The ethics of global poverty: an introduction
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The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement
Global poverty measurement is important. It is used to allocate scarce resources, evaluate progress, and assess existing projects, policies, and institutional designs. But given the diversity of ways in which poverty is conceived, how can we settle on a conception and measure that can be used for interpersonal and inter-temporal global comparison? This book lays out the key contemporary debates in poverty measurement, and provides a new analytical framework for thinking about poverty conception and measurement. Rather than trying to find some essential meaning of poverty, the author recommends explicitly reflecting on the purposes served by the concept and the values that do and should inform our conceptions and measures. After reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of five competing conceptions of poverty and their corresponding measures, the book concludes with specific recommendations for the future. Poverty measurement should be developed through a process of public reason that gives weight to the voices of those individuals who are most marginalized and deprived. The author suggests new values, desiderata, and candidate indicators that should be used in a pro-poor poverty measure.
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 308
ISSN: 1942-6720
In: International political science abstracts: IPSA, Band 68, Heft 1, S. 144-144
ISSN: 1751-9292
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 141
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In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 523
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In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 327
ISSN: 1942-6720
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 597-598
ISSN: 1942-6720
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 176-177
ISSN: 1942-6720
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 447
ISSN: 1942-6720
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 307
ISSN: 1942-6720
In: Politics, philosophy & economics: ppe, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 405-423
ISSN: 1741-3060
Scholars in philosophy, political science, and the policy community have recently advocated for a 'sticks and carrots', or conditional-coercion, approach to human rights violations. On this model, rights violators (usually states) are conceived of as rational agents who should be rewarded for good behavior and punished for bad behavior by other states seeking to improve human rights abroad. External states concerned about human rights abroad should impose punishments against foreign rights violators, and these punitive measures should not be lifted until rights violations in target countries cease. Against these scholars, I argue that the conditional-coercion model is mistaken. In this article, I explicate the 'sticks and carrots' approach to human rights, criticize it on both theoretical and empirical grounds, and suggest an alternative approach that I term rights diagnostics. The model I propose is sensitive to the internal political struggles in rights violating states and the incentive structures faced by rights violators. This model takes account of relevant empirical evidence on the role of external coercion and inducements in producing institutional change. I conclude by sketching an institutional design that would potentially implement 'rights diagnostics' policy.1
In: Journal of human development and capabilities: a multi-disciplinary journal for people-centered development, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 447-452
ISSN: 1945-2837