ABSTRACT
This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept, theories, and causes of poverty, as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups, such as women, children, and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical, evidence-based, and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic understanding of social problems and issues in developing countries. The volume brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners from across the globe to develop a hands-on reference work that will be requisite for several social science disciplines concerned with poverty and the welfare of poor people.
The first of its kind, the handbook will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, social work, political studies, poverty studies, population and demographic studies, sociology, social anthropology, public policy, and political economy, especially those concerned with the Global South.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |8 pages
Introduction
part I|107 pages
Theorizing Poverty – Global South Societies in Transition
chapter 2|16 pages
Tabulating Global Literacy
chapter 4|22 pages
Impact of Globalization on Poverty in India
part II|139 pages
Poverty and Marginalization in the Emerging Global South Countries
chapter 10|28 pages
Poverty and Social Protection for Old Age in the 21st Century
chapter 11|28 pages
Gender Identity and Socio-economic Status
part III|167 pages
Welfare of the Margin – Issues, Challenges, and Concerns
chapter 12|14 pages
Trouncing Poverty through Women's Empowerment in India
chapter 14|18 pages
Organized Crime and Penury in Pakistan
chapter 19|19 pages
Exploring the Factors Affecting Child Poverty and Well-Being in Developed and Developing Countries
chapter 21|15 pages
Just Going Nowhere
part IV|159 pages
Politics of Poverty – Measuring and Naming the Poor in the Global South Societies
chapter 22|22 pages
Impact of Neoliberalism on the Right to Food
chapter 25|16 pages
Being Poor, Female, and First-Year at a South African University
chapter 26|21 pages
Saving New Lives in Remote Areas of Indonesia
chapter 27|28 pages
Poverty, Inequality, and Politics of Marginality in India
part V|88 pages
Rethinking Economic Development in the Global South