Poverty & unemployment books

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Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran

Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran

Author: Asef Bayat
ISBN: 9780231108591
Format: Paperback
$62.95

The story of a grassroots political movement that flourished throughout the 1970s and 1980s.  Read More >>

Bankwesen Und Reginonalstruktur in Ungarn: Eine Analyse Der Filialnetzstrukturen Und -Strategien Aus Regionalwirtschaftlicher Perspektive

Bankwesen Und Reginonalstruktur in Ungarn: Eine Analyse...

Author: Heike Jons ,  Britta Klaage
ISBN: 9783700126775
Format: Paperback
$23.76

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Welfare: Needs Rights and Risks

Welfare: Needs Rights and Risks

Author: Professor Mary Langan (The Open University)
ISBN: 9781280240737
Format: Electronic book text
$448.80

By looking at contemporary concerns about access to social welfare, this work examines how social problems involve...  Read More >>

Poverty: A Persistent Global Reality

Poverty: A Persistent Global Reality

Author: John Dixon ,  David Makarov
ISBN: 9781280332579
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

This book addresses the global issue of poverty in ten different countries, discussing its causes, its extent and...  Read More >>

Claiming the Virgin: The Broken Promise of Liberation Theology in Brazil

Claiming the Virgin: The Broken Promise of Liberation...

Author: Robin Nagle
ISBN: 9780415915663
Format: Hardback
$294.00

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We the Poor People: Work, Poverty, and Welfare

We the Poor People: Work, Poverty, and Welfare

Author: Joel F. Handler ,  Yeheskel Hasenfeld
ISBN: 9780300072501
Format: Paperback
$55.95

The authors of this text discuss current policies, efforts and programmes designed to deal with the poor and analyze...  Read More >>

How the Other Half Lives

How the Other Half Lives

Author: Jacob A. Riis ,  Lucy Sante
ISBN: 9780140436792
Format: Paperback
$35.00

First published in 1890, this is the author's study of the slums of New York, where Italians, Jews, ""Bohemians"",...  Read More >>

Globalization and Liberalization: Effects of International Economic Relations on Poverty

Globalization and Liberalization: Effects of International...

Author: United Nations: Conference on Trade and Development
ISBN: 9789211124200
Format: Paperback
$30.95

This compendium is the product of an inter-agency seminar on Globalization and Liberalization: Effects of International...  Read More >>

Claiming the Virgin: The Broken Promise of Liberation Theology in Brazil

Claiming the Virgin: The Broken Promise of Liberation...

Author: Robin Nagle
ISBN: 9780415915670
Format: Paperback
$94.99

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Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy

Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy...

Author: Kristin Luker
ISBN: 9780674217034
Format: Paperback
$74.95

This powerful book takes us behind the stereotypes, the inflamed rhetoric, and the flip media sound bites to show...  Read More >>

The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty

The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty...

Author: Lawrence M. Mead ,  John P. Lewis
ISBN: 9780815756514
Format: Paperback
$45.99

"" If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more self-reliant society tomorrow? That's...  Read More >>

Family and Favela: The Reproduction of Poverty in Rio de Janeiro

Family and Favela: The Reproduction of Poverty in Rio...

Author: Julio Pino
ISBN: 9780313303623
Format: Hardback
$140.00

This study dissects the household structure, economic activity, living standards, and political participation among...  Read More >>

Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro

Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on...

Author: Mary Howard ,  Ann V. Millard
ISBN: 9780415916141
Format: Paperback
$94.99

In discussing the moral and practical dilemmas posed by the malnourished children in Mount Kilimanjaro, the authors...  Read More >>

Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro

Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on...

Author: Mary Howard ,  Ann V. Millard
ISBN: 9780415916134
Format: Hardback
$305.00

In discussing the moral and practical dilemmas posed by the malnourished children in Mount Kilimanjaro, the authors...  Read More >>

The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty

The New Paternalism: Supervisory Approaches to Poverty...

Author: Lawrence M. Mead
ISBN: 9780815756507
Format: Hardback
$131.87

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A Poverty Profile of Cambodia

A Poverty Profile of Cambodia

Author: World Bank ,  Nicholas M. Prescott
ISBN: 9780821340202
Format: Paperback
$58.08

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Human Rights and Choice in Poverty: Food Insecurity, Dependency, and Human Rights-Based Development Aid for the Third World Rural Poor

Human Rights and Choice in Poverty: Food Insecurity,...

Author: Alan G. Smith
ISBN: 9780275958268
Format: Hardback
$110.00

He further argues that respect for human rights involves a duty on the part of advantaged nations to address the...  Read More >>

Shelter Blues: Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless

Shelter Blues: Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless...

Author: Robert R. Desjarlais
ISBN: 9780812216226
Format: Paperback
$50.95

""Beautifully crafted, powerfully illustrated with conversation, theoretically important, and almost unique as an...  Read More >>

The Rights of the Poor: Authoritative ACLU Guide to Poor People's Rights

The Rights of the Poor: Authoritative ACLU Guide to...

Author: Helen Hershkoff ,  Stephen Loffredo
ISBN: 9780809320912
Format: Paperback
$84.70

Using a question and answer format, the authors provide a comprehensive account of the rights of the poor. They...  Read More >>

America's Shame: Women and Children in Shelter and the Degradation of Family Roles

America's Shame: Women and Children in Shelter and the...

Author: Barbara A. Arrighi
ISBN: 9780275957322
Format: Hardback
$110.00

Centers on women and children living in shelters and offers a sociological study of poverty and the family.  Read More >>

Neighborhood Poverty

Neighborhood Poverty

Author: Jeanne Brooks-Gunn ,  etc.
ISBN: 9780871541451
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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