From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States Can Change the World - Couverture souple

Green, Duncan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0855985933 ISBN 13 : 9780855985936

Editeur : Oxfam Professional, 2008

Synopsis

The twenty-first century will be defined by the fight against the scourges of poverty, inequality and the threat of environmental collapse; as the fight against slavery or for universal suffrage defined earlier eras. From Poverty to Power argues that it requires a radical redistribution of power, opportunities and assets to break the cycle of poverty and inequality and to give poor people power over their own destinies. The forces driving this transformation are active citizens and effective states. Why active citizenship? Because people living in poverty must have a voice in deciding their own destiny, fighting for rights and justice in their own society and holding states and the private sector to account. Why effective states? Because history shows that no country has prospered without a state structure than can actively manage the development process. There is now an added urgency beyond the moral case for tackling poverty and inequality: we need to build a secure, fair and sustainable world before climate change makes it impossible. This book argues that leaders, organisations and individuals need to act together, while there is still time.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

In telling us what can be achieved by ordinary people through organised action, this book generates hope even as it enhances understanding of what is involved in the removal of poverty --Amartya Sen

A tour de force... At once shocking, realistic and radical, this book takes us further on the road to understanding the challenges of development and what needs to be done... It should inform and inspire all who are committed to policy and practice for a better world. --Robert Chambers

From Poverty to Power is an illuminating survey of global poverty today. As Green says, the old ways of low intensity democracy, trickle down economics, dirty growth, and inept global government have been found wanting. This book is a very useful contribution to the quest for the new tools and concepts we will need to navigate the 21st century --Bob Geldof

Biographie de l'auteur

Duncan Green is currently the Head of Research at Oxfam GB. He was previously a Senior Policy Adviser on Trade and Development at the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), where he covered agricultural and non-agricultural trade in goods: before this he was at CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency for England and Wales, where he was a Policy Analyst on trade and globalisation. Duncan is the author of a number of books on Latin America, including Silent Revolution: The Rise and Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America (2003) and Faces of Latin America (1997, third edition 2007), a standard text on contemporary issues in the region. He has also written many policy and research papers for Oxfam GB, DFID and CAFOD.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxfam Professional
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0855985933
• ISBN 13: 9780855985936
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Éditeur: Fried Mark