Poverty
Ruth Lister (Author)
"The essential introduction to a persistent social ill"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2021
2nd edition View all formats and editions
Polity Press, Cambridge, UK, 2021
xiv, 313 pages : illustrations (black and white); 22 cm.
9780745645964, 9780745645971, 0745645968, 0745645976
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Introduction Chapter 1. Defining Poverty Chapter 2. Measuring poverty Chapter 3. Inequality, social divisions and the differential experience of poverty Chapter 4. Discourses of poverty: from Othering to respect Chapter 5. Poverty and agency: from getting by to getting organized Chapter 6: Poverty, human rights and citizenship Conclusion: From concept to politics