| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 413 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge international handbooks |
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Routledge international handbooks.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Poverty: still an important issue; Introduction; Important aspect; Content of the book; Some reflections; Notes; References; PART I: Conceptual issues; Chapter 2: Absolute poverty; Introduction; The absolute poverty concept; The structure and development in absolute poverty rates; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Absolute or relative? Definitions and the different understandings of poverty; Introduction; Poverty as an aspect of welfare |
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Absolute poverty: minimum necessities and basic needsRelative poverty: socially determined needs; Discussion and concluding remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Multidimensional poverty: whose poverty is it?; Pragmatic dimensionality; Data-driven dimensionality; Theoretically informed dimensionality; Experiential dimensions; References; Chapter 5: Multidimensional poverty across the life cycle: the United States as an empirical example; Introduction; Calculating the Multidimensional Poverty Index; The United States as an empirical example; Some implications for public policy; Notes |
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Perceived inequality and subjective social positionSubjective position and happiness; Relative deprivation, reaction and protest; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 8: The consequences of growing up poor; Introduction; The measurement of child poverty; Individual consequences of growing up poor; Intersection of child poverty with social risks groups; Societal consequences; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Social justice as parity of participation; Introduction; A focus on capabilities; Social justice: the problem of participation; Fraser and parity of participation |
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Conclusion: the social justice orientation of social welfare servicesReferences; PART II: Poverty around the world and development in poverty; Chapter 10: Global poverty: trends, measures, and antidotes; Introduction; Historical trends in global poverty and well-being; Why were so many people living in poverty?; Measuring global poverty; Understanding the decline in global poverty; Obstacles to global poverty eradication; The level and locus of future global poverty; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11: The discourse of poverty: structural and behavioural approaches in the UK since 1900 |
| Summary |
"The first of the UN Millennium Goals was to reduce extreme poverty and it was in 2014 halved compared to 1990, and now the goal is to eradicate poverty and hunger by 2030. The reduction in poverty is to a high degree the consequence of the rapid economic development in a few countries, especially China, but in many countries around the globe poverty is still high and influencing societies' overall development. It is against this background that this Handbook provides an up to date analysis and overview of the topic from a large variety of theoretical and methodological angles. Organized into four sections, the Handbook provides knowledge on what poverty is, how it has developed, and what type of policies might be able to succeed in reducing poverty. The first section investigates conceptual issues and relates concepts to people's relative position in society and the understanding of justice. The second section shows how poverty has developed. It will combine existing empirical knowledge with regional/national understanding of the issue of poverty. The third section analyses policies and interventions with the aim of reducing or alleviating poverty within a national as well as global context. It will and intends to include a variety of countries and examples. The last section tells us what can be done about poverty, what instruments are available to end poverty as we know it today. This volume will be an invaluable reference book for students and scholars throughout the social sciences, particularly in sociology, social policy, public policy, development studies, international relations and politics"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Bent Greve is Professor of Welfare State Analysis in the Department of Society and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark. He has published widely on different topics surrounding the welfare state, including technology and the labour market, happiness and social policy, labour market policy, and most recently on populism and the welfare state. He is editor of Social Policy and Administration |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 25, 2019) |
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Poverty.
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Poor.
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Economic development -- Social aspects.
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Social policy.
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poverty.
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public policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Economic development -- Social aspects
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Poor
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Poverty
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Social policy
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greve, Bent, editor
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| LC no. |
2019025332 |
| ISBN |
9780429058103 |
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0429058101 |
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9780429608988 |
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0429608985 |
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9780429597947 |
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0429597940 |
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9780429603464 |
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0429603460 |
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