Poverty in national perspective
Poverty in national perspective
There was a time when nearly all economic and political analysis would have been done in national terms. Some commentators have been critical of ‘methodological nationalism’ – thinking that is bounded by the constraints of the nation-state. Many of the patterns of poverty considered in this book cut across nations. However, if we want to understand the nature of poverty, the reasons for it and the options to respond to it, it is hardly possible to do that without considering the poverty of nations. Countries define the scope for legitimate social action, the limits of social responsibility and the effective means of achieving social ends.
Keywords: Poverty, Methodological nationalism, Comparative social policy, Nation states, Political community
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