Originally a concern primarily of social studies and economics, poverty has emerged as a significant thematic focus and analytical tool in literary and cultural studies in the last two decades.
This book reframes the purpose of infrastructure from being an input to economic growth to becoming a major instrument in reducing socio-economic inequalities in both industrialized and developing countries.
'A heart-breaking, inspiring read' ALAN CUMMING'ONE OF THE MOST MOVING ACCOUNTS OF NON-FICTION EVER WRITTEN' GUARDIAN 'If you like Shuggie Bain, then Slum Boy is for you' LEMN SISSAYJohn MacDonald is a four-year-old boy growing up in the slums of Glasgow.
Even as the rewards of work decline and its demands on us increase, many people double-down on their commitment to wage slavery-working harder, doing overtime, and learning to hustle.
A memoir you read with the same breathlessness as you read the most gripping of novels - iNews Astonishing a story that brims with life and hard-won hope - Sunday Times Fantastic.
Originally published in 1974, this book provides a critique of official policy towards families with young children living on low incomes and looks in detail at some of the myths prevalent in the public debate - both political and academic - about the 'cycle of deprivation', a phrase coined by Sir Keith Joseph (British Politician, 1918-1994).
This book argues that social transformation is both necessary and possible if democracies are to respond effectively to the climate crisis without social collapse.
This book argues that social transformation is both necessary and possible if democracies are to respond effectively to the climate crisis without social collapse.
This book investigates the origins, current state, and fundamental value of social safety nets in developing countries, as well as their effectiveness in these settings.
This book investigates the origins, current state, and fundamental value of social safety nets in developing countries, as well as their effectiveness in these settings.
A Practical Guide for Finding Interventions that Work for Autistic People: Diversity Affirming Evidence-Based Practice, second edition, provides a socially valid, culturally sensitive, and person-centered resource to aid practitioners in guiding the selection of effective interventions.
This book provides an accessible introduction to food inequality in the United States, offering readers a broad survey of the most important topics and issues and exploring how economics, culture, and public policy have shaped our current food landscape.
After an exhausting day of hard labour, Ben finds oblivion in the seedy bars and clubs of River Road anything to leave his cockroach-infested rooms and ignore the reality of living paycheck to paycheck.
Poverty is a complex global challenge rooted in intertwined social, economic and political factors, which excludes people from participating fully in normalised social and market-based activities.
Poverty is a complex global challenge rooted in intertwined social, economic and political factors, which excludes people from participating fully in normalised social and market-based activities.
Das Buch befasst sich mit der Geschichte der Massenarbeitslosigkeit in Westeuropa seit den 1970er Jahren am Beispiel der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Großbritanniens.
A lo largo de la obra se analiza el pensamiento de destacados filósofos y se ofrece un panorama amplio sobre cómo la filosofía ha conceptualizado la relación entre el soberano y la pobreza a lo largo de la historia.
Originally published in 1974, this book provides a critique of official policy towards families with young children living on low incomes and looks in detail at some of the myths prevalent in the public debate - both political and academic - about the 'cycle of deprivation', a phrase coined by Sir Keith Joseph (British Politician, 1918-1994).
In For a Liberatory Politics of Home, Michele Lancione questions accepted understandings of home and homelessness to offer a radical proposition: homelessness cannot be solved without dismantling current understandings of home.
La grave situación de derechos humanos que viven los niños y niñas Wayúu en la Alta y Media Guajira, llevó a que a que la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ordenara medidas cautelares en 2015 y a que la Corte Constitucional declarara un Estado de Cosas Inconstitucional en 2017.
La grave situación de derechos humanos que viven los niños y niñas Wayúu en la Alta y Media Guajira, llevó a que a que la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ordenara medidas cautelares en 2015 y a que la Corte Constitucional declarara un Estado de Cosas Inconstitucional en 2017.
Our divided politics, unable to solve the challenges we face concerning society's hierarchies of injustice, poverty, endless war, and climate change, are now backtracking to even more division.
