Routledge international handbook of poverty /

"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, especia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Greve, Bent (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Colección:Routledge international handbooks.
Temas:
Poverty.
Poor.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Social policy.
Pauvreté.
Pauvres.
Politique sociale.
poverty.
public policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Economic development > Social aspects
Poor
Poverty
Social policy
Electronic books.
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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