Poverty & unemployment books

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Governing the Poor: Exercises of Poverty Reduction, Practices of Global Aid

Governing the Poor: Exercises of Poverty Reduction,...

Author: Suzan Ilcan ,  Anita Lacey
ISBN: 9780773537972
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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I'm Neither Here Nor There: Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty

I'm Neither Here Nor There: Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles...

Author: Patricia Zavella (University of California, Santa Cruz)
ISBN: 9786613266095
Format: Electronic book text
$284.96

Studies poor and working-class Mexicans in the USA, showing how migration influences the creation of identity, family,...  Read More >>

Down and out: Poverty and exclusion in Australia

Down and out: Poverty and exclusion in Australia

Author: Peter Saunders
ISBN: 9781847428400
Format: Electronic book text
$330.00

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: TANF & the Recession

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: TANF & the...

Author: Phillip A Bernard
ISBN: 9781617283031
Format: Hardback
$447.61

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Patrons of the Poor: Caste Politics and Policymaking in India

Patrons of the Poor: Caste Politics and Policymaking...

Author: Narayan Lakshman (US Foreign Correspondent of The Hindu)
ISBN: 9780198069980
Format: Hardback
$131.87

This book is a comparative study of the political economy of pro-poor policies in two Indian states - Karnataka...  Read More >>

People Without History: India's Muslim Ghettos

People Without History: India's Muslim Ghettos

Author: Jeremy Seabrook ,  Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
ISBN: 9780745331133
Format: Paperback
$76.56

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Not Angels but Agencies: The Ecumenical Response to Poverty - A Primer

Not Angels but Agencies: The Ecumenical Response to...

Author: Michael Taylor
ISBN: 9780334026242
Format: Paperback
$60.69

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People Without History: India's Muslim Ghettos

People Without History: India's Muslim Ghettos

Author: Jeremy Seabrook ,  Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
ISBN: 9780745331140
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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Breadline USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It

Breadline USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger...

Author: Sasha Abramsky
ISBN: 9781936227099
Format: Paperback
$69.84

Twenty-five million Americans—nearly 9 percent of the U.S. population—rely on food pantries. Another 13 million...  Read More >>

Hard Ground

Hard Ground

Author: Michael O'Brien ,  Tom Waits
ISBN: 9780292726499
Format: Hardback
$105.60

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Social Panorama of Latin America 2009 (Includes CD-ROM): Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Social Panorama of Latin America 2009 (Includes CD-ROM):...

Author:
ISBN: 9789211217292
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Latin America has extremely high levels of social and economic inequality as well as insufficient social expenditure...  Read More >>

Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness

Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness

Author: Russell K. Schutt ,  Stephen M. Goldfinger
ISBN: 9780674051010
Format: Hardback
$115.95

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Agriculture, Poverty and Reform in Iran (RLE Iran D)

Agriculture, Poverty and Reform in Iran (RLE Iran D)...

Author: Mohammad Amad
ISBN: 9780415614382
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged

Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged...

Author: Katherine S. Newman ,  Rourke O'Brien
ISBN: 9780520269668
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are...  Read More >>

Welfare Policy Under New Labour: The Politics of Social Security Reform

Welfare Policy Under New Labour: The Politics of Social...

Author: Andrew Connell (University of Keele, UK)
ISBN: 9781283057479
Format: Electronic book text
$485.76

How much freedom of action does an ambitious reforming party have as it moves from opposition to government? Drawing...  Read More >>

Livelihood and Urban Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia. Perspectives from Small and Big Towns

Livelihood and Urban Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia....

Author: Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher
ISBN: 9789994455522
Format: Paperback
$76.43

The international development policy agenda is currently dominated by the theme of poverty reduction. The theme...  Read More >>

Understanding Limerick: Social Exclusion and Change

Understanding Limerick: Social Exclusion and Change...

Author: Niamh Hourigan
ISBN: 9781859184578
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Understanding Limerick is an edited collection featuring contributions from leading Irish scholars in the fields...  Read More >>

Think and Act Anew: Rebuilding America for Everyone

Think and Act Anew: Rebuilding America for Everyone...

Author: Larry Snyder ,  E J Dionne, Jr
ISBN: 9781570759048
Format: Paperback
$42.24

"Think and Act Anew describes the near economic collapse of the American economy and its effects on people, providing...  Read More >>

Legal Aid for the Poor & the Legal Services Corporation

Legal Aid for the Poor & the Legal Services Corporation...

Author: Carl T Donovan
ISBN: 9781616689391
Format: Hardback
$303.60

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a private, non-profit, federally funded corporation that helps provide legal...  Read More >>

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich ,  Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
ISBN: 9781449888848
Format: Downloadable audio file
$184.80

Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages. Social critic Barbara Ehrenreich joined them, moving into a...  Read More >>

The Atlas of Global Inequalities

The Atlas of Global Inequalities

Author: Ben Crow ,  Suresh K. Lodha
ISBN: 9780520268227
Format: Paperback
$51.25

Drawing on research from around the world, this atlas gives shape and meaning to statistics that helps to understand...  Read More >>

Poor Places, Thriving People: How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities

Poor Places, Thriving People: How the Middle East and...

Author: World Bank Group
ISBN: 9780821383216
Format: Paperback
$54.95

How can the Middle East and North Africa region reduce spatial disparities in well-being without compromising growth?...  Read More >>

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