Global Poverty
How Global Governance is Failing the Poor
By David Hulme
Published September 2nd 2010 by Routledge – 258 pages
Series: Global Institutions
Description
Around 1.4 billion people presently live in extreme poverty, and yet despite this vast scale, the issue of global poverty had a relatively low international profile until the end of the 20th century. In this important new work, Hulme charts the rise of global poverty as a priority global issue, and its subsequent marginalisation as old themes edged it aside (trade policy and peace-making in regions of geo-political importance) and new issues were added (terrorism, global climate change and access to natural resources).
Providing a concise and detailed overview of both the history and the current debates that surround this key issue, the book:
- outlines how the notion of global poverty eradication has evolved
- evaluates the institutional landscape and its ability to attack global poverty
- analyses the conceptual and technical frameworks that lie behind the contemporary understanding of global poverty (including human development, dollar a day poverty and results-based management)
- explores the roles that major institutions have played in promoting and/or obstructing the advancement of actions to reduce poverty
- discusses the emerging issues that are re-shaping thinking, and the future prospects for global poverty eradication
The first book to tackle the issue of global poverty through the lens of global institutions; this volume provides an important resource for all students and scholars of international relations, development studies and international political economy.
Reviews
"Global poverty is. . .recommended for anyone seeking to gain quickly a better understanding of global poverty—or for any teacher looking for an excellent text on the subject. It is a direct, no-nonsense, multi-disciplinary examination of the nature of poverty, with its subtitular focus on the gross failures of global governance to address the problem." - Joel Campbell, International Affairs, Vol. 87, 6, November 2011
"The book reads like a crime novel and, like any good crime writer, Hulme does not paint the protagonist(s) as ‘evil’ but with nuances that are never oversimplistic." - Jaqui Goldin, ‘Book Reviews’, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal for People-Centered Development, 13:1, 153-163 (2012)
"[Global Poverty] has certainly helped identify the entanglements and intricacies of a global poverty landscape through a careful dissection of its institutional intrigues." - Jaqui Goldin, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol. 13, 1, February 2012
Contents
1. The History and Geography of Global Poverty 2. Understanding and Explaining Global Poverty 3. The Institutional Landscape for Attacking Global Poverty 4. Doing Global Poverty Eradication: All Change or No Change 5. Strategic Choices for Global Poverty Eradication 6. The Future of Global Poverty: Emerging Issues in an Uncertain World 7. Why Don't we Care About Ending Poverty 8. Moving Forward on Global Poverty: Can we Care?
Author Bio
David Hulme is Professor in Development Studies and Director, Chronic Poverty Research Centre at the University of Manchester, UK.
Name: Global Poverty: How Global Governance is Failing the Poor (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: By David Hulme. Around 1.4 billion people presently live in extreme poverty, and yet despite this vast scale, the issue of global poverty had a relatively low international profile until the end of the 20th century. In this important new work, Hulme charts the rise of...
Categories: Development Economics, Politics & International Relations, Development Studies, Politics & Development, International Political Economy, International Politics, Human Rights
