Poverty : a persistent global reality / edited by John Dixon and David Macarov
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Dixon, John E., 1946 May 9- and Macarov, David
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- The meaning and measurement of poverty / Stewart MacPherson and Richard Silburn -- Australia / David Cox -- Canada / Hugh Shewell -- Hong Kong / Stewart MacPherson -- Ireland / Tim Callan and Brian Nolan -- Malta / Carmel Tabone -- Netherlands / Henk-Jan Dirven, Didier Fouarge and Ruud Muffels -- Philippines / Karen E. Gerdes and Kyle Lyn Pehrson -- United Kingdom / Richard Silburn -- United States of America / James Midgley and Michelle Livermore -- Zimbabwe / Edwin Kaseke -- Poverty in review / David Macarov and John Dixon.
- Summary
- This book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. An introductory chapter explores concepts and definitions of poverty, the subsequent chapters providing detailed examinations of poverty in ten different countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, The Philippines and Zimbabwe. Each chapter follows a consistent format, to facilitate comparison and focuses on the following issues:- * the socio-economic and historical context within which poverty exists * the extent and nature of poverty its causes * the measures that have been taken to mitigate it. This book will be essential reading for students of social policy and administration as well as development studies and anthropology.
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- ISBN
- 0203159799 (electronic bk.)
9780203159798 (electronic bk.)
0203029186 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780203029183 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9786610332571
6610332576
1280332573
9781280332579
1134756534
9781134756537
9781134756483 (e-book ; Mobi)
1134756488
9781134756520 (e-book ; ePub)
1134756526
9780415146814 (hardback)
041514681X
9780415146821 (paperback)
0415146828
041514681X (hb.)
0415146828 (pbk.) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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