Overview

Despite remarkable economic advances in many societies during the latter half of the twentieth century, poverty remains a global issue of enduring concern. Poverty is present in some form in every society in the world, and has serious implications for everything from health and well-being to identity and behavior. Nevertheless, the study of poverty has remained disconnected across disciplines. 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. The volume incorporates many methodological perspectives, including survey research, ethnography, and mixed methods approaches, while the chapters extend beyond the United States to provide a truly global portrait of poverty. A thorough examination of contemporary poverty, this Handbook is a valuable tool for non-profit practitioners, policy makers, social workers, and students and scholars in the fields of public policy, sociology, political science, international development, anthropology, and economics.

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Author:   David Brady (Professor, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside) ,  Linda M. Burton (James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Duke University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 5.80cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   1.678kg
ISBN:  

9780199914050

ISBN 10:   0199914052
Pages:   936
Publication Date:   19 May 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: Those Left Behind Carol B. Stack Chapter 1: Introduction David Brady and Linda M. Burton SECTION I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND ORIENTING QUESTIONS Chapter 2: Poverty Measurement Timothy M. Smeeding Chapter 3: Structural Violence, Poverty and Social Suffering Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Paul Farmer Chapter 4: Capability Deprivation Rod Hick and Tania Burchardt Chapter 5: Ideologies and Beliefs About Poverty Matthew O. Hunt and Heather E. Bullock Chapter 6: How Politics and Institutions Shape Poverty and Inequality David Brady, Agnes Blome, and Hanna Kleider Chapter 7: Linking Poverty and Children's Development: Concepts, Models and Debates Vonnie C. McLoyd, Rosanne M. Jocson, and Abigail B. Williams SECTION II: CLASSIC DEBATES Chapter 8: Poverty Knowledge and the History of Poverty Research Alice O'Connor Chapter 9: The Discourse of Deservingness: Morality and the Dilemmas of Poverty Relief in Debate and Practice Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Elyse Kovalsky Chapter 10 Gender and Poverty Janet C. Gornick and Natascia Boeri Chapter 11 Life, Death, and Resurrections: The Culture and Poverty Perspective Jessi Streib, Juhi Verma, Whitney Welsh, and Linda M. Burton Chapter 12 The Historical Origins of Poverty in Developing Countries Sambit Bhattacharyya Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Poverty Anirudh Krishna SECTION III: PLACE AND CONTEXT Chapter 14: People and Places Left Behind: Rural Poverty in the New Century Daniel T. Lichter and Kai A. Schafft Chapter 15: Poor Neighborhoods in the Metropolis Mary Pattillo and John N. Robinson III Chapter 16: Segregation and the Perpetuation of Disadvantage Douglas S. Massey Chapter 17: Urban Poverty, Race and Space William Julius Wilson SECTION IV: CAUSES AND THE REPRODUCTION OF POVERTY Chapter 18: Single and Cohabiting Parents and Poverty Christina Gibson-Davis Chapter 19: Job-Finding Among the Poor: Do Social Ties Matter? Sandra Susan Smith Chapter 20: Education Emily Hannum and Yu Xie Chapter 21: Employment and the Working Poor Jérôme Gautié and Sophie Ponthieux Chapter 22: Great Escapes and Great Divergences: Growth, Poverty and Income Inequality on a Global Scale Robert H. Wade Chapter 23: Intergenerational Mobility Liana Fox, Florencia Torche, and Jane Waldfogel Chapter 24: Economic Performance, Poverty and Inequality in Rich Countries David Brady and Markus Jäntti SECTION V: CONSEQUENCES Chapter 25: Material Deprivation and Consumption Basak Kus, Brian Nolan, and Christopher T. Whelan Chapter 26: Hunger and Food Insecurity Christopher B. Barrett and Erin C. Lentz Chapter 27: Poverty and Crime Patrick Sharkey, Max Besbris, and Michael Friedson Chapter 28: Poverty and Informal Economies Francois Bonnet and Sudhir Venkatesh Chapter 29: Social Class, Poverty and the Unequal Burden of Illness and Health Ronald J. Angel SECTION VI: POLICIES, SOLUTIONS, AND RESPONSES Chapter Aid and Global Poverty Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivray Chapter 31: The Welfare States and Poverty Cheol-Sung Lee and Inhoe Ku Chapter 32: Social Policy, Transfers, Programs and Assistance Laura Lein, Sandra K. Danziger, H. Luke Shaefer, and Amanda Tillotson Chapter 33: Poor People's Politics Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite Chapter 34: Why and When Do Peasants Rebel? Guillermo Trejo Chapter 35: Unions and Poverty Jake Rosenfeld and Jennifer Laird Chapter 36: Housing Programs Peter A. Kemp Chapter 37: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Philip Mader Conclusion: Toward a New Paradigm for Understanding Poverty Mark R. Rank

Reviews

This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. Readers will find the work useful for understanding the nature of this social problem. -- <em>CHOICE</em> This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. The hidden gem in this work, however, is the last chapter, which deals with a new paradigm for addressing poverty. Readers will find the work heavily academic but useful for understanding the nature of this social problem. --L. T. Grover, Southern University and A&M College

This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. Readers will find the work useful for understanding the nature of this social problem. -- CHOICE This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. The hidden gem in this work, however, is the last chapter, which deals with a new paradigm for addressing poverty. Readers will find the work heavily academic but useful for understanding the nature of this social problem. --L. T. Grover, Southern University and A&M College

This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. The hidden gem in this work, however, is the last chapter, which deals with a new paradigm for addressing poverty. Readers will find the work heavily academic but useful for understanding the nature of this social problem. --L. T. Grover, Southern University and A&M College

This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. Readers will find the work useful for understanding the nature of this social problem. -- CHOICE This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. The hidden gem in this work, however, is the last chapter, which deals with a new paradigm for addressing poverty. Readers will find the work heavily academic but useful for understanding the nature of this social problem. --L. T. Grover, Southern University and A&M College

Author Information

David Brady is Professor in the School of Public Policy, and Director of the Blum Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty at the University of California, Riverside. He is also affiliated with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, where he was Director of the Inequality and Social Policy department from 2012-2015. He is the author of Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty. Linda M. Burton is Dean of Social Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Sociology at Duke University.

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