Poverty, work, and freedom : political economy and the moral order / David P. Levine, S. Abu Turab Rizvi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, David P., 1948- author.

Rizvi, S. Abu Turab, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--Social aspects.

Work.

Work--Moral and ethical aspects.

Poverty.

Poor.

Liberty--Economic aspects.

Liberty.

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 159 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Poverty, Work, & Freedom

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. classical period

3. Poverty policy

4. Income, basic needs, and capabilities

5. Needs, work, and identity

6. Creativity and freedom

7. Work and freedom

8. Work and satisfaction

9. psychology of work

10. Beyond the moral order.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-154) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15295-X

1-280-43494-5

0-511-18203-1

0-511-12599-2

0-511-19925-2

0-511-29995-8

0-511-49184-0

0-511-12513-5

OCLC:

171137299