Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance by Gwilym David Blunt - 9781108703321

Global Poverty, Injustice, and ResistanceAuthor(s): Gwilym David Blunt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108703321, 978-1108703321\nSynopsis\nEach year, millions of people die from poverty-related causes. In this groundbreaking and thought-provoking book, Gwilym David Bluntargues that the only people who will end this injustice are its victims, and that the global poor have the right to resist the causes of poverty. Heexplores how the right of resistance is used to reframe urgent political questions: is illegal immigration a form of resistance? Can transnational social movements, such as the indigenous rights movement, provide the foundations for civil resistance to global poverty? If peaceful resistance fails, is armed struggle justified? Do people living in affluent states have a responsibility to help even if it requires them to break the law? Giving clear historical examples and engaging wi.