Poverty, Agency, and Human Rights
Poverty,
Agency, and Human Rights collects thirteen new essays that analyze how
human agency relates to poverty and human rights respectively as well as
how agency mediates issues concerning poverty and social and economic
human rights. No other collection of philosophical papers focuses on the
diverse ways poverty impacts the agency of the poor, the reasons why
poverty alleviation schemes should also promote the agency of
beneficiaries, and the fitness of the human rights regime to secure both
economic development and free agency.
The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 considers the diverse meanings of poverty both from the standpoint of the poor and from that of the relatively well-off. Part 2 examines morally appropriate responses to poverty on the part of persons who are better-off and powerful institutions. Part 3 identifies economic development strategies that secure the agency of the beneficiaries. Part 4 addresses the constraints poverty imposes on agency in the context of biomedical research, migration for work, and trafficking in persons.
The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 considers the diverse meanings of poverty both from the standpoint of the poor and from that of the relatively well-off. Part 2 examines morally appropriate responses to poverty on the part of persons who are better-off and powerful institutions. Part 3 identifies economic development strategies that secure the agency of the beneficiaries. Part 4 addresses the constraints poverty imposes on agency in the context of biomedical research, migration for work, and trafficking in persons.
