000			01328nam a2200205Ia 4500
999			_c76586 _d76586
005			20220713180247.0
008			200204s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020			_a9780745616940
082			_a339.46 JOR
100			_aJordan, Bill
245		0	_aTheory of poverty and social execlusion
260			_aOxford
260			_bPolity press
260			_c2003
300			_a276 p.
365			_dPND
520			_aThe deterioration in the living standards of the worst-off members of all kinds of societies has coincided with the resurgence of free-market utopianism as a political creed. Yet there is as yet no convincing theory to link these two phenomena. Bill Jordan seeks to fill this gap in social scientific theory by explaining poverty and social exclusion in terms of collective action in exclusive groups. The book draws on public choice theory for its analysis of collective action of all kinds, from households and clubs to communities and politics, and shows how the strategies of individuals and groups affect collective outcomes. Although the methods are primarily derived from this economic perspective, historical and comparative dimensions are extensively reviewed, with special reference to the feminization of poverty and the racialization of social exclusion.
650			_aPoverty
942			_cB _2ddc