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The Environmentalism of the Poor
Edward Elgar Publishing 2002; US$ 40.00This text analyses several manifestations of the growing "environmental justice movement", and also of "popular environmentalism" and the "environmentalism of the poor", which will be seen in the coming decades as driving forces in the process to achieve an ecologically sustainable society. more...
Homelessness
The Policy Press 1999; US$ 41.95Analysis that links the phenomenon of homelessness to wider debates about the changing social and economic environment remains relatively underdeveloped. This important book brings together contemporary theoretical debates and original empirical research in order to explore the nature, experience and impact of social change in the context of emerging... more...
New Poverty
ABC-CLIO 1996; US$ 115.00Cheal argues that the sociology of poverty has entered a new postmodern phase. The new poverty is about loss of faithÑin relationships that were once believed to last a lifetime, and in government programs that we used to think would last for generations.||The new poverty is about the economic fall of individuals and countries who used to be affluent... more...
Poverty
Editions Rodopi 2005; US$ 56.00In Poverty: a philosophical approach , the author studies various philosophical issues concerning poverty in the Program for Education, Health and Food (PROGRESA) that was in effect in Mexico, from 1997 to 2002, and shows how theoretical discussion is necessary to clarify some ideas concerning the application of a social policy.Poverty is one of the... more...
Revenu minimum garanti
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2005; US$ 29.25Cet ouvrage définit la notion de revenu minimum garanti avant d'explorer les diverses modalités (minimum social, impôt négatif et revenu de citoyenneté) au Canada, aux États-Unis et dans divers pays européens. L'auteur fait ressortir les dilemmes que pose toute stratégie de mise en place d'un revenu... more...
Poverty and Social Exclusion
The Spinney Press 2011; US$ 22.50Poverty persists in Australia despite the opportunities available in such an affluent country. How is poverty in Australia defined? What is absolute poverty as opposed to relative poverty, and who are the affected groups in our community? What are the causes of poverty? At a time when the national economy has avoided the major impacts of a global recession,... more...
Understanding Growth and Poverty
World Bank Publications 2011; US$ 14.99The literature on growth and poverty is voluminous and still evolving. This title distills the most important lessons from developing countries' experience with growth and poverty. It provides a broad understanding of the impact of economic policies on growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. After describing basic economic relationships... more...
Down and out
The Policy Press 2011; US$ 45.95Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners , this landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. more...
Poverty Dynamics
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 44.99This collection of essays provides a state-of-the-art examination of the concepts and methods that can be used to understand poverty dynamics. It does this from an interdisciplinary perspective and includes the work of anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. The contributions included highlight the need to conceptualise... more...
Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2010; US$ 44.90Sustainability science addresses the central challenge facing global society of how to reduce poverty and meet demands of a large human population desiring a good life while simultaneously maintaining the environment that provides the life support system on which long-term prosperity depends. This book provides evidence and insight into key elements... more...









