Ebook: The Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South

This book contributes to the debates on the production and eradication of poverty in the global South. It collects a set of innovative articles concentrating on the way in which poverty, as a social process, has been addressed by popular movements and the governments of various states across the globe. Providing new insights into the limitations of traditional strategies to confront poverty, it highlights how social organizations are working to transform the livelihoods of people through bottom-up struggle and more participatory approaches rather than passively waiting for top-down solutions.

About the Author

Mariano Féliz is a researcher at the CIG-IdIHCS/CONICET-UNLP of Argentina and professor of economics at the National University of La Plata.

Aaron Louis Rosenberg is associate professor at the Centro de Estudios de Asia y África at El Colegio de México, where he teaches African literature and oversees the Swahili language program.