Poverty & unemployment books

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Regenerating Deprived Urban Areas: A Cross National Analysis of Area-Based Initiatives

Regenerating Deprived Urban Areas: A Cross National...

Author: Rene Peter Hohmann
ISBN: 9781447310808
Format: Undefined
$290.40

This book compares the impacts of ABIs in two deprived urban areas in England and Germany on organisations and development...  Read More >>

Faces Of State Terrorism: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 42

Faces Of State Terrorism: Studies in Critical Social...

Author: Laura Westra
ISBN: 9781608462803
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Terrorism is usually discussed as the actions of individuals. This book argues that Governments carry out most acts...  Read More >>

People's History of Poverty in America

People's History of Poverty in America

Author: Stephen Pimpare
ISBN: 9781281608390
Format: Electronic book text
$57.95

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Is Poverty a Death Sentence?

Is Poverty a Death Sentence?

Author: Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
ISBN: 9781499290202
Format: Paperback
$42.11

There are nearly 44 million Americans, living below the poverty line, and that is the largest number on record....  Read More >>

Living with Risk: Precarity & Bangkok's Urban Poor

Living with Risk: Precarity & Bangkok's Urban Poor

Author: Tamaki Endo
ISBN: 9789971697822
Format: Paperback
$57.20

The informal economy in Bangkok, Thailand, offers upward mobility but is fraught with risk. For members of the urban...  Read More >>

American Gang Guide: Street, Prison and Outlaw Biker Gangs

American Gang Guide: Street, Prison and Outlaw Biker...

Author: Federal Bureau of Investigation
ISBN: 9781499292046
Format: Paperback
$34.19

American Gang Guide - Street, Prison and Outlaw Biker Gangs. Gang Threat Assessment - Emerging Trends. Gang membership...  Read More >>

Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Struggle for Democracy

Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics,...

Author: Dave Zirin
ISBN: 9781608464333
Format: Undefined
$42.21

The leading US commentator on the politics of sports explores the coming World Cup and beyond.  Read More >>

Combatiendo LA Pobreza Con Hechos: Sistemas De Seguimiento Comunitario

Combatiendo LA Pobreza Con Hechos: Sistemas De Seguimiento...

Author: Celia Reyes ,  Evan Due
ISBN: 9781552504376
Format: Electronic book text
$52.80

Durante mas de dos decadas, gobiernos y agencias de desarrollo alrededor del mundo se han concentrado en la reduccion...  Read More >>

Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio

Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital...

Author: Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology Mario Luis Small (University of Chicago Harvard University University of Chicago University of Chicago University of Chicago University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9781282538009
Format: Undefined
$237.60

For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects...  Read More >>

Ending Poverty: Changing Behavior, Guaranteeing Income, and Transforming Government

Ending Poverty: Changing Behavior, Guaranteeing Income,...

Author: Joseph V Kennedy
ISBN: 9781282496873
Format: Electronic book text
$100.27

Poverty is a relentless problem in America, and the current panoply of government programs designed to alleviate...  Read More >>

Welfare to Work: Conditional Rights in Social Policy

Welfare to Work: Conditional Rights in Social Policy...

Author: Amir Paz-Fuchs
ISBN: 9781283581721
Format: Electronic book text
$696.96

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Creating Vibrant Communities

Creating Vibrant Communities

Author: Paul Born
ISBN: 9781282876408
Format: Electronic book text
$47.49

In Canada, poverty reduction is no longer a wouldn't it be nice dream discussed after yet another failure to make...  Read More >>

Access to Justice for Disadvantaged Communities

Access to Justice for Disadvantaged Communities

Author: Marjorie Mayo (Professor in Community Development, Professional and Community Education, (PACE) Goldsmiths College, University of London) ,  Gerald Koessl
ISBN: 9781447311027
Format: Hardback
$159.95

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This unique study explores how strategies to safeguard...  Read More >>

Poverty Law: Policy and Practice

Poverty Law: Policy and Practice

Author: Juliet Brodie
ISBN: 9781454848196
Format: Loose-leaf
$601.92

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A People's War on Poverty: Urban Politics and Grassroots Activists in Houston

A People's War on Poverty: Urban Politics and Grassroots...

Author: Wesley G. Phelps
ISBN: 9780820346700
Format: Hardback
$335.15

Phelps investigates the on-the-ground implementation of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty during the 1960s...  Read More >>

A Modest Proposal: A Juvenalian Satirical Essay

A Modest Proposal: A Juvenalian Satirical Essay

Author: Jonathan Swift
ISBN: 9781499128109
Format: Paperback
$26.27

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Poverty and Inequality

Poverty and Inequality

Author: Chris Jones ,  Tony Novak
ISBN: 9781447316152
Format: Paperback
$24.95

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Poverty and Inequality in Ecuador, Brazil and Mexico after the 2008 Global Crisis

Poverty and Inequality in Ecuador, Brazil and Mexico...

Author: Lukasz Czarnecki ,  Erik Balleza
ISBN: 9783631645840
Format: Paperback
$54.08

Latin America is characterized by the persistence of inequality and poverty caused partly by policies of the Washington...  Read More >>

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope...

Author: Katherine Boo
ISBN: 9780812979329
Format: Paperback
$50.16

In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner...  Read More >>

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Author: Katherine Boo
ISBN: 9780606351737
Format: Hardback
$86.33

In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner...  Read More >>

Creating a Real Wealth Economy: From Phantom Wealth to a Wiser Future for All Humanity

Creating a Real Wealth Economy: From Phantom Wealth...

Author: Finley Eversole ,  John Perkins
ISBN: 9780991307906
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Living on Your Own: Single Women, Rental Housing, and Post-Revolutionary Affect in Contemporary South Korea

Living on Your Own: Single Women, Rental Housing, and...

Author: Jesook Song
ISBN: 9781438450131
Format: Hardback
$261.36

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Cities from Scratch: Poverty and Informality in Urban Latin America

Cities from Scratch: Poverty and Informality in Urban...

Author: Brodwyn Fischer ,  Bryan McCann
ISBN: 9780822355335
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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