INVESTIGADORES
SEIFFER Tamara
capítulos de libros
Título:
Class analysis of poverty
Autor/es:
SEIFFER, TAMARA
Libro:
SAGE´s Encyclopedia of World Poverty
Editorial:
Golson Media
Referencias:
Año: 2015; p. 246 - 247
Resumen:
The class analysis of poverty finds its origin in the writings of Karl Marx on the functioning of capitalist society. Poverty, as it is known today, is different from poverty in the feudal system and requires knowledge about the dynamics of the capitalist mode of production. This knowledge stands on the following assumptions: (1) poverty is the result and condition of the capitalist mode of production; (2) every worker is virtually poor; (3) real poverty refers to the existence of a working population that is excessive to the needs of capital accumulation, and therefore fails to satisfy its needs with a salary; and (4) poverty is relative because it can only be determined in relation to socially produced wealth.
