Poverty and precarity

The Science of Starving in Victorian Literature, Medicine, and Political Economy is a reassessment of the languages and methodologies used, throughout the nineteenth century, for discussing extreme hunger in Britain.

The Science of Starving in Victorian Literature, Medicine, and Political Economy is a reassessment of the languages and methodologies used, throughout the nineteenth century, for discussing extreme hunger in Britain.

Homeless Heritage describes the process of using archaeological methodologies to collaboratively document how contemporary homeless people use and experience the city.

Why does poverty persist?

Globally, there is a commitment to eliminate poverty; and yet the politics that have caused anti-poverty policies to succeed in some countries and to fail in others have been little studied.

Unique in its approach and in the variety of methods and data employed, this book is the first of its kind to provide an in-depth evaluation of the financial system of Thailand, a proto-typical Asian developing economy.

Unique in its approach and in the variety of methods and data employed, this book is the first of its kind to provide an in-depth evaluation of the financial system of Thailand, a proto-typical Asian developing economy.

Why does poverty persist?

Combining the fields of international trade theory, economic development, and economic growth, this text provides an advanced exposition suitable for graduate students as well as researchers at all levels.

This collection of essays provides a state-of-the-art examination of the concepts and methods that can be used to understand poverty dynamics.

We live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food prices.

Territories of Poverty challenges the conventional North-South geographies through which poverty scholarship is organized.

This volume provides comprehensive updated coverage of inequality and poverty issues in China.

Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure, job loss, and economic downturns.

The relationship between growth, inequality, and poverty lies at the heart of development economics.

As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty.

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries.

What are the implications of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture for food security in poor countries?

The issues surrounding poverty and inequality continue to be of central concern to academics, politicians and policy makers but the ways in which we seek to study and understand them continue to change over time.

'Poverty itself is a violation of numerous basic human rights.

Poverty and Shame: Global Experiences explores Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's contention that shame lies at the absolutist core of poverty.

Poverty in fifth- and fourth-century BCE Athens was a markedly different concept to that with which we are familiar today.

Poverty in fifth- and fourth-century BCE Athens was a markedly different concept to that with which we are familiar today.

Focuses on economic mobility and inequality, discussing the ''Great Gatsby Curve'', the relationship between mobility and inequality.

Homeless Heritage describes the process of using archaeological methodologies to collaboratively document how contemporary homeless people use and experience the city.

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No one wants to live in poverty.

No one wants to live in poverty.

Why are some people poor?

Multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis is evolving rapidly.

Can grassroots social movements impact the financial system?

Can grassroots social movements impact the financial system?

Dying at the Margins: Reflections on Justice and Healing for Inner-City Poor gives voice to the most vulnerable and disempowered population-the urban dying poor- and connects them to the voices of leaders in end-of-life-care.

Dying at the Margins: Reflections on Justice and Healing for Inner-City Poor gives voice to the most vulnerable and disempowered population-the urban dying poor- and connects them to the voices of leaders in end-of-life-care.

What if the idealized image of American society-a land of opportunity that will reward hard work with economic success-is completely wrong?

What if the idealized image of American society-a land of opportunity that will reward hard work with economic success-is completely wrong?

Exacerbated by the Great Recession, youth transitions to employment and adulthood have become increasingly protracted, precarious, and differentiated by gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

Evidence for the negative effects of segregation and concentrated poverty in America's cities now exists in abundance; poor and underrepresented communities in segregated urban housing markets suffer diminished outcomes in education, economic mobility, political participation, and physical and psychological health.

Evidence for the negative effects of segregation and concentrated poverty in America's cities now exists in abundance; poor and underrepresented communities in segregated urban housing markets suffer diminished outcomes in education, economic mobility, political participation, and physical and psychological health.

The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI), which is spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), represents a major endeavor for the entire field of social work.

The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI), which is spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), represents a major endeavor for the entire field of social work.

In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU policy cooperation and coordination.

In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU policy cooperation and coordination.

In 1970, a single mother with two children working full-time at the federal minimum wage in the US received no direct cash benefits from the federal government.

In 1970, a single mother with two children working full-time at the federal minimum wage in the US received no direct cash benefits from the federal government.

An examination of the ways that digital technologies play an increasingly important role in the lives of precarious workers, far beyond the gig economy apps like Uber and Lyft.

An examination of the ways that digital technologies play an increasingly important role in the lives of precarious workers, far beyond the gig economy apps like Uber and Lyft.

Food is at the center of national debates about how Americans live and the future of the planet.

Food is at the center of national debates about how Americans live and the future of the planet.

Faith-Based Organizing: A Congregational Planning Resource for Addressing Poverty was prepared specifically for pastors and lay leaders who want to invite their whole congregations to engage in faith-based community organizing to address poverty and its root causes.