Global Poverty and the Politics of Good Intentions

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    Author
    Pahuja, S
    Editor
    Buchanan, R; Zumbansen, P
    Date
    2014
    Source Title
    Law in Transition: Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice
    Publisher
    Hart Publishing
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Pahuja, Sundhya
    Affiliation
    Melbourne Law School
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    Pahuja, S. (2014). Global Poverty and the Politics of Good Intentions. Buchanan, R (Ed.). Zumbansen, P (Ed.). Law in Transition: Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice, Law in Transition: Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice, (1), pp.31-48. Hart Publishing.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/251844
    Abstract
    In the West, the terrain of a great deal of public debate around poverty is largely delimited by two figurations; activism and expertise. For the activist, fighting global poverty has become the moral cause of a new generation, inspiring rock songs and wrist bands, and legions of celebrities from whom charity is the new accessory.

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