Poverty and precarity

This book focuses on the provision of basic social services - in particular, access to education, health and water supplies - as the central building blocks of any human development strategy.

In this clear and intelligent book, Thomas Lines examines the role that global policies have played in creating a crisis of rural poverty.

Rarely has such a contentious and complex issue emerged in twenty-first century development as that of water.

In the growth of regional identities worldwide, the Mediterranean Basin is emerging as an entity in its own right.

This book brings together two of today's leading concerns in development policy - the urgent need to prioritize poverty reduction and the particular circumstances of indigenous peoples in both developing and industrialized countries.

This book seeks to advance the emerging field of international poverty law.

This second edition of this highly-successful glossary provides an exhaustive and authoritative guide to over 200 technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on poverty.

In this book Australian economist, Graham Dunkley, explains and critiques the crucial concept of free trade.

Structural adjustment programmes are the largest single cause of increased poverty, inequality and hunger in developing countries.

This book focuses on the provision of basic social services - in particular, access to education, health and water supplies - as the central building blocks of any human development strategy.

This volume provides an up-to-date and detailed tour d'horizon of the exciting diversity of new proposals and mechanisms currently being discussed in order to raise the necessary financial resources to make the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals a reality by 2015.

Running on empty argues that past failure to address fundamental inequalities in the ability of low-income households to access adequate transport has undermined effective delivery of welfare policies in the US and UK; describes the new policies and initiatives being developed to address this oversight; outlines the case for including transport as an area of social policy inquiry, identifying key factors and uses case study examples of practical initiatives from both sides of the Atlantic to draw lessons for future policy and practice.

Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment.

Child poverty and the well-being of children is an important policy issue throughout the industrialised world.

The issue of homelessness has become extremely important in policy debates during the 1990s.

Seen through the eyes of parents, mainly mothers, "e;City survivors"e; tells the eye-opening story of what it is like to bring up children in troubled city neighbourhoods.

New Zealand has experienced both sweeping economic and social reform and growing poverty and income inequality in the last twenty years.

When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'.

Social cohesion is one of the declared objectives of the European Union and, with some 16% of EU citizens at risk of poverty, the need to fight poverty and social exclusion continues as a major challenge.

Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition.

Poverty reduction is a worldwide concern, yet if the church is to play an effective role in its alleviation, an approach that is both biblical and contextual is required.

Poverty reduction is a worldwide concern, yet if the church is to play an effective role in its alleviation, an approach that is both biblical and contextual is required.

The gap between various social classes occurs due to inequality in various social categories arising from lack of opportunities and exclusion from resource distribution due to various attributes of these societal classifications.

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

Nothing really prepares you for what it's like to become a board trustee of a charity you believe in; nothing, that is, until now.

If you're a fundraiser or social entrepreneur keen to secure large gift for any kind of social cause you need to be able to ask the right people for the right money in the right way.

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.

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

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

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?

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.