Poverty, Work, and Freedom - Political Economy and the Moral Order

Informationen zum Autor Emeritus professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He holds a PhD in economics from Yale University and a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Scholarship from the Colorado Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. He has published extensively in the fields of economics! political economy! and psychoanalysis. In the field of psychoanalysis! he has published books on work! creativity! ethics! and politics. His most recent publication is Dark Fantasy: Regressive Movements and the Search for Meaning in Politics. He currently lives in Santa Fe! New Mexico. Klappentext This book examines the concept of poverty and develops a theory which describes poverty in opposition to freedom rather than wealth. Zusammenfassung The poor seem easy to identify: those who do not have enough money or enough of the things money can buy. This book explores a different approach to poverty! one suggested by the notion of capabilities emphasized by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. The classical period; 3. Poverty policy; 4. Income, basic needs and capabilities; Part II: 5. Needs, work and identity; 6. Creativity and freedom; 7. Work and freedom; 8. Work and satisfaction; 9. Psychology of work; Part III: 10. Beyond the moral order; Conclusion; References.

Product details

• Authors: David P. Levine, David P. Rizvi Levine, S. Abu Turab Rizvi, Rizvi S. Abu Turab
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521184144
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18414-4
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Poverty & unemployment, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Poverty and precarity, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General