Eradicating extreme poverty : democracy, globalisation and human rights /
edited by Xavier Godinot.
- London : Pluto Press, 2012.
- xxiii, 256 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Resisting Extreme Poverty Every Day / Xavier Godinot 1. The Child who Walked with Death: The Story of Paul in Burkina Faso / Claude Heyberger 2. Gold Under the Bridge: The Story of Mercedita and her Family in the Philippines / Alasdair Wallace 3. Resist to Exist: The Story of Farid, Celine and Karim in France and Algeria / Floriane Caravatta 4. Staying Together Through Thick and Thin: The Story of the Rojas Paucar Family in Peru / Marco Aurelio Ugarte Ochoa PART TWO Introduction: Human Rights and Responsibilities: The Foundations for Living Together / Xavier Godinot 5. Basic Ties and Fundamental Rights / Marco Aurelio Ugarte Ochoa 6. Democracy, Globalisation and Extreme Poverty / Xavier Godinot
The failure of attempts to tackle global poverty have bred cynicism and 'compassion fatigue'. Eradicating Extreme Poverty provides an urgently needed fresh approach which will re-energise action on this issue.
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Democracy. Developing countries. Human rights. Poverty. Democracy.