Religion, pluralism, the common good and poverty

Religious pluralism or pluralism within religion

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Pluralism, Tenancy and Poverty: Cultivating Open-Mindedness in Poverty Studies

Theoretical pluralism adds depth to the mixing of methods in development studies. In this paper, pluralism is grounded in an assumption that society has both structure and complexity. Interdisciplinary research generates a dialogue across epistemological chasms. Such research can be valued for its discursive bridging function as well as for improved measurement. Divergent schools of thought can...

Pluralism, Tenancy and Poverty: Cultivating Open-Mindedness in Poverty

This paper applies theoretical pluralism to studies of poverty. However in order to be more specific it takes as a case study some competing studies of Indian rural tenancy relations. Theoretical pluralism, frequently found in this literature, is defined as a realist alternative to extremes of idealism and relativism. In the area of tenancy studies, idealised rational choice theories are often ...

Good Governance and Poverty

Religion, Race/Ethnicity, and Beliefs about Poverty*

Objective. Although an expanding literature on “stratification beliefs” has developed over the past three decades, research has neglected relationships between religion and beliefs about poverty and other inequalities. This study examines the relationship between religious affiliation and “individualistic,” “structuralist,” and “fatalistic” beliefs about the causes of poverty, and compares the ...