A controversial look at how the failure of most of the poor to work at all has transformed American politics, by a New York University political scientist who i

This collection examines the power and transformative potential of movements that fight against poverty and inequality. Broadly, poverty politics are struggles

Parallels between anti-welfare propagandists of the nineteenth century and well-funded policy research organizations of today are uncovered, revealing lessons t

In Give a Man a Fish James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa, in which states make cash payments to their low income citi

The Mediation of Poverty: The News, New Media and Politics discusses the influence of the increasing use of digital technologies on media and political response