Poverty & unemployment books

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A powerful indictment of the economic, political, and social dynamics that perpetuate famine  Read More >>

This down-to-earth look at the welfare system provides readers with stories from welfare recipients themselves and...  Read More >>

The award-winning book on urban poverty--now thoroughly revised and updated  Read More >>

The award-winning book on urban poverty--now thoroughly revised and updated  Read More >>

In the three works contained in this volume, written in 1797-8, Jeremy Bentham offers a detailed exposition of his...  Read More >>

Prev. ed. published under title: Social and cultural change.  Read More >>

This introduction to social change covers the momentous and relatively recent changes that have occurred in the...  Read More >>

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Looks at the fragile economic and political situation in Africa, and argues that the main reason why Africa's people...  Read More >>

Culture has returned to the poverty research agenda. Over the past decade, sociologists, demographers, and even...  Read More >>

A revealing study of the giant squatter settlements of Rio de Janeiro and of the vibrant communities of migrants...  Read More >>

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This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy; how social inequality...  Read More >>

When Governor Terry Sanford established the North Carolina Fund in 1963, he saw it as a way to provide a better...  Read More >>

Brings together and evaluates the state of knowledge on the relationship between poverty, equity, and globalization....  Read More >>

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When Governor Terry Sanford established the North Carolina Fund in 1963, he saw it as a way to provide a better...  Read More >>

In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia...  Read More >>

How to House the Homeless, editors Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O'Flaherty propose that the answers entail rethinking...  Read More >>

Thousands of charities have poured trillions of dollars in aid into Africa over the last fifty years for a huge...  Read More >>

Violent conflict adds daunting challenges to social and economic analysis in poor countries: weak data, difficult...  Read More >>

Thousands of charities have poured trillions of dollars in aid into Africa over the last fifty years for a huge...  Read More >>

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