Annotated Bibliography on 鈥楨xploring a 鈥榮ocial contract鈥� approach to the politics of poverty reduction鈥�. CPRC Working Paper No. 217.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2011
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2011
Authors:
Hawkins, J.

Abstract

A significant aspect to emerge from the Chronic Poverty Research Centre鈥檚 (CPRC) work on 鈥楢dverse Incorporation and Social Exclusion鈥� has been the use of the term social contract as an approach for the provision of pro-poor politics. Commissioned by the CPRC, this annotated bibliography explores first the literature based on traditional accounts of the social contract, and second those works from a development studies perspective which employ the concept of a social contract. The annotated bibliography focuses in particular on the following areas:

  • general research on social contract theory;
  • approaches and critiques of social contract theory;
  • social contract theory from a strategy and policy perspective, including citizenship, conflict, economic growth, welfare provision and taxation.

Citation

CPRC Working Paper No. 217, Chronic Poverty Research Centre, London, UK, ISBN: 978-1-908536-14-3, 82 pp.

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