"This book addresses the role of religious reformers in the development of poor relief in the sixteenth century. During the Reformation, religious leaders served as catalysts, organizers, stabilizers, and consolidators of poor relief programs to alleviate poverty. Although once in line with the...

This paper critiques the failure of contemporary human rights to alleviate global poverty in the face of economic globalisation and how such failure necessitates a discussion on identifying and investigating alternative strategies for addressing the human rights deficit in addressing global...