Journal article

Publication year: 2003

Pages: 199-219

Journal: Analyse and Kritik

Volume number: 25

Issue number: 2

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2003-0205

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill

Abstract: 

This article seeks to explain some of the ramifications of globalization processes for the pressing problem of increasing global poverty. It distinguishes two competing approaches to explaining the causes of poverty-related injustice and justifying conceptions of obligations towards the poor. A first approach, the assistance approach, is mainly directed at identifying inappropriate worldwide income and asset distribution; the other, the causal approach focuses on the effects international regulations have on people’s lives. This article explains that both approaches depend on the interpretation of the current state of economic and political interdependence. It is argued that both conceptions have their pitfalls, but that from a theoretical as well as pragmatic point of view, it makes sense to defend an ‘integrated’ perspective that also takes into account the responsibility of non-state actors.

Harvard Citation style: Kreide, R. (2003) Poverty and Responsibility in a Globalized World, Analyse and Kritik, 25(2), pp. 199-219. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2003-0205

APA Citation style: Kreide, R. (2003). Poverty and Responsibility in a Globalized World. Analyse and Kritik. 25(2), 199-219. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2003-0205