Table Of ContentGLOBAL POVERTY, INJUSTICE,
AND RESISTANCE
Eachyear,millionsofpeoplediefrompoverty-relatedcauses.Inthis
groundbreaking and thought-provoking book, Gwilym David Blunt
arguesthattheonlypeoplewhowillendthisinjusticeareitsvictims,
andthattheglobalpoorhavetherighttoresistthecausesofpoverty.
He explores how the right of resistance is used to reframe urgent
political questions: is illegal immigration a form of resistance? Can
transnationalsocialmovements,suchastheindigenousrightsmove-
ment,providethefoundationsforcivilresistancetoglobalpoverty?If
peaceful resistance fails,isarmedstruggle justified?Dopeopleliving
inaffluentstateshavearesponsibilitytohelp,evenifitrequiresthem
tobreakthelaw?Givingclearhistoricalexamplesandengagingwith
fields including philosophy, international law, history, and inter-
nationalpoliticalstudies,thisvolumeaddressesreal-worldissuesfrom
terrorism to activism. It will be important for anyone interested in
applied philosophy and global injustice.
isLecturerinInternationalPoliticsatCity,
University ofLondon.HisworkhasbeenpublishedinInternational
Theory, Politics, and Human RightsQuarterly.
GLOBAL POVERTY,
INJUSTICE, AND
RESISTANCE
GWILYM DAVID BLUNT
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Contents
Acknowledgements page viii
Introduction: An Unavoidable Gaze
Global Poverty, Justice, and Intransigent Non-compliance
The Right to Resistance
Does Global Poverty Trigger the Right to Resistance?
Illegal Immigration as Resistance to Global Poverty
Transnational Social Movements, Solidarity, and Resistance
Redistributive War as Resistance
Armed Struggle and Global Poverty
Duties of Resistance
Conclusion: An Inescapable Choice
Bibliography
Index
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Acknowledgements
This book is the product of a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (ECF-
-)heldattheUniversityofCambridge.Iwouldliketoconveymy
deepestthankstotheLeverhulmeTrustfortheirgenerosityandtrust,and
to my colleagues in the Department of Politics and International Studies
for their support. The Master, Fellows, and Students of Corpus Christi
Collegemustalsobeacknowledgedforthemanyhoursofconvivialityand
fellowship. I count my years living and working in Cambridge as some of
the happiest in my life. Finally, my thanks to my colleagues at City,
UniversityofLondonforsowarmlywelcomingmeintotheircommunity.
Specifically, I would like to thank Duncan Bell, David Runciman, and
Cécile Laborde for their advice over the years. Finally, I would like to
thankCharlesJones,RichardVernon,andDougLongforintroducingme
to political philosophy as an undergraduate student at the University of
Western Ontario many years ago.
Portionsofthebookhavebeenpresentedatworkshopsandconferences
over the past fewyears. I wouldlike to thank theorganisers andattendees
of the Association of Political and Social Philosophy Conference, Inter-
national Political Science Association Conference, Canadian Political Sci-
ence Association Conference, British International Studies Conference,
and the Global Policy Institute, Durham University.
This bookreturns to materialpublishedelsewhere: ‘Is Global Poverty a
Crime against Humanity?’, International Theory , no. (): –;
‘Is There a Human Right to Resistance?’, Human Rights Quarterly ,
no. (): –; ‘Illegal Immigration as Resistance to Global Pov-
erty’, Raisons Politiques , no. (): –. I am very grateful to
Cambridge University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, and Les
Presses de Science Po for their permission to use elements of this work.
I am deeply grateful for the support of Hilary Gaskin, Lisa Carter, and
SophieTaylor at CambridgeUniversity Press as wellas the feedbackfrom
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