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Book SynopsisSocial work and poverty: A critical approach provides a timely review of the key issues facing social workers and service users in working together to combat poverty, covering key areas including access to food, obesity and drug use.Trade Review"Social work and poverty achieves its aim of putting poverty where it belongs: at the centre of social work theory and practice." Rona Woodward, University of StirlingTable of ContentsPoverty and Social Work: The Historical Context; Social Work and the Concept of Poverty; The Reform of Welfare?; Service Users and the Experience of Poverty; Social Work and Poverty: Ethics and Practice; Social Work Organisations: Responding to Poverty; Poverty: Social Division and Service Users; Globalisation, Social Work and Poverty; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWe are living in the most remarkable and dangerous times. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share of world wealth, while the share of most of the other 99% has collapsed in the last five years. In this fully rewritten and updated edition of Injustice, Dorling offers hope of a more equal society.Trade Review"The book is accessible: clearly written and eloquently argued, with up-to-date data from the UK and US used to back up claims...a call to action, with practical steps towards eradicating inequality." Research Matters"Dorling's text is an invaluable reference that anybody and everybody concerned with inequality, social (in)justice, and the underside to the world in which we live ought have on their bookshelf." The Marx and Philosophy Review of Books"This updated edition of Dorling's book will remind us - if we needed reminding - that injustice has not gone away, and that in many ways it is getting worse; that there are things that we can do about it; and that we need to do those things." Citizen's Income Trust"A rallying point for a different vision of society, one in which elitism is replaced by equality, exclusion and prejudice by acceptance, greed by selflessness, and despair by confidence. It is only in such an environment that individual fulfilment, regardless of position in the social order, and so desperately craved but so rarely realised in capitalist society, is available to all. What, then, are we waiting for?" The Oxford Left Review"Rich insights into how prejudice, presumption and a paucity of regard for our fellow human beings reinforces poverty as well as privilege." David Cay Johnston, journalist and author, Pulitzer Prize winner"Superb and invaluable ammunition in the fight against inequality and injustice" Owen Jones, author and Guardian columnist"Think twice before reading this book – you may well become an activist against social injustice, inequality and the exploitation of labour. Danny Dorling gives us words that are weapons." Ken Loach, director"Dorling’s analysis is quietly, devastatingly persuasive. Once you’ve read him you have to reassess how you live. That’s an amazing gift." Peter Florence, Director of the Hay Festival"In this new edition of his seminal Injustice, Dorling’s unique combination of moral passion and analytical rigour made my heart sing." David Marquand, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford University"Excellent compendium....[from] one of the great researchers on the condition of our time." Tribune"Powerful sentences and carefully-curated evidence frame critically-important thoughts on how we got here and how things could be different." Jamie Goodwin-White, University of California"Dorling has given us a guide through the dark, twisted and changing forest of injustice. A must-read for anyone fighting for justice." Dr Faiza Shaheen, Head of Inequality, Save the ChildrenTable of ContentsLetter from America: commentary by Sam Pizzigati; Foreword by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett; 1. Introduction; The beliefs that uphold injustice; The five faces of social inequality; A pocket full of posies; 2. Inequality: the antecedent and outcome and of injustice; Inevitability of change: what we do now we could all have enough?; Injustice rising out of the ashes of social evils; So where do we go from here; 3. 'Elitism is efficient': new educational divisions; The ‘new delinquents’: those most harmed by elitism, a seventh of all children; IQism: the underlying rationale for the growth of elitism; Apartheid schooling: from garaging to hot-housing; Putting on a pedestal: superhuman myths; The 1950s: from ignorance to arrogance; 4. 'Exclusion is necessary': excluding people from society; Indebted: those most harmed by exclusion, a sixth of all people; Geneticism: the theories that exacerbate social exclusion; Segregation: of community from community; Escapism: of the rich behind walls; The 1960s: the turning point from inclusion to exclusion; 5. 'Prejudice is natural': a wider racism; Indenture: labour for miserable reward, a fifth of all adults; Darwinism: thinking that different incentives are needed; Polarisation: of the economic performance of regions; Inheritance: the mechanism of prejudice; The 1970s: the new racism; 6. 'Greed is good': consumption and waste; Not part of the programme: just getting by, a quarter of all households; Economics: the discipline with so much to answer for; Gulfs: between our lives and our worlds; Celebrity: celebrated as a model of success; The 1980s: changing the rules of trade; 7. ‘Despair is inevitable’: health and wellbeing; Anxiety: made ill through the way we live, a third of all families; Competition: proposing insecurity as beneficial; Culture: the international gaps in societal wellbeing; Bird-brained thinking: putting profit above caring; The 1990s: birth of mass medicating; 8. Conspiracy, consensus, conclusion. No great conspiracy; Using the vote; Coming to the end; Injustice deepens; What to do;

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a wealth of qualitative longitudinal evidence, this book casts light on women's lived experiences of welfare and work. It uncovers the hidden gendered bias of conditional welfare reforms to challenge dominant political discourses, policy design and practice norms.Table of Contents1. What Does Work-based Welfare Reform Mean for Women? 2. Re-Theorising Conditional Welfare As Gendered Lived Experience and Street-Level Practice 3. Policy Context: The Hidden Gendered Impacts of Conditional Welfare Reforms 4. Re-Writing Retirement As ‘Work Experience’: Older Women’s Gendered Encounters With the Work Ethic 5. Crushing Conditionality: Women Living Through Heavily Enforced Work-Related Conditionality 6. In the Shadow of Sanctions: Disciplining Women and Children for Violating Male-Defined Work Norms 7. Conclusions Appendix 1: The Welfare Conditionality Study Appendix 2: Sanctions Overviews

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Book SynopsisThis landmark book charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor, and the mechanisms that link them. Stewart Lansley examines the ideological rifts that have driven society back to the divisions of the past and asks why rich and poor citizens are still judged by very different standards.Trade Review“A resource that can help us make up our own minds about extremes of wealth and poverty, privilege and want, instead of being encouraged to ‘other’ welfare claimants and kid ourselves we share the interests of the profiteering one per cent. We should arm ourselves with it in all our anti-poverty struggles.” Cost of Living“The key takeaway of this excellent history is that poverty cannot be fought effectively, unless we also tackle the social and economic inequality that creates it.” Labour Hub“Crucially, the book extends our understanding of inequality by showing the clear, dependent relationship, between poverty and wealth creation. The book forces readers to confront, not just the reliance of the rich on the poor to make money, but also the long-standing and stubborn nature of this relationship in Britain”. Brave New Europe ”A vivid description of the fall and rise of poverty and inequality... impressive survey and analysis of 200 years of inequality." Journal of Social Policy “Important....passionate and thoroughly researched.” Political QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Knighthoods for the rich, penalties for the poor Part 1: 1800-1939 1. Hierarchical discipline 2. Britain’s gilded age 3. Public penury and private ostentation 4. A roller-coaster ride Part 2: 1940-59 5. The future belongs to us 6. Britain’s ‘New Deal' 7. Brave new world 8. A shallow consensus Part 3: 1960-79 9. The rediscovery of poverty 10. Poorer under Labour 11. Consolidation or advance? 12. Peak equality Part 4: 1980-96 13. Don’t mention the 'p' word 14. Zapping Labour 15. The dark shadow of the Poor Law 16. The great widening 17. Money worship Part 5: 1997-2010 18. The elephant in the room 19. Still born to rule 20. I'm not Mother Teresa 21. The house of cards 22. The good, the bad and the ugly Part 6: 2011-20 23. Divide and rule: playing politics with poverty 24. A leaner state 25. Burning injustice 26. Growing rich in their sleep 27. The high-inequality, high-poverty cycle Afterword: COVID-19 and 'the polo season'

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Book SynopsisMany people living in rural areas face hardship but the UK's welfare system is poorly adapted to meet their needs, with the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and cutbacks exacerbating pressures. This book combines person-based and place-based approaches to tackling rural poverty.Trade Review"Getting ‘under the skin’ of hidden poverty benefits from qualitative research approaches. This volume succeeds admirably in this regard, providing an important addition to a research area neglected because of its hiddenness." Town Planning ReviewTable of ContentsForeword by Professor Sir Howard Newby 1. Introduction 2. Poverty and social exclusion in rural Britain: a review 3. East Perthshire: an accessible rural area in Scotland 4. Harris: an island area of Scotland 5. The North Tyne valley, Northumberland: a remote area of England 6. Rural poverty in a pandemic: experiences of COVID-19 7. Changing sources of support: precarity, conditionality and social solidarity 8. Conclusions and policy implications

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Book SynopsisIn the latest edition of Social Policy Review, experts review the leading social policy scholarship from the past year. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this volume addresses current issues and critical debates throughout the international social policy field.Table of ContentsGlobal developments in social policy research - Ruggero Cefalo, Marcia Rose and Andy Jolly Part 1: Intergenerational research 1. Intergenerational research, policy and practice for sustaining social care in the UK: current challenges and future aspirations - Lois Peach, Lena Sakure, Mirain Llwyd Roberts, Stephanie Green and Kate Howson 2. An intergenerational divide in the context of COVID-19? - Lizzie Ward and Stephanie Fleischer 3. Impacts of substance use across generations: exploring how the risk of problem substance use can be impacted by locus of control - Penelope Laycock 4. COVID-19 and intergenerational equity: can social protection initiatives transcend caste barriers in India? - Akanksha Sanil 5. Two levels of agency: the negotiation of intergenerational support in Chinese families - Jiaxin Liu Part 2: Research developments in social policy analysis 6. The impact of COVID-19 on the residential care sector for the elderly: employment and care regimes in the European comparative perspective - Marco Arlotti and Stefano Neri 7. Curating Spaces of Hope: exploring the potential for Faith Based Organisations in uncertain times - Matthew Barber-Rowell 8. The ‘Innovative Job Agency’: an experiment in renewing local social services in Pisa (Italy) - Elena Vivaldi, Andrea Blasini and Federico Bruno 9. Inequality within equalities: an institutionalist examination of equalities interest groups engagement in a third sector-government partnership - Amy Sanders Part 3: Policy developments 10. Homelessness and the coronavirus - Hilary Silver 11. A Cultural Political Economy case study of Singapore’s Central Provident Fund: critiquing welfare policy in the reproduction of subordination and inequality - Eve Yeo and Joe Greener 12. Unmet need, epistemic injustice and early death: how social policy for Autistic adults in England and Wales fails to slay Beveridge’s Five Giants - Aimee Grant, Gemma Williams, Kathryn Williams and Richard Woods

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Book SynopsisErik Hansson examines Swedish society's reactions to the presence of European Union citizens, mainly Romanian and Bulgarian Roma, begging in the 2010s.Trade Review"This brilliant and intense book is recommended for anyone conducting research on homelessness and urban poverty in general."—Hélène B. Ducros, EuropeNow“Politically urgent, theoretically exciting, and beautifully written, The Begging Question combines razor-sharp materialist and psychoanalytic analysis to offer a radical rethinking of begging and of how to escape the limited political and ethical imaginaries that surround it.”—Felicity Callard, professor of human geography at the University of Glasgow“Artfully exposes the unconscious underpinnings of social democracy in Sweden, showing how it is laced with proclivities to scapegoat the Other. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary forms of racism and poverty.”—Ilan Kapoor, professor of critical development studies at York University, Toronto“Erik Hansson innovatively combines theories of psychoanalysis, class dynamics, and racism to explain anxieties in encountering begging and contradictory political responses to the arrival of Roma from the European Union.”—Michael Jones, professor emeritus of geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology“A rich and thought-provoking examination of the emergence of racialized poverty and begging in one of Europe’s historically most egalitarian social democracies. Drawing creatively on Marxist and psychoanalytic theory, Erik Hansson opens a vital space to reflect—politically and psychically—on what inequality, nationalism, and the politics of redistribution mean in Sweden today.”—Jesse Proudfoot, assistant professor of sociology at Durham UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Don Mitchell Acknowledgments The Problem: An Introduction Part 1. Anxiety: The Universal in the Particular 1. Searching for Elucidations 2. The Concrete’s Historical Layers 3. Abjection, or Hell Is Othered People 4. Anxiety and Ethics 5. Ideology, or Enjoying the National Thing Part 2. Hegemony: The Particular in the Universal 6. The Swedish Ideology, or Missing Exceptional Equality 7. The Tolerant Stance of Inaction, 2010–2015 8. The Borromean Welfare Knot 9. The Conjuncture, 2015–2019 The Problem: An Epitome Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs an adult, I learned this: persist. Work hard. Face rejection, weather the setbacks, until you meet the gatekeeper who will open a door for you. Jesmyn Ward grew up in a poor, rural community in Mississippi. Today, as the first woman to win the National Book Award twice, she is celebrated as one of America’s greatest living writers. Navigate Your Stars is a stirring reflection on the value of hard work and the importance of respect for oneself and others. First delivered as a 2018 commencement address at Tulane University, it captures Ward’s inimitable voice as she reflects on her experiences as a Southern black woman, addressing the themes of grit, adversity and the importance of family bonds. Beautifully illustrated in full colour, this is a meditative and profound book that will inspire all readers preparing for the next chapter in their lives.Trade ReviewBlazing with power, grief and tenderness. Ward takes the territory made so familiar by writers such as William Faulkner or Eudora Welty, and reclaims it -- Praise for 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' * Financial Times *Ward is a lyrical, visceral storyteller, one who is as adept at conveying the tenderness of sibling love as the terror and brutality of racist violence -- Praise for 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisHow are poverty and social inequality entrenched through a failing justice system? In this important book, Jon Robins and Daniel Newman examine how the lives of people already struggling with problems with their welfare benefits, jobs, housing and immigration are made much harder by cuts to legal aid and the failings of our creaking justice system. Over the course of 12 months, interviews were carried out on the ground in a range of settings with people as they were caught up in the justice system, in a range of settings such as foodbanks in a church hall in a wealthy part of London; a community centre in a former mining town; a homeless shelter for rough sleepers in Birmingham; and a destitution service for asylum seekers in a city on the South coast, as well as in courts and advice agencies up and down the country. The authors argue that a failure to access justice all too often represents a catastrophic step in the life of the person concerned and their family. This powerful, yet moving, account humanises the hostile political debates that surround legal aid and reveals what access to justice really means in Austerity Britain.Trade Review“[This] powerful and important book shows the human impact of austerity… should be read by all politicians and policy advisers.” The Times“The authors are clear: legal aid in its old form has gone and ain’t coming back… We need new thinking, and this book gives a solid base to begin.” New Law Journal“A powerful case for better legal aid.” Law Society Gazette“The skill with which the authors interweave background information… with first-hand accounts of the struggling legal system, is masterful. The aim of this book is not simply to reveal the impact of Austerity on the legal system, and persons living in poverty, although it does a brilliant job of that. The authors endeavour also to offer a sense of a way forward.” Frontiers of Socio-Legal StudiesTable of ContentsConveyor Belt Justice In the Shadow of Grenfell On the Streets Christmas at the Foodbank Meeting the Real ‘Daniel Blakes’ Caught in a Hostile Environment Deserts and Droughts Heading for Breakdown Death by a Thousand Cuts A Way Forward

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Book SynopsisBased on an autoethnographic study about a free food store in Aotearoa New Zealand, this book examines how alternative economies and relations emerge from community solutions, and how these could be used to think, act and organize differently against capitalist dynamics.

