LEADER 03780nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910779253303321 005 20230725060443.0 010 $a0-7735-8661-X 010 $a0-7735-8653-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773586536 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104670 035 $a(EBL)3332166 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000717164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11488557 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000717164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10739936 035 $a(PQKB)10668024 035 $a(CEL)444075 035 $a(OCoLC)806255231 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230002 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332166 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332166 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10577747 035 $a(OCoLC)923235455 035 $a(DE-B1597)656943 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773586536 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104670 100 $a20110912d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGoverning the poor$b[electronic resource] $eexercises of poverty reduction, practices of global aid /$fSuzan Ilcan and Anita Lacey 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca [N.Y.] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 311 $a0-7735-3805-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-299) and index. 327 $aTowards a genealogy of poverty reduction : from relief to the new global-aid regime? -- Making the poor responsible -- Empowering the poor: Oxfam's poverty-reduction initiatives -- Global aid in post-apartheid Namibia -- Mobilizing Katutura : "a place where we will never settle" -- Partnering the poor : USAID's poverty-reduction partnerships -- Spaces of exclusion : securing Soloman Islands. 330 $a"Every day we are barraged by statistics, images, and emotional messages that present poverty as a problem to be quantified, managed, and solved. Global generalizations present the poor as a heterogeneous group and stress globalized solutions. Governing the Poor exposes the ways in which such generalized descriptions and quantifications marginalize the poor and their experiences. Drawing on field research in Namibia and the Solomon Islands and case studies of international organizations such as USAID and Oxfam, Suzan Ilcan and Anita Lacey argue that aid programs have forged new understandings of poverty that are more about governing the poor through neo-liberal reforms than providing just solutions to poverty. The concepts of privation, empowerment, and partnership used in these programs are tools that treat the poor as a governed entity within a system of actors-governments, international organizations, and private businesses-that make up the global-aid regime. An illuminating work of critiques and solutions for the current global-aid regime, Governing the Poor shows the consequences of championing market-based solutions to poverty while neglecting to provide social infrastructure."--Book Jacket. 606 $aPoor$zDeveloping countries 606 $aPoverty$zDeveloping countries 606 $aNeoliberalism 606 $aInternational agencies$zDeveloping countries 606 $aNon-governmental organizations$zDeveloping countries 606 $aPoverty$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPoor 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aNeoliberalism. 615 0$aInternational agencies 615 0$aNon-governmental organizations 615 0$aPoverty$xGovernment policy. 676 $a362.5/526 700 $aIlcan$b Suzan$01108533 701 $aLacey$b Anita$f1974-$01515774 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779253303321 996 $aGoverning the poor$93751779 997 $aUNINA