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The twenty-first century will be defined by the fight against the scourges of poverty, inequality, and the threat of environmental collapse – as the fight against slavery or for universal suffrage defined earlier eras.
From Poverty to Power argues that it requires a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets to break the cycle of poverty and inequality and to give poor people power over their own destinies The forces driving this transformation are active citizens and effective states.
Why active citizenship? Because people living in poverty must have a voice in deciding their own destiny, fighting for rights and justice in their own society, and holding states and the private sector to account.
Why effective states? Because history shows that no country has prospered without a state structure than can actively manage the development process.
There is now an added urgency beyond the moral case for tackling poverty and inequality: we need to build a secure, fair, and sustainable world before climate change makes it impossible. This book argues that leaders, organisations, and individuals need to act together, while there is still time.
Summaries available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Also available; Background Papers and Case Studies.
For more information please visit: www.fp2p.org.
REVIEWS
"In telling us what can be achieved by ordinary people through organised action, this book generates hope even as it enhances understanding of what is involved in the removal of poverty." Amartya Sen
"A tour de force… At once shocking, realistic and radical, this book takes us further on the road to understanding the challenges of development and what needs to be done… It should inform and inspire all who are committed to policy and practice for a better world." Robert Chambers, author of Whose Reality Counts? Putting the Last First
"Oxfam's great strength is that it channels the moral outrage that global poverty evokes into effective action based on solid research. From Poverty to Power is a comprehensive look at development in this tradition." Dani Rodrik, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"A unique blend of solid academic understanding, serious activist experience, and political acumen. It deserves be a standard reference for social activists and policy-makers as well as a required reading for students in economics, politics, sociology, and development studies." Ha-Joon Chang, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge
"Will be of immense help to human rights organizations like Amnesty International in our campaigns to draw greater attention to the rights of the poor." Irene Khan, Secretary General, Amnesty International
"Does justice to raising the spectre of inequalities in the world between the world's richest and poorest people and countries. It contributes to a better understanding of what to do to reduce global poverty." Bineta Diop, Executive Director, Femmes Africa Solidarité
"Should be required reading for governments, development officials, and all those with an interest in the key challenges facing our civilisation."
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Democrats Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
AUTHOR BIOG
Duncan Green is currently the Head of Research at Oxfam GB. He was previously a Senior Policy Adviser on Trade and Development at the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), where he covered agricultural and non-agricultural trade in goods: before this he was at CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency for England and Wales, where he was a Policy Analyst on trade and globalisation. Duncan is the author of a number of books on Latin America, including Silent Revolution: The Rise and Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America (2003) and Faces of Latin America (1997, third edition 2007), a standard text on contemporary issues in the region. He has also written many policy and research papers for Oxfam GB, DFID and CAFOD. Mark Fried coordinates advocacy for Oxfam Canada, based in Ottawa, and writes regularly on policy issues related to international development for the North American media. He is also a Translator of Latin American literature, with ten books in print. His most recent work is Eduardo Galeano's Voices of Time.
CONTENTS
Foreword - Amartya Sen
Part 1: Introduction
The unequal world
Part 2: Power and Politics
The political roots of development • I have rights, therefore I am • I believe, therefore I am • I read, therefore I am • I surf, therefore I am • We organise, therefore we are • I own, therefore I am • I vote, therefore I am • I steal, therefore I am • I rule, therefore I am • From poverty to power
Case Studies:
How change happens: A revolution for Bolivia’s Chiquitano people
How change happens: Winning women’s rights in Morocco
Part 3: Poverty and Wealth
An economics for the 21st century • Living off the land • The changing world of work • Private sector, public interest • Going for growth • Sustainable markets
Case Studies:
How change happens: The fishing communities of Tikamgarh
How change happens: African success stories: Botswana and Mauritius
Part 4: Risk and Vulnerability
Living with risk • Social protection • Finance and vulnerability • Hunger and famine • HIV, AIDS, and other health risks • The risk of natural disaster • Climate change • Living on the edge: Africa’s pastoralists • Violence and conflict • Shocks and change
Case Studies:
How change happens: India’s campaign for a National Rural Employment Guarantee
How change happens: South Africa’s Treatment Action Campaign
Part 5: The International System
Who rules the world? • The international financial system • The international trading system • The international aid system • The international system for humanitarian relief and peace • Climate change • Global governance in the twenty-first century
Case Studies:
How change happens: The 2005 Gleneagles Agreements
How change happens: Landmines, an arms-control success story
Part 6: Conclusion
A new deal for a new century
Appendix: How Change Happens
Notes
Bibliography
Background papers and case studies
Glossary
Index
OTHER LANGUAGES
Spanish
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