Poverty & unemployment books

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Coping with Global Unemployment: Putting People Back to Work

Coping with Global Unemployment: Putting People Back...

Author: John Eatwell
ISBN: 9781563245817
Format: Hardback
$189.00

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If You Came This Way: A Journey Through the Lives of the Underclass

If You Came This Way: A Journey Through the Lives of...

Author: Peter T. Davis
ISBN: 9780471110743
Format: Hardback
$85.80

When the acclaimed author of Where Is Nicaragua? went in search of America's growing underclass--the persistent...  Read More >>

Taking the Measure of Poverty: A Critique of Low Income Statistics - Alternative Estimates and Policy Implications

Taking the Measure of Poverty: A Critique of Low Income...

Author: Richard Pryke
ISBN: 9780255363716
Format: Paperback
$23.29

CONTENTS: Introduction; Households Below Average Incomes: A Critique; How Incomes Should be Measured; Poor & Affluent...  Read More >>

Poverty and Power

Poverty and Power

Author: John Cameron ,  Hans Ramharak
ISBN: 9780195636543
Format: Hardback
$47.95

This volume contains essays on the fundamental causes of poverty in Asia, showing the variety of ways in which poverty...  Read More >>

Urban Poverty in Affluent Nations

Urban Poverty in Affluent Nations

Author: Dan A. Chekki
ISBN: 9781559388849
Format: Hardback
$151.99

Part of the series on research in community sociology that deals with such topics as theoretical and global perspectives...  Read More >>

Room To Manoeuvre: Political Aspects of Full Employment

Room To Manoeuvre: Political Aspects of Full Employment...

Author: Paul Boreham ,  Geoff Dow
ISBN: 9780522848625
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This work offers a research-based critique of contemporary Australian politics, strongly advocating a greater role...  Read More >>

Words of Welfare: The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty

Words of Welfare: The Poverty of Social Science and...

Author: Sanford F. Schram ,  Frances Fox Piven
ISBN: 9780816625789
Format: Paperback
$46.95

It has been suggested that policy analysis has come to serve the needs of the state at the expense of the citizens....  Read More >>

Jobs, Poverty, and Working Conditions in South Asia

Jobs, Poverty, and Working Conditions in South Asia...

Author:
ISBN: 9780821333440
Format: Paperback
$34.95

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Poor People's Social Movement Organizations: The Goal Is to Win

Poor People's Social Movement Organizations: The Goal...

Author: Melvin F. Hall
ISBN: 9780275947040
Format: Hardback
$110.00

A national survey of social movement organizations is employed to develop a model of how the organizational features...  Read More >>

Unemployment in Europe: Problems and Policies

Unemployment in Europe: Problems and Policies

Author: Valerie Symes
ISBN: 9780415118255
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Unemployment in Europe asks why European unemployment is so high and examines the policies adopted at local, national...  Read More >>

Unemployment in Europe: Problems and Policies

Unemployment in Europe: Problems and Policies

Author: Valerie Symes
ISBN: 9780415118248
Format: Hardback
$96.99

Unemployment in Europe asks why European unemployment is so high and examines the policies adopted at local, national...  Read More >>

Poverty and Child Health

Poverty and Child Health

Author: Nick Spencer ,  Sir Donald Acheson
ISBN: 9781857754773
Format: Paperback
$94.99

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Head Start and Beyond: A National Plan for Extended Childhood Intervention

Head Start and Beyond: A National Plan for Extended...

Author: Edward F. Zigler ,  Sally J. Styfco
ISBN: 9780300063189
Format: Paperback
$39.95

For 30 years the US government has funded education programmes to help disadvantaged children in school. This text...  Read More >>

Youth and Employment in Modern Britain

Youth and Employment in Modern Britain

Author: Kenneth Roberts (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Liverpool)
ISBN: 9780198279648
Format: Paperback
$77.95

This book provides the student with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the role and importance of youth...  Read More >>

Crisis, Urbanization, and Urban Poverty in Tanzania: A Study of Urban Poverty and Survival Politics

Crisis, Urbanization, and Urban Poverty in Tanzania:...

Author: Joe Lugalla
ISBN: 9780819197412
Format: Hardback
$209.88

This text provides an analysis of the process of urbanisation in Tanzania during the period of crises and policies...  Read More >>

Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in Peru

Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State...

Author: Susan C. Stokes
ISBN: 9780520200234
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Provides an analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. This title chronicles...  Read More >>

Poverty and the Transition to a Market Economy in Mongolia

Poverty and the Transition to a Market Economy in Mongolia...

Author: Keith Griffin
ISBN: 9780333637418
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book contains an analysis of the economic problems encountered in Mongolia during the transition from a centrally...  Read More >>

One Earth, Two Worlds

One Earth, Two Worlds

Author: John Barraclough ,  Dave Dalton
ISBN: 9780855982768
Format: Paperback
$23.23

With case studies from Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean, this text looks at environmental issues from...  Read More >>

Youth and Employment in Modern Britain

Youth and Employment in Modern Britain

Author: Kenneth Roberts
ISBN: 9780198279655
Format: Hardback
$77.50

This textbook aims to provide the student with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the role and importance...  Read More >>

Gender, Economic Growth and Poverty: Market Growth and State Planning in Asia and the Pacific Rim

Gender, Economic Growth and Poverty: Market Growth and...

Author: Noeleen Heyzer ,  Gita Sen
ISBN: 9789062249848
Format: Paperback
$76.56

This volume looks at the extent to which macro-planning and major poverty alleviation programmes of the Asia-Pacific...  Read More >>

Spanish Unemployment: Is There a Solution?

Spanish Unemployment: Is There a Solution?

Author: Javier Andres ,  Charles Bean
ISBN: 9781898128182
Format: Paperback
$99.00

Is there a solution to Spanish unemployment? This report contends that reducing Spain's current unemployment rate...  Read More >>

Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States

Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood...

Author: Robert Halpern
ISBN: 9780231081153
Format: Paperback
$65.95

This study charts the history of neighbourhood-based initiatives in the USA to illuminate the enduring dilemmas...  Read More >>

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