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Book SynopsisThe number of people who live in poverty has always far exceeded the number who do not. Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought examines the main arguments of some of the most prominent Western political theorists about the causes, effects, and solutions to the problem of poverty.
Trade ReviewThis book is quite readable and informative. . . . Vaughan presents political theorists with a badly needed study on a topic seldom addressed in the mainstream. Any serious theorist should pick up this book as soon as he or she gets a chance. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online, October 2009 *
Inquiry specifically into the concept of poverty, and the treatment of poverty as a problem for political philosophy, is much less common than more general treatments of distributive justice in contemporary scholarship, which is why this volume is welcome... Recommended. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Avoiding the Greatest Plague of All: Plato and Aristotle Chapter 3. Societal Responsibility and the Undeserving Poor: John Locke Chapter 4. The Noble Poor: Jean Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith Chapter 5. Empirical Influences and the Complexities of Poverty: Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill Chapter 6. Poverty as a Challenge to Capitalist Economies: G. W. Hegel and Karl Marx Chapter 7. Poverty and Justice: John Rawls and Robert Nozick Chapter 8. Conclusion
