Poverty through the Prism of the Law

The normative dimension of the notion of poverty, and its embedding in the long history of cultures, is largely overlooked in contemporary political discourse. Legal analysis shows, however, that two opposing conceptions of poverty continue to do battle: one sees poverty as a social scourge, whose e...

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Main Author: Alain Supiot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Veolia Environnement 2012-06-01
Series:Field Actions Science Reports
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/1602