The Malthus Factor by Eric B Ross

The Malthus Factor by Eric B Ross

A critique of the way Malthusian thinking has influenced capitalist development policy in the modern period, as well as in the past. It highlights the strategic role of Malthusian ideas in the defence of capitalist political economy when confronted by struggles for equality and human progress.

'Embraced by liberals and conservatives alike, no other contemporary ideology has proved as resilient as Mathusianism in obscuring the real roots of poverty, inequality and environmental degradationEric Ross's powerful critique sets the record straight. It comes not a moment too soon as a Malthusian resurgence threatens the rights of immigrants and women of color, and provides a window through which right-wing forces are penetrating Northern environmental movements' - Betsy Hartmann, Director of the Population and Development Program, Hampshire College and author of 'Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control'

Eric B. Ross is an anthropologist who was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently Columbia University. For many years he taught at various North American universities, including Mount Holyoke College, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Florida. In 1986 he was appointed a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield in the UK, before moving to the institute of Social Studies in the Hague in 1992.

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ISBN 13	9781856495646
ISBN 10	1856495647
Title	The Malthus Factor
Author	Eric B Ross
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1998-10-27
Number of pages	272
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