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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elisa Reis , Mick MoorePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Zed Books Ltd Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.308kg ISBN: 9781842776391ISBN 10: 1842776398 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 01 June 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Elites, Perceptions and Poverties - Elisa Reis and Mick Moore 2. Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality among Brazilian Elites - Elisa Reis 3. Voices from the Top of the Pile: Elite Perceptions of Poverty and the Poor in the Philippines - Gerard Clarke & Marites Sison 4. So Near and Yet So Far: Elites and Imagined Poverty in Bangladesh - Naomi Hossain and Mick Moore 5. Haitian Elites and Their Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality - Omar Ribeiro Thomaz 6. Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Poor People in South Africa - Noushin Kalati and James Manor 7. Elite Perceptions of the Poor: Reflections on a Comparative Research Project - Abram de Swaan 8. Elites, Poverty and Public Policy: From Structure to Strategy - Mick Moore and Naomi HossainReviews'Shows that while there are major differences in how national elites understand and represent poverty, the threats that induced elites in late-nineteenth century Europe to be concerned with reducing poverty do not feature prominently in the consciousness of most developing-country elites. Nor do most of them believe that there is a viable solution to poverty through public action.' International Social Security Review 'Shows that while there are major differences in how national elites understand and represent poverty, the threats that induced elites in late-nineteenth century Europe to be concerned with reducing poverty do not feature prominently in the consciousness of most developing-country elites. Nor do most of them believe that there is a viable solution to poverty through public action.' - International Social Security Review Author InformationElisa P. Reis is professor of political sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, chair of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary Research Network on Inequality (NIED) and current president of the Research Committee on Sociological Theory of the International Sociological Association. Mick Moore is currently professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; and director of the Centre for the Future State. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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