The No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty

Jeremy Seabrook

ISBN 10: 8170339383 ISBN 13: 9788170339380

Publisher: Rawat Publications, 2005

Synopsis

About the Book: The No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty Why are so many people poor in a world thats richer than everbefore? Something must be wrong with conventional thinking aboutwealth and poverty. In this No-Nonsense Guide to World PovertyJeremy Seabrook summarizes his celebrated work on the meaning ofpoverty, drawing on the experience of poor people themselves inboth rich and poor societies. He concludes that the opposite ofpoverty is not wealth but sufficiency. The relatively poor majorityof the worlds people do not aim to be rich, but to be safe.Economic growth will never overcome problems it is largelyresponsible for creating. This is a clarion call for a radicalrethink, not just about poverty, but about the way we live. About the Author: Jeremy Seabrook Jeremy Seabrook has been a teacher, social worker and lecturer,and has written plays for theater, TV and radio. He has contributedto many journals and newspapers, including the NewInternationalist, Third World Network, New Statesman and TheEcologist, and at present writes for The Statesman in Kolkata(Calcutta).

About this edition

• Publisher: Rawat Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 8170339383
• ISBN 13: 9788170339380
• Binding: Unknown Binding