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eBook details
- Title: Poverty
- Author : Professor John Dixon, John Dixon & David Macarov
- Release Date : January 04, 2002
- Genre: Sociology,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,Professional & Technical,Medical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1043 KB
Description
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.