Poverty, Work, and Freedom

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-521-84826-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 409 g

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. In the spirit of the capabilities approach, the book argues that poverty refers not to a lack of things but to the lack of the ability to live life in a particular way. The authors argue that the poor are those who cannot live a life that is discovered and created rather than already known. Avoiding poverty, then, means having the capacity and opportunity for creative living. The authors argue that the capacity to do skilled work plays a particularly important role in creative living, and suggest that the development of the ability to do skilled work is a vital part of solving the problem of poverty.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levine, David P.

Rizvi, S. Abu Turab

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

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.