Understanding Poverty

ISBN-13: 9781403940933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 320 str.

Pete Alcock

Opis

Pete Alcock provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of poverty and social exclusion covering the definition, measurement, distribution and causes of poverty and the policies developed to combat it. The third edition has been rewritten to include recent developments while maintaining the successful broad approach of earlier editions.

Spis treści

PART I: THE CONTEXT OF POVERTY: What is Poverty?; Who is Poor?; The Causes of Poverty; International Dimensions.- PART II: DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT: Defining Poverty; Measuring Poverty; The Dynamics of Poverty; Social Exclusion.- PART III: SOCIAL DIVISIONS AND POVERTY: Gender and Poverty; Racism and Poverty; Age and Poverty; Disability and Poverty.- PART IV: THE POLICY FRAMEWORK: The Politics of Poverty; Social Security Policy; Developing Local Anti-Poverty Action; Area-Based Initiatives; Poverty, Inequality and Welfare.- Useful Websites.- References.

O autorze

PETE ALCOCK is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Social Policy in Britain (second edition) and co-editor of both The Blackwell Companion to Social Policy and International Social Policy. He has been Chair of the Social Policy Association and is now Chair of the editorial board of the Journal of Social Policy.