Poverty and precarity

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

Poverty, and calls to end it, date back centuries.

My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written with the aid of Frederick Douglass, a diffusion of his earlier Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, discussing in extra element his transition from bondage to liberty.

In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "e;Famine, Affluence and Morality,"e; which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics.

In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "e;Famine, Affluence and Morality,"e; which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics.

Access to energy is essential for poor people to earn a decent living, to work their way out of the vicious cycle of poverty and subsistence.

LONGLISTED FOR A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD, 2020 A dazzling tribute to the resilience and determination of a remarkable community of women In the sprawling Bangalore slum of Heaven, five girls Muslim, Christian and Hindu; gay and straight form an unbreakable bond.

A young man sets out to prove the American Dream is alive and well in this memoir of homelessness, grit, and perseverance.

"e;A record of how a city of great wealth ignored the desperate poverty at its very heart .

The book deals with poverty as one of the most serious and urgent issue in our modern time.

'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne SoederbergFinance, mobile and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty.

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'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne SoederbergFinance, mobile and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty.

How does an abusive childhood lead you into the world of drug dealers and addiction?

With climate change and the environment making headlines on an almost-daily basis, followers of Christ can find themselves asking, "e;What's my role in this?

The word 'workhouse' has a grim resonance even today, conjuring up a vision of the darker side of Victorian Britain.

Comprising a number of short essays, Why the Homeless Have No Chance: The Dismantling of Success documents a sociological journey through the homeless services industry and describes todays wrong-headed approach to this lingering social problem.

With climate change and the environment making headlines on an almost-daily basis, followers of Christ can find themselves asking, "e;What's my role in this?

Vivir al margen.

Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that.

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A gripping and powerful story about survival on the streets.

Um caminho transdisciplinar.

During the 1890s many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants.

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Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book.

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts: the first half is Orwell's description of working-class life in industrial communities of the north of England, the second examines his own political views.

Originally published in 1914, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a timeless story of socialism, political awakenings and class struggle, told with a volatile mix of heartfelt rage and sly humour.

In a shabby New York side street in the mid-1880s, young American Cedric Errol lives with his mother in genteel poverty after his father, Captain Errol dies.

The renowned FreewayBlogger, aka Patrick Randall, tells the story of one of his earliest decision to take direct actionhe hears a report of poverty in Mexico, loads up his trusty old VW bus and hits the road with half a ton of clothes, no map, some good tunes and a sense of adventure.

'We are living in a world in which nobody is free, in which hardly anybody is secure, in which it is almost impossible to be honest and to remain alive.

Elizabeth Gaskell uses her novel Mary Barton to compare and contrast the rich and the working class.

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

Poverty in Britain is at post-war highs and - even with economic growth -is set to increase yet further.

Plongée dans le quotidien disloqué de huit foyers des quartiers pauvres de Milwaukee, au Wisconsin, où chaque jour, des dizaines de ménages sont expulsés de leurs maisons.

At forty, Sarah Einstein is forced to face her own shortcomings.