Poverty and precarity

Naomi Eisenstadt and Carey Oppenheim explore the radical changes in public attitudes and public policy concerning parents and parenting.

Homelessness is on the increase in most European states and remains at stubbornly high levels across developed nations.

Homelessness is on the increase in most European states and remains at stubbornly high levels across developed nations.

In this persuasive study, social welfare and policy expert Paul Spicker makes a case for a relational view of poverty.

In this persuasive study, social welfare and policy expert Paul Spicker makes a case for a relational view of poverty.

What is life like for families who are stuck in problem debt?

What is life like for families who are stuck in problem debt?

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.

Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it.

Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it.

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.

What does day-to-day life involve for those who receive out-of-work benefits?

What does day-to-day life involve for those who receive out-of-work benefits?

In the five years since the first edition of Injustice there have been devastating increases in poverty, hunger and destitution in the UK.

In the five years since the first edition of Injustice there have been devastating increases in poverty, hunger and destitution in the UK.

Voted one of the Guardian best books of 2014 by Owen Jones.

Voted one of the Guardian best books of 2014 by Owen Jones.

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'.

Winner of the Jewish Chronicle Harold H.

Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action.

Christy Brown was born a victim of cerebral palsy.

*Now features never-before-published extra chapter*Glasgow in the 1950s was a deprived and often violent place.

This book describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic "e;reform"e; and "e;adjustment"e;.

In this ground-breaking study, Sophie Body-Gendrot provides a comparative analysis of the growing problem of new forms of poverty and social marginalisation in contemporary advanced societies.

Despite Western society's preoccupation with safety and protection, its most vulnerable members still lack access to the level of security that many of us take for granted.

When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to ‘fringe banks,’ such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their financial transactions.

Despite Western society's preoccupation with safety and protection, its most vulnerable members still lack access to the level of security that many of us take for granted.

When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to ‘fringe banks,’ such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their financial transactions.

Based on research that was awarded the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal, Healing Home is an exploration of the lives and health of young women experiencing homelessness.

Based on research that was awarded the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal, Healing Home is an exploration of the lives and health of young women experiencing homelessness.

Why did the rate of homelessness remain at significant levels while the US economy was supposedly booming and hundreds of millions of dollars were spent in the homeless sheltering industry?

US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the “defining issue of our time.

US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the “defining issue of our time.

Why did the rate of homelessness remain at significant levels while the US economy was supposedly booming and hundreds of millions of dollars were spent in the homeless sheltering industry?

Published Under the Garamond ImprintHunger and undernutrition are widespread in many advanced capitalist societies.

StreetCities charts the development of an alternative communal housing model for chronically homeless men and women in downtown Toronto.

This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the nineteenth century.

This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the nineteenth century.

This authoritative reference work explores the factors driving the much-debated increase in economic inequality in U.

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.

A "e;stunningly detailed and timely"e; account of the idea of the ghetto from its origins in sixteenth century Venice and its revival by the Nazis to the present (Khalil Gibran Muhammad, The New York Times Book Review).

Drawing upon decades of research and myriad authentic classroom experiences, Kathleen M.

Drawing upon decades of research and myriad authentic classroom experiences, Kathleen M.

This collection of articles from Educational Leadership brings together fifteen insightful and passionate pieces that will help you better understand how poverty affects learning and what educators can do to make a positive difference for each learner every day.