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Author:   Peter Townsend ,  David Gordon
Publisher:   Policy Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.838kg
ISBN:  

9781861343963

ISBN 10:   1861343965
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   25 September 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Introduction - poverty, social exclusion and social polarisation - The need to construct a welfare state, Peter Townsend. Part One International anti-poverty policy: the problems of the Washington consensus - poverty targeting in an international perspective, Tony Atkinson; Model or cancer? Social policy in the US - workfare and the American low wage labour market, S.M. Miller, Jeanette E. Markle; International efforts to reduce poverty - bridging the divide between rhetoric and action, Donald Lee. Part Two Anti-poverty policies in Europe: A European definition of poverty - the fight against poverty and social exclusion in the member states of the European Union, Bernd Schulte; Welfare state solidarity and support - the Czech Republic compared with the Netherlands, Tomas Sirovatka, Wim van Oorschot, Ladislav Rabusic; Targeting welfare - on the functions and dysfunctions of means-testing in social policy, Wim van Oorschot; Basic income - a European right, Guy Standing; The Scandinavian model as a strategy of equality, Joakim Palme; Poverty research and anti-poverty policy, Juergen Kohl. Part Three Anti-poverty policies in poor countries: Structural adjustment in Africa and Eastern Europe - social funds - how effective as anti-poverty instruments, Nazneen Kanji; Structural adjustment and mass poverty in Ghana, Kwabena Donkor; Anti-poverty policies in cities, Jo Beall; Falling between two stools - the poor and housing policy in urban India, Sunil Kumar. Part Four Future anti-poverty policies: national and international - Economic globalisation and social progress - the case of the World Bank, Peter Townsend; Is global poverty really on the decline - international initiatives in social policy, Jan Vandemoortele; Conclusion - how international and national anti-poverty policies can begin to work, Peter Townsend and David Gordon.

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""This publication will make a valuable contribution to the integration of human rights values into world poverty reduction strategies. The authors provide concrete suggestions on how to translate human rights norms, such as the right to social security, the right to an adequate standard of living, the rights of the child, the right to health and the right to education, into effective anti-poverty strategies."" Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

This publication will make a valuable contribution to the integration of human rights values into world poverty reduction strategies. The authors provide concrete suggestions on how to translate human rights norms, such as the right to social security, the right to an adequate standard of living, the rights of the child, the right to health and the right to education, into effective anti-poverty strategies. Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Peter Townsend is Professor of International Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Acting Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights there. He is also Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Bristol. David Gordon is Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol.

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