| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 915 pages) ; illustrations |
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Oxford Handbooks |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Contents |
Foreword : Those left behind / Carol Stack -- Concepts, Theories, and Orienting Questions. Poverty measurement / Timothy M. Smeeding -- Structural violence, poverty and social suffering / Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Paul Farmer -- Capability deprivation / Rod Hick and Tania Burchardt -- Ideologies and beliefs about poverty / Matthew O. Hunt and Heather E. Bullock -- How politics and institutions shape poverty and inequality / David Brady, Agnes Blome and Hanna Kleider -- Linking poverty and children's development : concepts, models and debates / Vonnie C. McLoyd, Rosanne M. Jocson, and Abigail B. Williams -- Classic Debates. Poverty knowledge and the history of poverty research / Alice O'Connor -- The discourse of deservingness : morality and the dilemmas of poverty relief in debate and practice / Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Elyse Kovalsky -- Gender and poverty / Janet C. Gornick and Natascia Boeri -- Life, death, and resurrections : the culture and poverty perspective / Jessi Streib, SaunJuhi Verma, Whitney Welsh, and Linda M. Burton -- The historical origins of poverty in developing countries / Sambit Bhattacharyya -- The dynamics of poverty / Anirudh Krishna -- Place and Context. People and places left behind : rural poverty in the new century / Daniel T. Lichter and Kai A. Schafft -- Poor neighborhoods in the metropolis / Mary Pattillo and John N. Robinson III -- Segregation and the perpetuation of disadvantage / Doug S. Massey -- Urban poverty, race and space / William Julius Wilson -- Causes and the Reproduction of Poverty. Single and cohabiting parents and poverty / Christina M. Gibson-Davis -- Job-finding among the poor : do social ties matter? / Sandra Susan Smith -- Education / Emily Hannum and Yu Xie -- Employment and the working poor / Jérôme Gautié and Sophie Ponthieux -- Great escapes and great divergences : growth, poverty and income inequality on a global scale / Robert H. Wade -- Intergenerational mobility / Liana Fox, Florencia Torche, and Jane Waldfogel -- Economic performance, poverty and inequality in rich countries / David Brady and Markus Jäntti -- Consequences. Material deprivation and consumption / Basak Kus, Brian Nolan, and Christopher T. Whelan -- Hunger and food insecurity / Christopher B. Barrett and Erin C. Lentz -- Poverty and crime / Patrick Sharkey, Max Besbris, and Michael Friedson -- Poverty and Informal economies / Francois Bonnet and Sudhir Venkatesh -- Social class, poverty and the unequal burden of illness and death / Ronald J. Angel -- Policies, Solutions, and Responses. Aid and global poverty / Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivray -- The welfare states and poverty / Cheol-Sung Lee and In-Hoe Koo -- Social policy, transfers, programs and assistance / Laura Lein, Sandra K. Danziger, H. Luke Shaefer, and Amanda Tillotson -- Poor people's politics / Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite -- Why and when do peasants rebel? : Origins and consequences of rural collective action / Guillermo Trejo -- Unions and poverty / Jake Rosenfeld and Jennifer Laird -- Housing programs / Peter A. Kemp -- Microfinance and financial inclusion / Philip Mader -- Conclusion : Toward a new paradigm for understanding poverty / Mark R. Rank |
| Summary |
The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars to provide their perspectives on the issue. Contributors engage in discussions about the leading theories and conceptual debates regarding poverty, the most salient topics in poverty research, and the far-reaching consequences of poverty on the individual and societal level |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poverty.
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Poverty -- Social aspects
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Social justice.
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poverty.
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Poverty
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Poverty -- Social aspects
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Social justice
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit
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Armut
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Soziale Ungleichheit
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brady, David, 1972- editor.
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Burton, Linda, 1954- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199914067 |
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0199914060 |
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9780190459604 |
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0190459603 |
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