Eradicating Extreme Poverty - Democracy, Globalisation and Human Rights

Informationen zum Autor Xavier Godinot works at the headquarters of the International Movement ATD Fourth World, where he was director of its Research Institute for twelve years. He co-ordinates antipoverty projects in Southern and Northern countries, with families living in rubbish dumps, under bridges and in slums. He has edited several books about poverty in the North and the South. Klappentext A groundbreaking study into the methodological and ethical issues arising when researching conflicts and violent or divided societies. Zusammenfassung Rejects traditional 'top-down' approaches! arguing that the poor in developing countries must be deeply involved in their own liberation from poverty.

Product details

• Authors: Xavier Godinot
• Assisted by: Xavier Godinot (Editor), Judith Stone (Editor), Angela Cady (Translation)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2012
• EAN: 9780745331980
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3198-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Poverty & unemployment, Development Studies, Poverty and precarity