Book contents
- Poverty Knowledge in South Africa
- Poverty Knowledge in South Africa
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: the poverty question in South Africa
- Part I Lay knowledge meets human science, 1855–1940
- Part II The limits of invention
- 3 The minimum standards moment
- 4 Rethinking governmentality
- Part III The people’s facts
- Select Bibliography
- Index
3 - The minimum standards moment
Edward Batson and the Poverty Datum Line (PDL)
from Part II - The limits of invention
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
- Poverty Knowledge in South Africa
- Poverty Knowledge in South Africa
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: the poverty question in South Africa
- Part I Lay knowledge meets human science, 1855–1940
- Part II The limits of invention
- 3 The minimum standards moment
- 4 Rethinking governmentality
- Part III The people’s facts
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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- Poverty Knowledge in South AfricaA Social History of Human Science, 1855–2005, pp. 103 - 141Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015