Poverty & unemployment books

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Global Food Insecurity: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Dissertations and Theses

Global Food Insecurity: A Selective Annotated Bibliography...

Author: Grayson L Parke
ISBN: 9781515242826
Format: Paperback
$39.57

From 2012-2014 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimated that 795 million people worldwide...  Read More >>

Inevitable: A young girls journey to survive

Inevitable: A young girls journey to survive

Author: Betty Jones
ISBN: 9781515233701
Format: Paperback
$34.29

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Jack London: The Socialist Writings: The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, Revolution and Other Essays

Jack London: The Socialist Writings: The People of the...

Author: Jack London ,  Thomas Alan Young
ISBN: 9781939375032
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Jack London's most inspired political texts, collected in one volume. Even a century after his death, Jack London...  Read More >>

Theoretical and Empirical Insights into Child and Family Poverty: Cross National Perspectives

Theoretical and Empirical Insights into Child and Family...

Author: Elizabeth Fernandez ,  Anat Zeira
ISBN: 9783319175058
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book brings together a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives on conceptualization, measurement, multidimensional...  Read More >>

Managing Egypt's Poor and the Politics of Benevolence, 1800-1952

Managing Egypt's Poor and the Politics of Benevolence,...

Author: Mine Ener
ISBN: 9780691166605
Format: Paperback
$37.99

This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings,...  Read More >>

Slugs, Bugs and Dirty Rugs: A Young Man's Homeless Journal

Slugs, Bugs and Dirty Rugs: A Young Man's Homeless Journal...

Author: MR Gj Watson
ISBN: 9781515146803
Format: Paperback
$20.99

My tale is not about claiming to be the only homeless person who ever lived, nor is it about claiming to be the...  Read More >>

Protesting about Pauperism: Poverty, Politics and Poor Relief in Late-Victorian England, 1870-1900

Protesting about Pauperism: Poverty, Politics and Poor...

Author: Elizabeth T. Hurren
ISBN: 9780861933297
Format: Paperback
$97.55

A fresh look at the complex question of outdoor poor relief in the nineteenth century.  Read More >>

Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction

Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction

Author: Y. Bangura
ISBN: 9781137482532
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book looks at developmental pathways to poverty reduction that emphasize employment-centred structural change,...  Read More >>

Better Must Come: Exiting Homelessness in Two Global Cities

Better Must Come: Exiting Homelessness in Two Global...

Author: Matthew D. Marr
ISBN: 9780801479700
Format: Paperback
$59.50

Matthew D. Marr compares and reveals how social contexts at various levels shape the experiences of transitional...  Read More >>

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis

Author: Sabina Alkire ,  James Foster
ISBN: 9780199689491
Format: Hardback
$93.95

A systematic conceptual, theoretical, and methodological introduction to multi-dimensional poverty measurement and...  Read More >>

Better Must Come: Exiting Homelessness in Two Global Cities

Better Must Come: Exiting Homelessness in Two Global...

Author: Matthew D. Marr
ISBN: 9780801453380
Format: Hardback
$382.80

Matthew D. Marr compares and reveals how social contexts at various levels shape the experiences of transitional...  Read More >>

Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists

Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists

Author: Danny Dorling (University of Oxford) ,  Richard Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781447320753
Format: Paperback
$24.95

We are living in the most remarkable and dangerous times. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share...  Read More >>

Rosa Lee: A Generational Tale Of Poverty And Survival In Urban America

Rosa Lee: A Generational Tale Of Poverty And Survival...

Author: Leon Dash
ISBN: 9780465055883
Format: Paperback
$39.99

""An unflinching book, meant to disturb and to spur the country into action.""-Nicholas Lemann  Read More >>

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Provisions & Policy Options

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Provisions...

Author: Patrick Santiago
ISBN: 9781634824354
Format: Paperback
$219.91

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant helps states fund, among other benefits and services,...  Read More >>

Sensibel Fur Armut: Kirchengemeinden in Der Uckermark. Ergebnisse Einer Sozialwissenschaftlichen Studie in Brandenburg

Sensibel Fur Armut: Kirchengemeinden in Der Uckermark....

Author: Susann Jenichen
ISBN: 9783374041398
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Northern Brandenburg is one of the regions in Germany with the highest level of poverty. Local congregations are...  Read More >>

Making of the Other Half: Jacob A Riis & the New Image of Tenement Poverty

Making of the Other Half: Jacob A Riis & the New Image...

Author: Dag Petersson
ISBN: 9788771241648
Format: Paperback
$75.01

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Poverty: Global Challenges, Role of Inequality & Reduction Strategies

Poverty: Global Challenges, Role of Inequality & Reduction...

Author: Chukwuma Agu
ISBN: 9781634823043
Format: Hardback
$631.32

Poverty reduction and inequality are undeniably the buzz issues of the millennium. And where else would one go to...  Read More >>

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Promising Employment Approaches & Program Provisions

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Promising Employment...

Author: Salvatore Hoffman
ISBN: 9781634826129
Format: Hardback
$424.32

One of the central features of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant is promoting work...  Read More >>

Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey

Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational...

Author: Richard LeMieux
ISBN: 9781632203465
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Once a happily married businessman, avid golfer, and the proud owner of several luxury cars and three boats, conservative-minded...  Read More >>

Poverty in the United States: 2013

Poverty in the United States: 2013

Author: Thomas Gabe
ISBN: 9781508698982
Format: Paperback
$42.21

In 2013, 45.3 million people were counted as poor in the United States under the official poverty measure-a number...  Read More >>

The Environments of the Poor in South Asia: Simultaneously Reducing Poverty, Protecting the Environment, and Adapting to Climate Change

The Environments of the Poor in South Asia: Simultaneously...

Author: Anushree Sinha (, Anushree Sinha is a Senior Fellow with NCAER) ,  Armin Bauer (, Program Sponsor and Principal Economist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB)
ISBN: 9780199453634
Format: Hardback
$88.95

This book is a thematic collection of previously unpublished essays on the condition of poor in difficult environmental...  Read More >>

In Harm's Way: The Dynamics of Urban Violence

In Harm's Way: The Dynamics of Urban Violence

Author: Javier Auyero ,  María Fernanda Berti
ISBN: 9780691164779
Format: Hardback
$67.99

Arquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and violent crime are everyday...  Read More >>

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