Poverty & unemployment books

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Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History

Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and...

Author: Alice O'Connor
ISBN: 9780691102559
Format: Paperback
$74.99

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Urban Injustice: Why Ghettos Happen

Urban Injustice: Why Ghettos Happen

Author: David Hilfiker
ISBN: 9781583224656
Format: Hardback
$50.03

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Owning Up: Poverty, Assets, and the American Dream

Owning Up: Poverty, Assets, and the American Dream

Author: Michelle Miller-Adams
ISBN: 9780815706199
Format: Paperback
$42.99

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Poverty, AIDS and Street Children in East Asia

Poverty, AIDS and Street Children in East Asia

Author: Joe Lugalla ,  Colleta Kibassa
ISBN: 9780773471061
Format: Hardback
$316.67

These essays highlight the factors that push children to the streets and describe how poverty and AIDS facilitate...  Read More >>

Childhood poverty and social exclusion: From a child's perspective

Childhood poverty and social exclusion: From a child's...

Author: Tess Ridge
ISBN: 9781847425584
Format: Electronic book text
$277.20

Offers an opportunity to understand the issues and concerns that low-income children themselves identify as important....  Read More >>

Low-Income Homeownership: Examining the Unexamined Goal

Low-Income Homeownership: Examining the Unexamined Goal...

Author: Nicolas P. Retsinas ,  Eric S. Belsky
ISBN: 9780815706137
Format: Paperback
$52.99

A generation ago little attention was focused on low-income homeownership. Today homeownership rates among under-served...  Read More >>

Western Welfare in Decline: Globalization and Women's Poverty

Western Welfare in Decline: Globalization and Women's...

Author: Catherine Kingfisher
ISBN: 9780812218121
Format: Paperback
$45.95

Western Welfare in Decline explores the plight of poor single mothers in five English-speaking countries that have...  Read More >>

World poverty: New policies to defeat an old enemy

World poverty: New policies to defeat an old enemy

Author: Peter Townsend ,  David Gordon
ISBN: 9781847425560
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

A resource that is suitable for those interested in understanding, campaigning or simply debating the issues facing...  Read More >>

Limits of Liberation: Feminist Theology and the Ethics of Poverty and Reproduction

Limits of Liberation: Feminist Theology and the Ethics...

Author: Elina Vuola
ISBN: 9781841273099
Format: Paperback
$240.00

Using a sexual ethical analysis of poor women's living conditions, this text traces the emergence of a demanding...  Read More >>

Best Practices in Poverty Reduction: An Analytical Framework

Best Practices in Poverty Reduction: An Analytical Framework...

Author: Else Øyen ,  Michel Fultot
ISBN: 9781842772119
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Poverty reduction has come to be proclaimed as the core function of international development agencies, including...  Read More >>

The Microfinance Revolution V. 2; Lessons from Indonesia

The Microfinance Revolution V. 2; Lessons from Indonesia...

Author: World Bank Group
ISBN: 9780821349533
Format: Paperback
$54.95

This text examines in the Indonesian context the principles and practices of commercial microfinance on a large...  Read More >>

Experiencing Poverty: Voices from the Bottom

Experiencing Poverty: Voices from the Bottom

Author: D. Stanley Eitzen ,  Kelly Eitzen Smith
ISBN: 9780534529581
Format: Paperback
$139.79

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Learning About Livelihoods: Insights from Southern Africa

Learning About Livelihoods: Insights from Southern Africa...

Author: Rick de Satge
ISBN: 9780855984687
Format: Mixed media product
$158.27

This comprehensive guide to applying the livelihoods approach to the practice of disaster risk reduction - a direct...  Read More >>

Limits of Liberation: Feminist Theology and the Ethics of Poverty and Reproduction

Limits of Liberation: Feminist Theology and the Ethics...

Author: Elina Vuola
ISBN: 9781841273082
Format: Hardback
$475.20

Using a sexual ethical analysis of poor women's living conditions, this text traces the emergence of a demanding...  Read More >>

Growing Up Poor: A Literary Anthology

Growing Up Poor: A Literary Anthology

Author: Robert Coles ,  Randy Testa
ISBN: 9781565847446
Format: Paperback
$44.75

An anthology of stories, poems and essays about growing up ""without"" in the land of plenty, this text includes...  Read More >>

Parenting in Poor Environments: Stress, Support and Coping

Parenting in Poor Environments: Stress, Support and...

Author: Deborah Ghate ,  Neal Hazel
ISBN: 9781843100690
Format: Paperback
$74.99

With a unique focus on the effects of poverty on parenting in Britain, this book explores what professionals and...  Read More >>

Income-Poverty And Beyond: Human Development in India

Income-Poverty And Beyond: Human Development in India...

Author: Raja J. Chelliah ,  R. Sudarshan
ISBN: 9781843310051
Format: Paperback
$27.50

An appeal to the international community to take serious note of human poverty in the midst of which we all live....  Read More >>

Income-Poverty And Beyond: Human Development in India

Income-Poverty And Beyond: Human Development in India...

Author: Raja J. Chelliah ,  R. Sudarshan
ISBN: 9781843310013
Format: Hardback
$115.00

An appeal to the international community to take serious note of human poverty in the midst of which we all live....  Read More >>

The Epic Plan: End Poverty in Civilization

The Epic Plan: End Poverty in Civilization

Author: Joseph Lewis
ISBN: 9781403346124
Format: Hardback
$56.63

The EPIC PLAN reveals a common sense solution to end poverty, wars and terrorism. It is based upon ideals of influential...  Read More >>

Empowerment and Poverty Reduction: A Sourcebook

Empowerment and Poverty Reduction: A Sourcebook

Author: Deepa Narayan ,  Deepa Narayan
ISBN: 9780821351666
Format: Paperback
$54.95

This sourcebook offers 20 """"tools and practices"""", which concentrates on a wide-range of topics to encourage...  Read More >>

Happy are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom

Happy are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom...

Author: Thomas Dubay
ISBN: 9780898709216
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Originally published: Denville, N.J.: Dimension Books, 1981.  Read More >>

Understanding Social Exclusion

Understanding Social Exclusion

Author: John Hills (, London School of Economics) ,  Julian Le Grand (, London School of Economics)
ISBN: 9780199251940
Format: Paperback
$126.95

Explores the issue of social exclusion, considering its measurement, main determinants, and ways in which it may...  Read More >>

Resilient Spirits: Disadvantaged Students Making it at an Elite University

Resilient Spirits: Disadvantaged Students Making it...

Author: Latty Lee Goodwin
ISBN: 9780415933841
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This study explores the identity construction of socioeconomically and educationally disadvantaged students who...  Read More >>

Understanding Social Exclusion

Understanding Social Exclusion

Author: John Hills (, London School of Economics) ,  Julian Le Grand (, London School of Economics)
ISBN: 9780199251070
Format: Hardback
$291.00

This book explores the issue of social exclusion. It asks three main questions: How can social exclusion be measured?...  Read More >>

Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty and Beyond

Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty and Beyond

Author: Ann Withorn ,  Randy Albelda
ISBN: 9780896086586
Format: Paperback
$47.52

This who's who of social scientists and activists takes on welfare reform and suggests other strategies to end poverty....  Read More >>

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