Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution - Brossura

Ferguson, James

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ISBN 10: 0822358867 ISBN 13: 9780822358862

Casa editrice: Duke Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

In Give a Man a Fish James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa, in which states make cash payments to their low income citizens. More than thirty percent of South Africa's population receive such payments, even as pundits elsewhere proclaim the neoliberal death of the welfare state. These programs' successes at reducing poverty under conditions of mass unemployment, Ferguson argues, provide an opportunity for rethinking contemporary capitalism and for developing new forms of political mobilization. Interested in an emerging "politics of distribution," Ferguson shows how new demands for direct income payments (including so-called "basic income") require us to reexamine the relation between production and distribution, and to ask new questions about markets, livelihoods, labor, and the future of progressive politics.

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Recensione:

"What--give away money? In this clear and cogent discussion of the politics of cash transfers, James Ferguson urges us to reconsider our basic ideas on states' responsibilities to their citizens. "Give a Man a Fish" will stimulate new thinking both within and beyond the academy. Distribution may be the new way to empower the poor, he argues--but only if we can work our way past conventional economic truths." --Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, coeditor of"Words in Motion: Toward a Global Lexicon"

L'autore:

James Ferguson is Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University. He is the author of Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order and the coeditor of Culture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology, both also published by Duke University Press.

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• Editore: Duke Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0822358867
• ISBN 13: 9780822358862
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264