic growth and wealth creation, but in a radical reframing of how much is “enough” for our daily needs.
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Praise
For anyone who wants a lucid, factual, reliable guide to some of the most important issues of our time, I strongly recommend you check out the No-Nonsense Guides.
– Howard Zinn, social activist and author of a A People’s History of America
The No-Nonsense Guides target those topics that a large army of voters cares about, but that politicos evade.
– The Independent, London, U.K.
A splendid new series of pocketable guides to issue politics…rigorously clear.
– The Guardian, London, U.K.
The No-Nonsense Guides are the most accessible and enjoyable means for people with hurried lives to find out how the world really works.
– George Monbiot, journalist, campaigner and author of Heat—How to Stop the Planet from Burning
Contents
| Introduction | |
| Chapter 1 | The Invisible Poor |
| Chapter 2 | Measuring Poverty |
| Chapter 3 | Defining Poverty |
| Chapter 4 | The Mechanisms of Impoverishment |
| Chapter 5 | Wealth and Poverty |
| Chapter 6 | Rescuing Self-Reliance |
| Chapter 7 | Afterword |
| Appendix 1 | |
| Appendix 2 | |
| Contacts | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index |
