Globalization, inequality and the commodification of life and well-being / / edited by Mammo Muchie and Li Xing

• Pubblicazione: London, : Adonis & Abbey, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 288 p
• Disciplina: 339.2
• Soggetto topico: Wealth - Moral and ethical aspects; Distribution (Economic theory); Welfare economics
• Altri autori: MuchieMammo XingLi
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Globalization, Inequalities and Commodification of Life and Well-being -- Introduction -- Globalization and the Commodification of Science -- New Media, Global Networks and Human Rights -- The Dubious Dichotomy Between Welfare And Workfare -- A Capability Based Concept of Development in the Era of Globalization -- Constraints on Capability Formation of Indigenous Communities: the Case of Human Development between Akha and Hmong Groups in South East Asia -- Globalization and Its Impact on Education: -- The Future of Decommodification: The Case of South Africa -- New Analytical Perspectives on Poverty and Violence Eradication in Radically Unequal Societies: A Mathematical Representation -- China: From Egalitarianism to Inequality -- From Health by the People to Health by the Market: China's Transformation From " Health First" to " Wealth First" -- Conclusions: Alternative Approaches to Well-Being Attainment and Measurement -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Wealth and money, which are meant to be sources of human happiness and facilitators of good social relations has instead become a monstrosity beyond human control. The unbridled quest to make money and accumulate wealth as well as assign social signification on the basis of the outcome of individuals' efforts in the process has ended up distorting existence and the meaning of being human itself. This work brings together a collection of very provocative and challenging articles that confront the problems created by wealth. Can there be happiness when wealth is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands? Can wealth really bring happiness? And what are the implications of the current trend to commodify everything for the project of human happiness? The contributors to the volume argue that there is a need to change wealth accumulation and its core purpose. They contend that from wealth accumulation the gear must change to wealth alleviation, because the ways the rich become wealthy often correlate with the ways the number of the poor increase. Following from this, they argue that rather than the current focus on poverty alleviation, the focus should shift to wealth alleviation because a happy future for all lies in promoting human well-being and removing human ill-being through the spring wells of solidarity and humanity.
• Altri titoli varianti: Globalisation, inequalities, and the commodification of life and well-being
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization, inequality and the commodification of life and well-being
• ISBN: 9786612030833; 9781912234639; 1912234637; 9781282030831; 1282030833
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910967493803321
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