From Alleviation to Empowerment:Ruminations on Poverty, Capitalism, and Communities

Gerardo Rivera Ungson
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Gerardo Rivera Ungson: San Francisco State University, USA

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Abstract: Sixto K Roxas

Keywords: Poverty; Poverty Alleviation; Poverty Eradication; Inter-generational Poverty; Environmental Degradation; Sustainable Development; Community Empowerment; Social Accounting; Human Settlements; Development Economics; Unsustainable Development; Ecological Sustainability; Capitalism; Free Market; Economic Orthodoxy; Classical Economics: Marx; Radical Economics; Bretton Woods; Sectoral Development; Sectoral Specializations; Neo-liberalism; Enterprise Management; Modern Corporation; Modern Enterprises; Microfinance; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprises; Capacity Building; Conditional Cash Transfer; Mainstream Growth Theory; Biogenesis; Mechanistic Worldview; Jurgen Habermas; Spectrum of Consciousness; Communitarian Movement; Moral Capitalism; Humane Economy; Enterprise Logic; Communitarian Logic; Ekistics; Enterprise Accounting; Community-based Accounting System; Social Accounting; Valuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 O15 O18 Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9789819822140
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 A New Dichotomy , pp 5-20

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Ch 2 Why Enterprise and Government Should Not Be Our Only Options , pp 21-41

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Ch 3 Establishing the Roots of Orthodoxy , pp 43-70

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Ch 4 Institutionalizing the Paradigm of Development , pp 71-94

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Ch 5 The Evolution of Enterprise Management , pp 95-119

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Ch 6 Can Poverty Be Eradicated? , pp 125-148

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Ch 7 An Alternative Perspective for Growth, Development, and Transformation , pp 149-173

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Ch 8 Revisiting Epistemological Underpinnings , pp 175-197

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Ch 9 The Communitarian Movement , pp 199-223

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Ch 10 Towards Sustainable Local Development , pp 229-252

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Ch 11 Towards Community Valuation , pp 253-278

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Ch 12 Conclusions , pp 279-288

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