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Author Townsend, Peter, 1928-2009.

Title The international analysis of poverty / Peter Townsend ; in association with the Michael Harrington Center for Democratic Values and Social Change
Published New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993

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Description xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. I Theory and Measurement of Poverty -- 1.Introduction: The Changing World Map of Poverty -- 2.Conceptualising Poverty -- 3.What is Enough? The Definition of a Poverty Line (with Dave Gordon) -- 4.Deprivation -- 5.A Theory of Poverty -- 6.Theoretical Disputes about Poverty -- 7.Meaningful Statistics on Poverty -- pt. II The Third World -- 8.Poverty and Planning in India -- 9.Poverty in Kenya -- pt. III The First World -- 10.The Poor Are Poorer -- 11.Hard Times: The Prospects For European Social Policy
Analysis Poverty
Poverty
Notes Bibliography: p253-279. -Includes indexes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-279) and indexes
Subject Poor.
Poverty.
Poverty [MESH]
Poverty.
SUBJECT Developing countries -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
Author Michael Harrington Center for Democratic Values and Social Change.
LC no. 93031033
ISBN 0745013740
0745013759 (paperback)