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Record Nr.

UNISA996205990503316

Titolo

Elite perceptions of poverty and inequality [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elisa P. Reis and Mick Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2005

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2022

ISBN

1-350-21987-8

1-281-25914-4

9786611259143

1-84813-130-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

CROP international studies in poverty research.

Disciplina

362.5091724

Soggetti

Poverty - Developing countries

Elite (Social sciences) - Developing countries - Attitudes

Development studies

Poverty  & unemployment

Social classes

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Elites, perceptions and poverties / Elisa Reis and Mick Moore -- Perceptions of poverty and inequality among Brazilian elites / Elisa Reis -- Voices from the top of the pile / Gerard Clarke and Marites Sison -- So near and yet so far / Naomi Hossain and Mick Moore -- Haitian elites and their perceptions of poverty and of inequality / Omar Ribeiro Thomaz -- Elite perceptions of poverty and poor people in South Africa / Noushin Kalati and James Manor -- Elite perceptions of the poor / Abram De Swaan -- Elites, poverty and public policy / Mick Moore and Naomi Hossain.

Sommario/riassunto

This text presents a study of elite attitudes to poverty in developing countries and uses five cases, intended to be broadly represetntative of the diversity of situations.