Poverty Knowledge in South Africa
A Social History of Human Science, 1855–2005
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23801544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Davies (0000-0002-9232-3223, Queens College, CUNY, corresponding author), Grace Davie |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Poverty Knowledge in South Africa (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139048187 |
| OpenAlex | W3045235006 |
| ISBN | 9781139048187 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? How can it be measured? And how can it be reduced if not eliminated? In South Africa, human science knowledge about the cost of living grew out of colonialism, industrialization, apartheid and civil resistance campaigns, which makes this knowledge far from neutral or apolitical. South Africans have used the Poverty Datum Line (PDL), Gini coefficients and other poverty thresholds to petition the state, to chip away at the pillars of white supremacy, and, more recently, to criticize the postapartheid government's failures to deliver on some of its promises. Rather than promoting one particular policy solution, this book argues that poverty knowledge teaches us about the dynamics of historical change, the power of racism in white settler societies, and the role of grassroots protest movements in shaping state policies and scientific categories. Readers will gain new perspectives on today's debates about social welfare, redistribution and human rights, and will ultimately find reasons to rethink conventional approaches to advocacy.
Basic needs · Colonialism · Culture of poverty · Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Grassroots · Industrialisation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Power (physics) · Racism · Redistribution (election) · Sociology · State (computer science) · White (mutation) · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
Measuring poverty in late 1960s Britain
Sights, Sounds, Memories
Africa Since 1940
Privileged Precariat
Authority beyond institutions
The Politics of African Household Budget Studies in South Africa
Networks of Well-being in the Global South
The Shame of Not Belonging
Translocal Activism and the Implementation of Equal Remuneration for Men and Women
Poverty's Pasts
Poverty and Respectability in Early Twentieth-Century Cape Town
Ebony and ivory in imperfect harmony - Re-experiencing music education at the University of Cape Town
False Accounting as Formalizing Practices
Introduction
Post-Agrarian Biopolitics
Without the blanket of the land
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |