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  • © 1997

Understanding Poverty

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  1. Pete Alcock
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  1. Jo Campling
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    Sales of first edition: over ,000 paperback copies
    Rewritten throughout and now incorporating new debates on social exclusion, the underclass, poverty dynamics and local antipoverty strategies

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Context of Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. What is Poverty?

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Poor and the Underclass

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 19-35

    4. The Causes of Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 36-47

    5. Poverty in Europe and Beyond

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 48-64

  3. Definition and Measurement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Defining Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 67-84

    3. Deprivation and Social Exclusion

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 85-98

    4. Households and Poverty Dynamics

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 99-113

    5. Measuring Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 114-129

  4. Social Divisions and Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Gender and Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 133-150

    3. Racism and Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 151-164

    4. Ageing and Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 165-180

    5. Disability and Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 181-193

  5. The Policy Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. The Politics of Poverty

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 197-209

    3. Social Security Policy

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 210-235

    4. Targeted Antipoverty Strategies

      • Pete Alcock
      Pages 236-251
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About this book

This second edition of an important text incorporates new evidence and arguments regarding poverty in Britain. Comprehensive and accessible, it deals with the problems of definition, measurement and distribution of poverty and analyses the full range of debates about its causes and its possible solution. It is essential reading for students of social policy, sociology, social work and related social sciences.
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About the author

PETE ALCOCK is Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Social Policy in Britain (second edition) and co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Social Policy, The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy and International Social Policy. He has been Chair of the Social Policy Association and is now Chair of the editorial board of the Journal of Social Policy.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Poverty

  • Authors: Pete Alcock

  • Editors: Jo Campling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25666-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Pete Alcock 1997

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 285

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Social Policy

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