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Social Movements and Poverty

Grant reference: RES-167-25-0170

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Decentring poverty, reworking government : movements and states in the government of poverty
We consider how social movements in South Africa and Peru rework poverty as a domain of policy intervention. National 'mappings' of social movements reveal that 'poverty' is rarely central to movement framings challenges they address. This contrasts with government’s justification of policy in terms of impacts on 'poverty'. Movements thus seek to change the government of poverty discourses as well as the government of poverty reduction interventions. They do this through direct action, negotiation and co-production. Movements' main challenge is to make such challenges without becoming themselves subject to, or even the subjects of, these same practices of government.
http://www.chronicpoverty.org/uploads/publication_files/WP149%20Bebbington%20et-al.pdf
Paper
English

Primary contributor

Author Anthony Bebbington

Additional contributors

Author Jan Mogaladi
Author Claudia Bielich
Author Diana Mitlin
Author Martin Scurrah

Keywords

social movements; financial difficulties; South Africa; Peru

Additional details

149
No
Chronic Poverty Research Centre
01 January 2009
Manchester
Chronic Poverty Research Centre working paper

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