A Capability Approach assessment of poverty in the sociopolitical history of South Africa/KwaZulu-Natal

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ID12455367
AuthorsSunday Paul C Onwuegbuchulam (0000-0003-3170-8266, University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume22
Issue4
Pages287-309
Publication date2018-01-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Poverty (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-5549 • E-ISSN: 1540-7608
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10875549.2017.1419529
OpenAlexW2782024339
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

The study explores the problem of poverty in the sociopolitical history of South Africa and its negative impact on the majority of the country’s African people. The effects of the apartheid government’s systematic disenfranchisement of these people are still being felt, constituting a major challenge to the country’s democratic government. Notably, extant literature has focused on this problem mostly from an economic conceptual perspective. This study approaches the issue from a Capability Approach perspective. Singling out the country’s KwaZulu-Natal province, it argues that poverty in this geographical context is both structural and multidimensional, thus requiring solutions beyond the emphasis on neoliberal economic policies

Basic needs · Context (archaeology · Culture of poverty · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extant taxon · Geography · Government (linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Human Rights and Development · Legal Issues in South Africa · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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