Begging as a Path to Progress

Begging as a Path to Progress
Author :
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 166
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780820334653
ISBN-13 : 0820334650
Rating : 4/5 (650 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Begging as a Path to Progress by : Kate Swanson

Download or read book Begging as a Path to Progress written by Kate Swanson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992, Calhuasí, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador's large cities, Calhuasí experienced rapid social-spatial change, which Kate Swanson richly describes in Begging as a Path to Progress. Based on nineteen months of fieldwork, Swanson's study pays particular attention to the ideas and practices surrounding youth. While begging seems to be inconsistent with—or even an affront to—ideas about childhood in the developed world, Swanson demonstrates that the majority of income earned from begging goes toward funding Ecuadorian children's educations in hopes of securing more prosperous futures. Examining beggars' organized migration networks, as well as the degree to which children can express agency and fulfill personal ambitions through begging, Swanson argues that Calhuasí's beggars are capable of canny engagement with the forces of change. She also shows how frequent movement between rural and urban Ecuador has altered both, masculinizing the countryside and complicating the Ecuadorian conflation of whiteness and cities. Finally, her study unpacks ongoing conflicts over programs to “clean up” Quito and other major cities, noting that revanchist efforts have had multiple effects—spurring more dangerous transnational migration, for example, while also providing some women and children with tourist-friendly local spaces in which to sell a notion of Andean authenticity.


Begging as a Path to Progress Related Books

Begging as a Path to Progress
Language: en
Pages: 166
Authors: Kate Swanson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 1992, Calhuasí, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador's large cities, Calhuasí experienced rapid social-spatial change, w
Going Nowhere Fast
Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: Sabina Lawreniuk
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Using data and insights from over ten years of field research in Cambodia this book explores how inequality persists in a hypermobile world.
Progress and Poverty
Language: en
Pages: 619
Authors: Henry George
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the book that made its author Henry George suddenly famous. From the year 1879 to the present the doctrines of 'Progress and Poverty' have been familiar
New Millennium Woes and Livelihood Struggles in Africa
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Peter Thomas
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-19 - Publisher: African Books Collective

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

One of the oldest survival pursuits undertaken by the weak and the downtrodden people across the world has been begging. Going back to the ancient Christian bib
Thus Spake the Dervish
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Alexandre Papas
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-24 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Thus Spake the Dervish explores the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years