This book promotes a grassroots and human-rights based approach to extreme poverty that is modeled by the activities of the nonprofit International Movement ATD Fourth World, founded in France in 1957. As the organization's approach insists on the necessity of a participatory approach that both involves and is informed by the experiences of those actually experiencing extreme poverty, the issues guiding the topic are first addressed in four life stories drawn up in collaboration with people experiencing extreme poverty in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Two chapters then synthesize and analyze the issues raised in the life stories. Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A groundbreaking study into the methodological and ethical issues arising when researching conflicts and violent or divided societies.
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-energize action on this issue. Rejecting traditional "top-down" approaches, Xavier Godinot starts from the experiences, capabilities, and strategies of the poor themselves. He argues that the first step is a close connection with poor communities followed by a commitment to take action alongside them. Life-stories from Burkina Faso, France, Peru, and the Philippines are used to show that the poor must be involved in their own liberation. After decades of failed development policies, this book outlines a radical new approach which will enliven debate amongst policy-makers, researchers, students, and academics.
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