[from d-econ.org] Despite the shortcomings of mainstream approaches
to global poverty, much of the policy-oriented and academic discourse
on poverty does not go beyond it, and nuanced reconsiderations of the
issue have been almost negligible. This book is a brilliant
intervention in this context. The author, Andrew Fischer, unsettles
the established notions of poverty and how it is measured, and offers
a critical and a fresh perspective to analyse these concepts. He
argues that much of the dominant discourse on poverty is driven by a
neo-liberal ideology, which continues to reinforce the societal
segregation rather than challenging it. He argues that solutions to
poverty require a serious engagement with the issues of social
justice and a redistribution of wealth that can create a more
equitable society.
