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Introduction: Poverty and Politicsin Middle Income Countries

Declining global poverty?

MICs: the changing geopolitics of poverty

The changing nature of poverty

Addressing poverty in MICs (i): politics

Addressing poverty in MICs (ii): redistributive policies

Overview of the volume

Concluding remarks

Notes

References

1 | Policy-Relevant Measurement of Poverty in Low, Middle and High Income Countries

Introduction

Benin (LIC)

Mexico (MIC)

UK (HIC)

Comparable measures of poverty across different societies

Conclusion

Notes

References

2 | Poverty, Inequality, Racism and Human Rights in Mexico and Latin America

Introduction

Epistemological and conceptual frameworks

Pervasive state violence in Mexico

Mexico and the Zapatistas as representative cases

Conclusion

References

3 | South Africa, the OECD and BRICS

Introduction

The OECD and BRICS: old and new post-national economic actors

An alternative model and its vulnerability

The old and new OECD

SA choosing both the OECD and BRICS?

The utopian alternative

Notes

References

4 | Universalizing Health Coverage in Emerging Economies

Introduction

Healthcare systems in emerging economies

Current trends in developing countries towards UHC

Policy debates on SHI for developing countries

The drive for universal health coverage in India (2000–13): achievements, opportunities and obstacles

Conclusion

Notes

References

5 | The Politics of Inequality in Botswana and South Africa

Introduction

Politics, policies and inequality: setting the scene of the enquiry

Labour market policies: employment and wage levelling?

Taxation: proportional, but progressive?

Social transfers: pro-poor, but redistributive?

Political pressure and collective action: explaining differences in policy outcomes

Conclusion

Notes

References

6 | Democratization, Disempowerment and Poverty in Nigeria

Introduction

Theory of democracy and economic growth

Democracy, politics and poverty reduction in Nigeria

Poverty reduction in Nigeria

Poverty reduction in Venezuela

Policy implications of politics for poverty reduction in MICs

Conclusion

References

7 | Urban Poverty and Inequality in Rio De Janeiro, Cape Town and Durban

Introduction

Urban poverty and inequality

National and local housing policies in Brazil

National and local housing policies in post-apartheid South Africa

Comparative findings: shifting discourses, emerging policies in Rio de Janeiro, Durban and Cape Town

Conclusion: towards less segregated cities?

Notes

References

8 | Adults Who Live on the Streets of Buenos Aires

Introduction

Recent urban transformations of the city of Buenos Aires

General characteristics of social policies

The changing profile of the homeless population

Uses of the urban infrastructure of Buenos Aires

Final comments

Notes

References

9 | Grassroots Politics and Social Movement Mobilizations for Development in Brazil

Introduction

Politics, power and grassroots mobilization for development

Historical background to the struggle for land in Brazil

The origin of the MST and the territorialization of struggles for land

From struggles for land to building livelihoods on the land

Concluding remarks

Notes

References

10 | Land-Alienation-Infused Poverty in India

Introduction

Ideational foundations of inequality in India

Impossibility of Hindu reformation in modern India

Property at the root of deprivation

Developmental processes that deepen land alienation

The contradiction between the republican state and the feudal mode of production

Conclusion

Notes

References

11 | The Politics of Hunger Deaths in Odisha (India)

Revisiting the anti-politics machine: James Ferguson and beyond

Kashipur caught in the webs of development

The story of hunger deaths in Kashipur

The production of underdevelopment

Notes

References

About the Editors and Contributors

Editors

Contributors

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