Overview
- First book on philosophy and child poverty
- Brings together different philosophical approaches on childhood and family poverty
- Provides philosophical insights into the concept of child poverty and its alleviation
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Poverty (PPOV, volume 1)
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About this book
This book offers a broad and diverse reflection of the ways in which child poverty could be conceptualised, and the ways in which it is intertwined with childhood as a specific social condition. Furthermore, the responsibilities towards children and the possible mechanisms required for dealing with this condition will be analysed and clarified.
This is the first volume on philosophy and child poverty. Despite the increasing number of publications on poverty, the particular phenomenon of poverty during childhood has not received much philosophical attention. This is surprising, given the severity and depth of child poverty around the globe.
This volume brings together various philosophical approaches and how they understand and tackle child poverty. This is an important addition to the philosophical literature, which is also of wider interest to scholars working in the social sciences and with an interest in child poverty.
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Keywords
- Child Poverty
- Philosophy of Childhood
- Family Poverty
- Philosophy of Poverty
- Global Justice
- Childhood and family poverty
- Universal Poverty Measurements
- Child Poverty and Resistance
- Living in Poverty
- Humiliation and Child Poverty
- Gender Equality and Child Poverty
- Education and Child Poverty
- Immigration and Child Poverty
- Disability and Child Poverty
- Kant and Children’s Rights
- Education for Disadvantaged Children
- Poverty and Social Welfare
- childhood studies
Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Definitions and Measurements
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Children and Families Living in Poverty
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Rights, Responsibilities, and Policies
Reviews
“Child poverty is both important and urgent. The book edited by Brando and Schweiger addresses key-questions: what child poverty is, what causes it, what is wrong with it, and who should do what in order to eradicate or mitigate it. This is pioneering work - indeed, the volume is one of the very few existing philosophical treatments of the problems raised by child poverty.” (Anca Gheaus, Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
“Surprisingly this is the first book explicitly devoted to a topic that demands our urgent attention. Much of the literature on children’s rights has been rather abstract. Yet the problem of how poverty affects children in particular is a vitally important one and also of international scope. This book is thus most welcome andits international roster of contributing authors promises a rich, wide ranging and vitally relevant discussion.” (David Archard, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast)
“The philosophy of childhood is one of the most fertile areas of philosophical research at present, but little has been done on the pressing topical issue of poverty. By collecting a wide variety of theoretical approaches to this topic, this excellent anthology both sets the agenda for and kick starts philosophical research on child poverty.” (Lars Lindblom, Linköping University, Denmark)
“The volume covers an immense variety of interesting topics from different societal and cultural contexts (such as Bangladesh, Ireland, Iran, UK, USA) and provides an excellent overview on contemporary philosophical debates on child poverty.” (Prof. Dr. Johannes Drerup, Free University of Amsterdam/University of Koblenz-Landau)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Nicolás Brando is a Research Fellow for the “Global Governance and Democratic Government” Programme at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (KU Leuven), and a PhD scholar at the Institute of Philosophy (KU Leuven). He works on moral and political philosophy, particularly on issues of global justice, education and childhood. His work has been published in the Journal of World Trade, Global Policy and International Journal of Educational Development, among others.
Gottfried Schweiger is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg. He works in social and political philosophy. Previous publications include (co-authored with Gunter Graf) “A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty” (Palgrave Macmillan 2015) and (co-edited with Johannes Drerup, Gunter Graf and Christoph Schickhardt) “Justice, Education and the Politics of Childhood” (Springer 2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy and Child Poverty
Book Subtitle: Reflections on the Ethics and Politics of Poor Children and their Families
Editors: Nicolás Brando, Gottfried Schweiger
Series Title: Philosophy and Poverty
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22452-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22451-6Published: 25 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22454-7Published: 25 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-22452-3Published: 12 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-4389
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4397
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 361
Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Philosophy, Child Well-being, Political Theory, Ethics, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging