The Empathy Fix - Why Poverty Persists and How to Change it

Poverty is something we all want to see less of. So why does it prove so difficult to tackle? Can empathy help fix it?

About the author

Keetie Roelen is a Senior Research Fellow and Co-Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Development at The Open University, UK. She has a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands and has been working in the field of poverty, social policy, and international development for nearly two decades. She is also founder and host of the podcast Poverty Unpacked, a platform for exploring the hidden sides of poverty.

Her work has featured in media such as The Guardian and BBC World Service. She has spoken about how to address poverty to multiple audiences, ranging from government ministers and members of parliament to students and activists.

Summary

Poverty is something we all want to see less of. So why does it prove so difficult to tackle? Can empathy help fix it?

Foreword

Poverty is something we all want to see less of. So why does it prove so difficult to tackle? Can empathy help fix it?

Product details

• Authors: Keetie Roelen, Roelen Keetie
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781805461753
• ISBN: 978-1-80546-175-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Popular economics, Political Economy, Welfare economics, Global North / Industrialized or developed countries, Global South / Developing countries