Overview

The revised edition of this best-selling book includes a new Foreword by Professor Gosta Esping-Andersen and an updated introduction and conclusion providing insights into the key issues. The book's contributors are all leading experts in economics, sociology and social policy who have studied the extent of child poverty, its consequences for children and the effectiveness of policies of prevention.

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9781847425256

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Reviews

... the breadth and scope of this collection is astonishing. Local Government Studies ... as a starting point for prompting or acting as an introduction to different ways of thinking about child poverty and its consequences this volume has much to offer. Children, Youth and Environment This volume assembles some of the world's greatest experts on child poverty and welfare. Comparative in scope, it provides us with a truly comprehensive, rigorous, and up to date treatment of all the major issues. This book is an absolute must for academics as well as policy makers - by far the best available today. Gosta Esping-Andersen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Author Information

Koen Vleminckx is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Timothy M. Smeeding is the Maxwell Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Economics and Public Administration, and Director of the Center for Policy Research at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, US.

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