Poverty and precarity

A celebration of female inventiveness and aesthetic sensibility, Shedding the Shackles explores women's craft enterprises, their artisanal excellence, and the positive impact their individual projects have on breaking the poverty cycle.

A celebration of female inventiveness and aesthetic sensibility, Shedding the Shackles explores women's craft enterprises, their artisanal excellence, and the positive impact their individual projects have on breaking the poverty cycle.

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50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty.

What the financial diaries of working-class families reveal about economic stresses, why they happen, and what policies might reduce themDeep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children.

Without access to mainstream financial services, people pay more for goods and services and have less choice.

Without access to mainstream financial services, people pay more for goods and services and have less choice.

The "e;living wage"e; is an old idea that has experienced a dramatic resurgence of political popularity in recent years.

This handbook takes on one of the most pressing issues of today's society - the question of housing.

Annie's family work hard to survive on their Ohio farm.

For many decades the international community has endeavoured to eliminate extreme poverty; however, it is estimated that around 800 million people still live below the international poverty line of $1.

For many decades the international community has endeavoured to eliminate extreme poverty; however, it is estimated that around 800 million people still live below the international poverty line of $1.

Food is fundamental to health and social participation, yet food poverty has increased in the global North.

'Pop-up' is a fully-fledged, new urbanism.

'Pop-up' is a fully-fledged, new urbanism.

Urban Africa is undergoing a transformation unlike anywhere else in the world, as unprecedented numbers of people migrate to rapidly expanding cities.

Urban Africa is undergoing a transformation unlike anywhere else in the world, as unprecedented numbers of people migrate to rapidly expanding cities.

Why do some development projects succeed where others fail?

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs.

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs.

Scroungers, spongers, parasites These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed.

Scroungers, spongers, parasites These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed.

Winner of the International Studies in Poverty Prize awarded by the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and Zed Books.

Winner of the International Studies in Poverty Prize awarded by the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and Zed Books.

Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor?

Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor?

Malawi is one of the poorest countries on the globe.

Malawi is one of the poorest countries on the globe.

Winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Award 2021 In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for 'grave and systematic violations' of disabled people's rights.

Winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Award 2021 In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for 'grave and systematic violations' of disabled people's rights.

This collection considers academic research engagements with indigenous, small peasant, urban poor and labour social activism against colonial capitalist dispossession and exploitation in Asia and the Americas.

This collection considers academic research engagements with indigenous, small peasant, urban poor and labour social activism against colonial capitalist dispossession and exploitation in Asia and the Americas.

I was murdered once.

Above a secluded cove in Cornwall, Huck, a former fisherman, is squatting in an empty second home.

'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses.

'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses.

'One of the most exciting and provocative books that I've read in a long time' - Mike Davis, author of Planet of the SlumsCan people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy?

'One of the most exciting and provocative books that I've read in a long time' - Mike Davis, author of Planet of the SlumsCan people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy?

***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***'A brilliant, searing expose of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones'Work hard, get paid.

***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***'A brilliant, searing expose of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones'Work hard, get paid.

Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy?

Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy?

In today's workplaces we work harder and longer, labouring under the illusion that this will bring us more wealth.

In today's workplaces we work harder and longer, labouring under the illusion that this will bring us more wealth.

This book critiques how impoverished communities are represented by politicians, the media, academics and policy makers - and how our understanding of these neighbourhoods is, often misleadingly, shaped by these stories.

This book critiques how impoverished communities are represented by politicians, the media, academics and policy makers - and how our understanding of these neighbourhoods is, often misleadingly, shaped by these stories.

Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today.

Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today.