Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers Series-8 (The Political Thought of Vivekananda)

Political sociology of poverty requires an analysis of the relationship between the political, economic and socio-cultural actors, institutions and processes in the context of poverty. It assumes that poverty is a complex and cumulative consequence of power relations over a period of time between groups within a region and between regions in the modern world system. Liberal democracies do not respect will of the majority except when electing representatives. This effectively means that a small n