Poverty & unemployment books

Having been sobered by this thought, the student may ponder what more might conceivably be done to reduce the incidence...  Read More >>

The uplifting story of a Teach for America volunteer in the rural Mississippi Delta has been praised by Robert Coles...  Read More >>

This fascinating study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which...  Read More >>

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Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor....  Read More >>

The plight of the poorest around the world has been pushed to the forefront of America's international agenda for...  Read More >>

Why every American should have the right to a job at a living wage?  Read More >>

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The plight of the poorest around the world has been pushed to the forefront of America's international agenda for...  Read More >>

Global trends have led to a marked decline in the role of the state in national development. Part of the Research...  Read More >>

This edited collection examines unemployment in Europe in the context of globalization, the implementation of European...  Read More >>

The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty. This book examines how development interventions...  Read More >>

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El crecimiento de base amplia es uno de los cuatro pilares de la 'Estrategia Reforzada para la Reducción de la Pobreza'...  Read More >>

Everyone has heard of the workhouse. But exactly what was it? Who went there? And how did an institution so universally...  Read More >>

Low-income families with housing problems are found in every section of the United States. They are located in large...  Read More >>

Sacred Longings responds to the suffering and poverty produced by globalisation. It tackles the notion that we...  Read More >>

Across the United States tens of millions of people are working forty or more hours a week and living in poverty....  Read More >>

Consequences tells of a large, poor Canadian family living in rural Quebec. The eldest son, Jean, and sister Manon...  Read More >>

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Health is higher on the international agenda than ever before. Concern for the health of poor people is a central...  Read More >>

The call every mother fears ldquo;Mom they say I have cancer.rdquo; Story of a mother and son facing a fatal disease...  Read More >>

Over the past decade there has been a worrying increase in poverty in the industrialised countries of the North,...  Read More >>

Originally published in French and updated here for the first time in English, the book emphasises three main innovations...  Read More >>