Poverty:a Persistent global reality

By:

John Dixon

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London Routledge 1998Description: xvi,287 PB 21x14 cmISBN:

0415146828

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 362.5 DIXP

Summary: This book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. An introductory chapter explores concepts and definitions of poverty, the subsequent chapters providing detailed examinations of poverty in ten different countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, The Philippines and Zimbabwe. Each chapter follows a consistent format, to facilitate comparison and focuses on the following issues: - * the socio-economic and historical context within which poverty exists * the extent and nature of poverty its causes * the measures that have been taken to mitigate it. This book will be essential reading for students of social policy and administration as well as development studies and anthropology.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
George Fernandes Collections	St Aloysius Library	Social Work	362.5 DIXP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	GF01318

Total holds: 0

Browsing St Aloysius Library shelves, Collection: Social Work Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous	No cover image available No cover image available	No cover image available No cover image available	No cover image available No cover image available					Next
Previous	362.16 RAJW Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care	362.29092 FREM Million Little Pieces	362.40954 KRTC Commitment and Smile: Spastics Society of Karnataka Annual Report 2005-2006	362.5 DIXP Poverty:a Persistent global reality	362.5 KOTG Growing Amnesia	362.5 SHAI In the Famine Trap	362.5 UNIO Overcoming human poverty	Next

This book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. An introductory chapter explores concepts and definitions of poverty, the subsequent chapters providing detailed examinations of poverty in ten different countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, The Philippines and Zimbabwe.
Each chapter follows a consistent format, to facilitate comparison and focuses on the following issues: -
* the socio-economic and historical context within which poverty exists
* the extent and nature of poverty
its causes
* the measures that have been taken to mitigate it.
This book will be essential reading for students of social policy and administration as well as development studies and anthropology.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.