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A Note On Destitution

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  • Barbara Harriss-White
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    In this paper the economic, social and political dimensions of destitution are analysed. Economic destitution is seen as a contradiction in terms since destitute people survive without assets and income. Social destitution is a process of expulsion and of the denial of dependent status. The state plays an active political role in creating and perpetuating destitution. Next, destitution is mapped onto other paradigms of poverty. Finally responses outside and inside political economy are outlined. Case material is drawn from India.

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    Paper provided by Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford in its series QEH Working Papers with number qehwps86.

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