people were a means to an end. The territorial acquisition was a mainstay theme that decorated the life of Polk soon after the election. Merry was a newspaper writer but later changed to writing history books. Therefore when writing the book
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Understanding social problems
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Confucius (as cited in Whitman
2008)) once said that
causes poverty. Investing on weaponry hijacks funds at both individual and national levels that could be used in improving quality of life of citizens. For example
Eritrea (which ranks 157 out of 177 on the UN HDI) spends more than 19% of its gross domestic products on military while on the other hand
hunger is not caused by lack of food
but lack of access to it. This condition is generated by some complex of factors. Whitman (2008) points out that apart from the poor being unable to purchase food
depending on the causes. To start with
in order to ensure food sovereignty
education system in all countries should be structured in a way that it is not “class-based” but profession based. It should give up priorities of class benefits and status domination and should enhance equality of status at all standards of education. This will require the privileged class children who are imparted with preferential education to be brought at par with the children from poor families at all levels of education. The education system should be instrumental in minimizing social distance between the rich and the poor and should not widen the gap between the educated and uneducated. According to Das (2006)
schools from the poor provide education of very law standard than it is imparted to the children of high class. More resources should be made available for the schools of the poor.
a more productive agriculture is necessary in order to fuel economic growth which is required to alleviate poverty
which should target in food insecure sections of populations
(Whitman
2008). Increased market access for agricultural products