Presents fifteen essays by academics about the severe poverty that afflicts billions of human lives. These essays seek to explain why freedom from poverty is a

Some 2.5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic sanitation, adequate shelter

The poor seem easy to identify: those who do not have enough money or enough of the things money can buy. This book explores a different approach to poverty, on

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.