Poverty & unemployment books

This collection of essays presents evidence from a variety of countries and backgrounds - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,...  Read More >>

This study looks at the tendency of women and their families to become the majority of the poor and asks whether...  Read More >>

This study looks at the tendency of women and their families to become the majority of the poor and asks whether...  Read More >>

This book analyses these debates and the political interests which are involved in poverty. It then brings together...  Read More >>

""The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and possible remedies...  Read More >>

In this book on urban poverty in the Caribbean, Michel S. Laguerre presents an analysis of the phenomenon in urban...  Read More >>

This book examines the contradictions between the prevailing ideologies and cultural practices and the economic...  Read More >>

This book examines the contradictions between the prevailing ideologies and cultural practices and the economic...  Read More >>

Discussing countries as diverse as China, Kenya, India, Bolivia, Egypt and South Korea the book offers new insights...  Read More >>

Out of Luck uncovers the history of the many who have always had to struggle hard to survive in this 'lucky' country...  Read More >>

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Winner of the 1988 Edgar Graham Book Prize awarded by the School of Oriental and African Studies, this assessment,...  Read More >>

Examines changing attitudes towards the problem of poverty, argues that the poor are often blamed for their condition,...  Read More >>

The editors use examples from Nigeria, India and Argentina to describe the scale of ill health, disablement and...  Read More >>

Documents the growth of concentrated poverty in central cities of the United States and examines what is known about...  Read More >>

Cover title: èOsterreich, Raum und Gesellschaft.  Read More >>

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This volume contains a series of essays which examine microeconomic or structural issues and attempt to explain...  Read More >>

This book is about the poor and the constraints of social and economic relationships within which they are trapped....  Read More >>

""The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country's...  Read More >>

This study focuses on important aspects of daily life - food, clothing, housing, education, occupational and educational...  Read More >>

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This study investigates the relationship between levels of wages and levels of unemployment in unionized economies....  Read More >>

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