Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1 Analysing Poverty Causally: An Introduction
1 Poverty of poverty analysis
2 Understanding Poverty, Questions about Poverty
3 Overview of Chapter Contributions
3.1 Theoretical Reflections on Poverty's Causality
3.2 Theoretically-Informed Concrete Studies of Causes of Poverty
References
Chapter 2 Absolute, Relative and Multidimensional Measures of Poverty
1 Introduction
2 The Making of an Absolute Poverty Measure
3 Some Problems with Absolute Poverty Measures
4 Relative Poverty Measures
5 Critiques of Relative Poverty Measures
6 Multidimensional Poverty Measures
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3 Poverty: A Marxist View
1 Defining Poverty
2 Convergence or Divergence?
3 Global Inequality
4 Inequality within Nations
5 Wealth or Income?
6 The Causes: The Classical View
7 The Causes: A Marxist View
8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4 Why Is There Poverty in the Rich Countries? A Marxist Analysis
1 Introduction
2 Poverty and the Waged Economy
2.1 Employment
2.2 Unemployment
2.3 Social Differentiation of Employment and Unemployment
2.4 Spatial Differentiation
3 Poverty and the State
3.1 State Intervention into the Waged Economy
3.2 Taxation of the Poor
3.3 Social Services
3.4 State Benefits
3.4.1 Social Insurance and Contributory Benefits
3.4.2 Non-contributory Benefits
3.4.3 Tax Credits
4 Social Reproduction and Poverty
4.1 Household, Caring Work and Gender
4.2 The Decline of Neighbourhood Survival Strategies of the Poor
4.3 Housing
4.4 Poor Neighbourhoods
4.5 Damaged by Commodities
5 Conclusion
6 A Postscript on the Pandemic
References.

Chapter 5 Class and Social Needs: A Marxian Theory of Poverty
1 Conventional Approaches to Poverty
1.1 The World Bank Approach
1.2 The Post-developmentalist Approach
1.3 The Capability Approach
2 The Missing Element of Class and Its Consequences
3 Handling the Orientalist Issue in Class Focused Theory of Poverty
4 Marxian Theories of Poverty
5 Class and Overdetermination: Production and Distribution
6 Production, Distribution and Redistribution: Class, Social Surplus and Social Needs
7 Poverty and Poor
8 Class and Social Surplus in Poverty: An Illustration from India
9 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6 Needs, Capital Accumulation, and Poverty: The Case of Food
1 Introduction
2 Development and Food Insecurity
2.1 Food and Development
2.2 Philosophy, Food and Needs
3 Human Needs and the Labour-capital Contradiction
4 Conclusion: For a Normative Assessment of Human Needs Development
References
Chapter 7 The Rise and Fall of Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Brazil
1 Introduction
2 Inequality and Poverty in Brazil: Evolution and Trends
3 The Rise: A Two-Pronged Political Strategy for Inequality and Poverty Reduction
4 The Fall: The Political Economy of Stubborn Inequality and Poverty
5 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 8 Neoliberalism, Financial Imperialism, and Capitalist Growth: Why Pakistan Still Wallows in Poverty
1 Introduction: What has Neoliberalism Done to Pakistan?
2 Poverty in Theory: Capitalism and Immiseration
2.1 Laissez Faire Capitalism
2.2 Welfare Capitalism
2.3 Neoliberalism
3 The State of Poverty in Pakistan
3.1 Defning and Measuring Poverty
3.2 Laissez Faire Capitalism
3.3 Welfare Capitalism
3.4 Neoliberal Capitalism
4 Uncounting and Undercounting the Poor
5 Measuring Poverty without Actually Measuring It.

6 Neoliberalism and Poverty
7 Financial Imperialism and Poverty
8 Discussion and Conclusions
9 Lessons beyond Pakistan
References
Chapter 9 The Impoverishment of a Nation: The Greek Financial Crisis and Troika's Free Market-Austerity Policies
1 Introduction
2 Brief History of the Greek Financial Crisis
3 The Impact of Troika's Free Market-Austerity Policies
4 Poverty in Greece Due to the Financial Crisis and the Free Market-Austerity Policies: Data
5 Poverty in Greece due to the Financial Crisis and the Free Market-Austerity Policies: Analysis
6 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 10 Betraying the Struggle: Corruption and Poverty in Post-apartheid South Africa
1 Introduction
2 Defining Corruption
3 Types of Corruption in South Africa
4 Continuities between the Apartheid and Democratic Eras
5 State Capture
6 Cadre Deployment Consequences
7 Impacts of Corruption on Poverty
7.1 Health Care and Facilities
7.2 Low Income Housing and Corruption
7.3 Sanitation and Gender Dynamics
8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11 Poverty, Living Wage and Income Inequality in the Developing World: Views and Visions from the Philippines
1 Introduction: International Critique of Neoliberal Views on Poverty Statistics
2 Critique of Official Philippine Poverty and Living Wage Definition, Conceptualization and Statistics
3 Poverty and Living Wage Definition, Conceptualization, and Statistics from Social Movements and Progressive ngo s
4 Towards Alternative Measures of Poverty and Living Wage
5 View from Globalization's Discontents: Income Inequality and Its Consequences in the Philippines
6 Agenda for and Role of the State in Poverty Eradication and Income Inequality Reversal
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 12 Tackling Poverty or Inequality? You Don't Have to Choose.

1 Poverty or Inequality?
2 oecd Case Study: Data Visualization of Relative Poverty and Income Inequality
3 Economic Growth &
Poverty
4 The Role of Government
5 Taxation, Poverty and Inequality
6 From Poverty and Inequality to Redistribution
References
Chapter 13 The Political Economy of Poverty and Uneven Development: The Case of Odisha, India
1 Introduction
2 Odisha in a Comparative Perspective
3 The Regional Political Economy of Odisha: A Brief Historical Overview
4 The Spatial and Social Concentration of Poverty in Odisha
5 Neoliberalism and Regional Unevenness in Odisha
6 Conclusion
References
Index.