Poverty and Power

Brief Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Poverty as a Social Problem

Part I: Individualistic Theories of Poverty and Inequality

2. The Biogenetic Theory of Poverty and Inequality

3. The Cultural Theory of Poverty and Inequality

4. The Human Capital Theory of Poverty and Inequality

Part II: A Structural Perspective on Poverty-Four Systems

5. The Economic System and Poverty

6. The Political System and Poverty

7. The Cultural System and Poverty

8. The Social System and Poverty

Part III: A Structural Perspective on Poverty-Ten Obstacles

9. Structural Obstacles and the Persistence of Poverty (Part I)

10. Structural Obstacles and the Persistence of Poverty (Part II)

11. Conclusion

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

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