Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution

by James Ferguson

Book Overview

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 citizens. More than thirty percent of South Africa's population receive such payments, even as pundits elsewhere proclaim the neoliberal death of the welfare state. These programs' successes at reducing poverty under conditions of mass unemployment, Ferguson argues, provide an opportunity for rethinking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822358867
• ISBN13: 9780822358862
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"