Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums

Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums

This dissertation is a philosophical inquiry into the problem of the slums that develop in and around large cities in the Global South, considered in the context of globalization. I argue first that theories of global justice must consider this new human condition engendered by the global slums; se...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luttrell, Johanna
Other Authors: Zack, Naomi
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2013
Subjects:
Dignity
Gender
Global justice
Poverty
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13425
id ndltd-uoregon.edu-oai-scholarsbank.uoregon.edu-1794-13425
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-uoregon.edu-oai-scholarsbank.uoregon.edu-1794-134252019-05-23T16:30:27Z Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums Luttrell, Johanna Zack, Naomi Dignity Gender Global justice Poverty This dissertation is a philosophical inquiry into the problem of the slums that develop in and around large cities in the Global South, considered in the context of globalization. I argue first that theories of global justice must consider this new human condition engendered by the global slums; second, that the language of alienation and dignity is crucial to conceptions of global poverty; third, that this alienation is in large part predicated on the exploitation of women's labor; and finally, that this dignitarian response to alienation is a critical addition to the Capabilities Approach. 2013-10-10T23:19:21Z 2013-10-10T23:19:21Z 2013-10-10 Electronic Thesis or Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13425 en_US Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US University of Oregon
collection NDLTD
language en_US
sources NDLTD
topic Dignity
Gender
Global justice
Poverty
spellingShingle Dignity
Gender
Global justice
Poverty
Luttrell, Johanna
Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums
description This dissertation is a philosophical inquiry into the problem of the slums that develop in and around large cities in the Global South, considered in the context of globalization. I argue first that theories of global justice must consider this new human condition engendered by the global slums; second, that the language of alienation and dignity is crucial to conceptions of global poverty; third, that this alienation is in large part predicated on the exploitation of women's labor; and finally, that this dignitarian response to alienation is a critical addition to the Capabilities Approach.
author2 Zack, Naomi
author_facet Zack, Naomi
Luttrell, Johanna
author Luttrell, Johanna
author_sort Luttrell, Johanna
title Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums
title_short Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums
title_full Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums
title_fullStr Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums
title_full_unstemmed Gender, Alienation, and Dignity in Global Slums
title_sort gender, alienation, and dignity in global slums
publisher University of Oregon
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13425
work_keys_str_mv AT luttrelljohanna genderalienationanddignityinglobalslums
_version_ 1719192096013811712

Similar Items