Poverty & unemployment books

6114 books were found.

Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low-Pay, No-Pay Britain

Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low-Pay, No-Pay Britain...

Author: Tracy Shildrick (University of Newcastle) ,  Robert MacDonald (School of Social Sciences and Law, University of Teesside)
ISBN: 9781847429100
Format: Paperback
$66.95

This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour...  Read More >>

The State of Food Insecurity in Manzini, Swaziland

The State of Food Insecurity in Manzini, Swaziland

Author: Daniel Tevera ,  Nomcebo Simelane
ISBN: 9781920597054
Format: Paperback
$88.44

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The State of Food Insecuritity in Harare, Zimbabwe

The State of Food Insecuritity in Harare, Zimbabwe

Author: Godfrey Tawodzera ,  Lazarus Zanamwe
ISBN: 9781920597009
Format: Paperback
$88.44

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Migration, Development and Urban Food Security

Migration, Development and Urban Food Security

Author: Jonathan Crush
ISBN: 9781920409784
Format: Paperback
$103.67

Over the last decade, two issues have risen to the top of the international development agenda: Food Security &...  Read More >>

The Future of Foreign Aid: Development Cooperation and the New Geography of Global Poverty

The Future of Foreign Aid: Development Cooperation and...

Author: A. Sumner ,  R. Mallett
ISBN: 9781137298874
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Sumner and Mallett review the literature on aid in light of shifts in the aid system and the increasing concentration...  Read More >>

Almost Worthy: The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917

Almost Worthy: The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of...

Author: Brent Ruswick
ISBN: 9780253006349
Format: Hardback
$97.68

In the 1880s, social reform leaders warned that the “unworthy” poor were taking charitable relief intended for the...  Read More >>

The Street: A Journey into Homelessness

The Street: A Journey into Homelessness

Author: B.J. Lacasse
ISBN: 9780875655000
Format: Hardback
$53.90

How many times have you walked by homeless people and pretended not to notice them? B. J. Lacasse, photographer...  Read More >>

Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms in Brazil

Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms...

Author: Natasha Borges Sugiyama
ISBN: 9780268041427
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This book examines why innovations and ideas spread across political territories and what makes them attractive...  Read More >>

The People of the Abyss

The People of the Abyss

Author: Jack London
ISBN: 9781481951142
Format: Paperback
$26.37

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Surviving with Dignity: Hausa Communities of Niamey, Niger

Surviving with Dignity: Hausa Communities of Niamey,...

Author: Scott M. Youngstedt
ISBN: 9780739173503
Format: Hardback
$145.95

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The Black Poverty Cycle and How to End It

The Black Poverty Cycle and How to End It

Author: Michael H Holzman Ph D
ISBN: 9781481877985
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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Black Asset Poverty and the Enduring Racial Divide

Black Asset Poverty and the Enduring Racial Divide

Author: Lori Latrice Martin
ISBN: 9781935049531
Format: Hardback
$104.95

Drawing on both national data and case studies from New York City, Martin probes the reasons for discrepancies in...  Read More >>

Old Assumptions, New Realities: Economic Security for Working Families in the 21st Century

Old Assumptions, New Realities: Economic Security for...

Author: Robert D Plotnick ,  Marcia K Meyers
ISBN: 9780871546982
Format: Paperback
$105.47

The way Americans live and work has changed significantly since the creation of the Social Security Administration...  Read More >>

Britain's War on Poverty

Britain's War on Poverty

Author: Professor of Social Work Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University School of Social Work)
ISBN: 9780871548986
Format: Paperback
$105.47

In 1999, one in four British children lived in poverty--the third highest child poverty rate among industrialized...  Read More >>

Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives: Work, Social Assistance, and Marginalization

Reimagining Intervention in Young Lives: Work, Social...

Author: Karen R. Foster ,  Dale C. Spencer
ISBN: 9780774823319
Format: Paperback
$94.91

Documents the experience of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and intervention, and their effects on young people’s...  Read More >>

From Roots to Roses: The Autobiography of Tilda Kemplen

From Roots to Roses: The Autobiography of Tilda Kemplen...

Author: Tilda Kemplen ,  Nancy Herzberg
ISBN: 9780820339931
Format: Paperback
$86.99

Hailed in her native Campbell County, Tennessee, as “the Mother Teresa of the coal country,” Tilda Kemplen was a...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Poverty

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Poverty

Author: Philip N. Jefferson
ISBN: 9780195393781
Format: Hardback
$215.95

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Alleviating Poverty in Nigeria through the Improvement of the Labour Conditions in the Informal Economy: A Socio-ethical Enquiry

Alleviating Poverty in Nigeria through the Improvement...

Author: Samuel Rapu
ISBN: 9783631626061
Format: Paperback
$111.26

In this study, the author takes the Nigerian situation for offering new opportunities for developing a poverty alleviation...  Read More >>

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