Overview
Trapped in Poverty provides a detailed study of how men and women, with children, in low-income households decide about employment and claiming benefits. It shows how they account for their moves in and out of the labour market, relating such changes to various economic and social factors. It also considers the gender divisions of these decisions. Based on an extensive case study of a single town, Trapped in Poverty draws its information directly from the people involved, thereby showing how the poor view themselves and their relationship with the community. Focusing on one deprived neighbourhood, the authors investigated changes between employment, unemployment and self-employment in a fragmented, casualized labour market and have come up with fascinating results. This is an important book for its wealth of new empirical data. Its theoretical significance goes well beyond that - with the authors' analysis of the interview accounts exploring the relationship between moral and economic reasoning.
Full Product Details
Author: James Davidson ,
Bill Jordan ,
Helen Kay ,
Marcus Redley
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780415068673
ISBN 10: 0415068673
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 05 December 1991
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The book provides insight not only about poor households, but about the methods used by social researchers to understand the poor. . . . [they] have provided an in-depth, qualitative study of households who have been the subject of intense scrutiny but a remarkable lack of insight. - Journal of Economic Issues, 3/93
""The book provides insight not only about poor households, but about the methods used by social researchers to understand the poor. . . . [they] have provided an in-depth, qualitative study of households who have been the subject of intense scrutiny but a remarkable lack of insight."" -""Journal of Economic Issues, 3/93
The book provides insight not only about poor households, but about the methods used by social researchers to understand the poor. . . . [they] have provided an in-depth, qualitative study of households who have been the subject of intense scrutiny but a remarkable lack of insight. <br>- Journal of Economic Issues, 3/93 <br>
Author Information
Bill Jordan Reader in Social Studies at Sheffield University., Simon James Senior Lecturer in Economics at Exeter University., Helen Kay Researcher for the Scottish Office., Marcus Redley Research Assistant at Exeter University.
