Sharon K. Vaughan

Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

The number of people who live in poverty has always far exceeded the number who do not. Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought examines the main arguments of some of the most prominent Western political theorists about the causes, effects, and solutions to the problem of poverty.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9780739122693
• ISBN-10: 073912269X
• Artikelnr.: 26368288

Autorenporträt

By Sharon K. Vaughan

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Avoiding the Greatest Plague of All:
Plato and Aristotle Chapter 3. Societal Responsibility and the Undeserving
Poor: John Locke Chapter 4. The Noble Poor: Jean Jacques Rousseau and Adam
Smith Chapter 5. Empirical Influences and the Complexities of Poverty:
Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill Chapter 6. Poverty as a
Challenge to Capitalist Economies: G. W. Hegel and Karl Marx Chapter 7.
Poverty and Justice: John Rawls and Robert Nozick Chapter 8. Conclusion