Poverty and precarity

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.

Since the group of least developed countries (LDCs) was identified in 1971, only five countries have graduated from the group, all of which are characterised by small size or population.

Since the group of least developed countries (LDCs) was identified in 1971, only five countries have graduated from the group, all of which are characterised by small size or population.

Originally published in 1983 Approaches to Welfare provides a unique introduction to the study of social welfare in Britain.

Originally published in 1983 Approaches to Welfare provides a unique introduction to the study of social welfare in Britain.

Originally published in 1987 Pressure for the Poor looks at the debate surrounding the role of pressure groups in policy making.

Originally published in 1987 Pressure for the Poor looks at the debate surrounding the role of pressure groups in policy making.

Originally published in 1981 The Emergence of the Welfare State in Britain and Germany 1850-1950 is an edited collection on the history and future prospects of the modern welfare state.

Originally published in 1981 The Emergence of the Welfare State in Britain and Germany 1850-1950 is an edited collection on the history and future prospects of the modern welfare state.

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1940 and 1994, draw together research by leading academics in the area of welfare and the state, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues.

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1964 and 2002, draw together research by leading academics in the area of higher education, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues.

This book investigates one of the most pervasive forms of modern slavery: bonded labour, whereby labour is linked with a credit agreement, leaving a debtor bound to repay their debt through long-term servitude.

This book investigates one of the most pervasive forms of modern slavery: bonded labour, whereby labour is linked with a credit agreement, leaving a debtor bound to repay their debt through long-term servitude.

Drawing together multidisciplinary research exploring everyday life in Europe during times of economic crisis, this book explores the ways in which austerity policies are lived and experienced - often alongside other significant social, political and personal change.

Drawing together multidisciplinary research exploring everyday life in Europe during times of economic crisis, this book explores the ways in which austerity policies are lived and experienced - often alongside other significant social, political and personal change.

"e;This is a unique portrait of a group of working-class families whose 4 year old children start school on the cusp of the millenium in urban Britain.

Reviewers comments on the first editionZygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis.

Christian authors have argued either for a free market solution to global poverty or for a radical reform of global capitalism but the theological underpinnings of such conclusions are noticeable by their absence.

This comprehensive and carefully organized collection provides an overview of the relationship between gender and economic stratification in seven industrialized countries.

Development has alleviated poverty in many countries during the 50 years since the end of War World II, yet half of mankind remains poor; a fifth are very poor.

Cheal argues that the sociology of poverty has entered a new postmodern phase.

Tropman examines American values and the two groups that threaten those values.

This interdisciplinary study applies human rights theory to the problems of rural poverty in the Third World.

Rejecting those who urge a bootstrap approach to people living in extreme poverty on the edge of society, sociologist Barbara Arrighi makes an eloquent, compassionate plea for empathy and collective responsibility toward those for whom either the boots or the straps are missing.

Although poverty is one of the most serious issues facing the world's population, finding statistical information on this subject has, in the past, required a significant amount of time and effort.

The number of homeless people in America has continued to grow at an alarming rate since the 1970s.

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Numerous studies have revealed that the poor disproportionately bear the burden of environmental problems in America today.

In many respects, the United States remains a nation of immigrants.

As kinship relationships and support networks across family lines weaken with modernization, economic stressors take a great toll on children.

This book is designed to help readers navigate through the vast and rapidly growing literature on poverty in urban America.

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.

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

Transnational corporations are one of the most important actors in the global economy, occupying a more powerful position than ever before.

Transnational corporations are one of the most important actors in the global economy, occupying a more powerful position than ever before.

The researchers who have written this volume are clear not only that mass poverty is still the leading humanitarian crisis in developing countries, but that, if effective policies are to be put in place, the national elites who control governments and economies need to be convinced of both the reasons why reducing poverty is in their own and the national interest, and that public action can make a difference.

This collection of essays addresses the lack of shelter-one of the most basic elements of human adaptation-now experienced by many Americans.

If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement of science, what would you do?

In this latest instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation and cruelty at the hands of her mother's partner and the establishment, Martha is now 16 and her time at the convent school is up.

A touching four-year chronicle of five girls coming of age in impoverished rural Maine and learning to forge their own paths through life's struggles.

This masterpiece of dogged and loving reporting will astonish you and touch your heart.

Debtors' prisons might sound like something out of a Dickens novel, but what most Americans do not realize is that they are alive and well in a new and startling form.

Now a Washington Post bestseller.

Revelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds.

'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold'Powerfully told.

That s how things go in the hood: It s a never ending cycle of trouble, and once it grabs you, it won t let go.

Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago s slums, reckless, angry and adrift.

A harrowing look at violence among Argentina's urban poorArquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and violent crime are everyday realities.

A close look at the aftereffects of the Mount Laurel affordable housing decisionUnder the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households.