Poverty & unemployment books

​This book addresses and compensates for the lack of poverty measurement research in China. In addition, its analysis...  Read More >>

This story features two very different Southside Chicagoan teenagers who set out to gain the respect of their crews....  Read More >>

"How well does political philosophy deal with the big issues? Is our contemporary approach able to withstand Marx'...  Read More >>

A critical examination of the promise and reality of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (#1) that seeks to eradicate...  Read More >>

This book identifies “development-oriented poverty reduction” as a crucial part of what is now often billed as China’s...  Read More >>

A critical examination of the promise and reality of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (#1) that seeks to eradicate...  Read More >>

Globalised neoliberal capitalism continues to entrench inequality, environmental degradation, and social division....  Read More >>

From both theoretical and practical perspectives, this book systematically expounds the important theories, key...  Read More >>

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Explores the political and theoretical significance of the use of salvaging discarded materials by social movements...  Read More >>

Chronicles Ron Casanova’s struggle out of poverty, homelessness, and drug addiction to find dignity and purpose...  Read More >>

Erik Hansson examines Swedish society’s reactions to the presence of European Union citizens, mainly Romanian and...  Read More >>

Erik Hansson examines Swedish society’s reactions to the presence of European Union citizens, mainly Romanian and...  Read More >>

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This is the first study to focus specifically on destitute children who became part of the early British Empire,...  Read More >>

A memoir of searching for home amid Britain’s housing crisis from an exciting new voice in non-fiction    Read More >>

Amidst disastrous living conditions Namibian children develop remarkable survival skills.  Read More >>

The book develops a sympathetic Marxist critique of Keynes. Keynes's insights, particularly into unemployment, money...  Read More >>

Facing Eviction and Housing Insecurity includes the voices of over fifty men, women, and children who have experienced...  Read More >>

A sweeping intellectual history of the welfare state’s policy-in-waiting. The idea of a government paying its...  Read More >>

At a time when Latin American Protestantism has increasingly become a force to be reckoned with in the public realm...  Read More >>

Black theology's addressing of economic poverty in the Black neighborhoods and communities of the United States...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023, Undercurrent is a vivid, lyrical and powerful exploration of rural poverty,...  Read More >>