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Book SynopsisFor many students, working while in college is a defining characteristic of the undergraduate experience. However, student workers often view campus employment as a money-making opportunity rather than a chance for personal development. Likewise, institutions often neglect to consider campus jobs as a means to education and student engagement.It is the distinction between work for remuneration and work for personal development which shapes much of the discussion of student employment throughout A Good Job. This book makes the case for campus employment as a high-impact practice in higher education and provides models for institutional efforts to implement new student employment strategies.Carefully designed campus employment opportunities can have numerous benefits, including career exploration and preparation, learning, and increased engagement leading to increased retention. The authors make the case that employment can and should be a purposeful and powerful component in any higher education institution’s efforts to support student learning, development, and success.This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in capitalizing on the developmental and learning potential of student employment on campus.Trade ReviewFrom the Foreword:“The contemporary college student experience differs in many ways from that of many current faculty members and administrators. With so many undergraduates today working while they pursue their studies, it is incumbent on college and university leaders, faculty, academic advisors, student affairs professionals, and others committed to helping students succeed become more informed about how to harness the benefits of employment to enrich student engagement and improve educational outcomes.Granted, finding ways to connect academics and employment is only one of the many practices that institutions must have in place to enrich student learning and help more students survive and thrive in college. Even so, promoting greater levels of deep learning and goal realization through the work experience is one of the few promising approaches that does not require additional resources to implement. This timely book can help us better understand how to make working during college more educationally purposeful to the benefit of students, institutions, and employers.”George D. Kuh, Senior Scholar at the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and Chancellor’s Professor of Higher Education EmeritusIndiana UniversityTable of ContentsFigures and Tables Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Student Employment on Campus. An Overview 2. Student Development and Campus Employment 3. Career Development and Campus Employment 4. Campus Employment and Student Learning 5. Student Employment on Campus as a Vehicle for Student Retention, Persistence, and Success 6. The Importance of Intentional Management and Supervision in Student Employment 7. Legal Issues in Student Employment Programs on Campus 8. Student Employment as a High-Impact Practice and Hallmark of Institutional Excellence References About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisPoverty in Britain is at post-war highs and - even with economic growth -is set to increase yet further. Food bank queues are growing, levels of severe deprivation have been rising, and increasing numbers of children are left with their most basic needs unmet. Based on exclusive access to the largest ever survey of poverty in the UK, and its predecessor surveys in the 1980s and 1990s, Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack track changes in deprivation and paint a devastating picture of the reality of poverty today and its causes. Shattering the myth that poverty is the fault of the poor and a generous benefit system, they show that the blame lies with the massive social and economic upheaval that has shifted power from the workforce to corporations and swelled the ranks of the working poor, a group increasingly at the mercy of low-pay, zero-hour contracts and downward social mobility. The high levels of poverty in the UK are not ordained but can be traced directly to the political choices taken by successive governments. Lansley and Mack outline an alternative economic and social strategy that is both perfectly feasible and urgently necessary if we are to reverse the course of the last three decades. One of Listmuse's Greatest British Politics booksTrade Review‘Fascinating and unsettling…a contribution and resource of inestimable value.’ * Political Quarterly *'This book should be widely read and discussed especially by politicians and the media. It provides a panorama of food for thought on important issue of the day.' * SBE (The Society of Business Economists) *"Hard-hitting… researched and argued so carefully - and sensitively - that it is difficult to disagree" * Times Literary Supplement *'Tells the stories of those who are voiceless. Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack forensically dissect poverty... All politicians should be made to read this book' * Independent *‘a new book on poverty, Breadline Britain, deserves to be taken more seriously’ * City AM *"I remember very clearly my sense of elation when I first saw the material that went into Mack and Lansley’s enlightening, but disturbing research. Breadline Britain is a brilliant continuation of their deep engagement with the investigation of unacceptable poverty in Britain’s otherwise prosperous economy." -- Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics“Inequality is the biggest challenge of our time. This important book exposes the real causes of poverty in modern Britain and makes a powerful case for the radical change we need to build a fairer and more equal society.” -- Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee"Careful and hard hitting. The book leaves our politicians no excuses." -- Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level"Indispensable. Analytically sophisticated as well as viscerally stirring." -- David Kynaston, author of Austerity Britain, 1945-51"The big debates about social and economic policy in Western countries are shifting from concerns about poverty to a recognition that growing inequality is our fundamental problem. Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack, who have been working in this field for a generation, offer a massively convincing analysis of this problem and the policies it calls for." -- David Donnison, Emeritus Professor of Regional and Town Planning, University of Glasgow and former Chair of the Supplementary Benefits Commission"Brilliant. A devastatingly shocking report. This is the book everyone needs to read – authoritative and compellingly readable." -- Polly Toynbee

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Book SynopsisOver recent years, tabloid readers have become familiar with the concept of the "white working class", those thought to have been "left behind" by globalization, including immigration. Such sentiments were weaponized by politicians on all sides to fuel the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the Brexit campaign. And this racialized narrative has emerged repeatedly in mature democracies – in the political campaigns of Trump, Le Pen and others – and continues to gain traction in the guise of economic nationalism and populism. The need to understand the putative emergence of the white working class has become both intellectually significant and politically urgent. In Race and the Undeserving Poor, Robbie Shilliam does just this. He charts the development over the past 200 years of a shifting postcolonial settlement that has produced a racialized distinction between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor, the latest incarnation of which is a distinction between a deserving, neglected white working class and "others" who are undeserving, not indigenous, and not white. Shilliam's analysis shows that the white working class are not an indigenous constituency, but a product of the struggles to consolidate and defend imperial order that have shaped British society since the abolition of slavery.Trade ReviewPolitically uncertain times require rigorous and judicious scholarship and, with this superbly argued book, Robbie Shilliam provides just that. The UK’s vote to leave the European Union has prompted a reconsideration of ideas of (national) belonging and of class. Shilliam eviscerates standard accounts that seek to locate the emergence of the ‘white working class’ in national terms and presents a brilliantly compelling account of why this emergence is better understood in terms of the postcolonial genealogy of British Empire. A vital, necessary book to make sense of our present. -- Gurminder K. Bhambra, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, University of SussexA milestone in political science and cultural studies ... Shilliam’s account of the racialisation of the ‘undeserving poor’ offers a systemic critique of how whiteness excuses politics from the difficult task of anti-capitalist internationalism ... accessibly introduces concepts that shed light on how whiteness is made by blackening. Each of these concepts packs an intricate but straightforward story about the internationalisation of British capital. -- Elio Di Muccio, Capital & Class... a detailed and sharp analysis of the racialization of those deemed 'undeserving' in British society. It places the emergence of the 'white working class', which was such a dominant category in debates around Brexit, within the broader historical context of the British Empire ... this 'white working class' imaginary persists in spite of the fact that the British working class are not homogenously white, and notably, that those who su?er most under austerity are Black and minority ethnic communities ... provides an important analytical framework for us to begin to understand contemporary debates around nationalism and belonging. -- Katy Harsant, Ethnic and Racial StudiesTable of ContentsForeword by Matthew Watson1. Introduction2. English poor laws and Caribbean slavery3 Anglo-Saxon empire and the residuum4. National welfare and colonial development5. Commonwealth labour and the white working class6. Social conservatism and the white underclass7. Brexit and the return of the white working class8. Conclusion: Brexit, viewed from Grenfell Tower

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Book SynopsisIn 1739, the London Foundling Hospital opened its doors to take in the abandoned children of the city. It was the culmination of seventeen years of campaigning by Captain Thomas Coram, driven by his horror at seeing children die in the streets. He was supported in his endeavours by a royal charter and by William Hogarth and George Frideric Handel. The Hospital would continue as both home and school for over 215 years, raising thousands of children until they could be apprenticed out.London’s Forgotten Children is a fascinating history of the first children’s charity, charting the rise of this incredible institution and examining the attitude towards illegitimate children over the years. The story comes alive with the voices of children who grew up in the Hospital, and the concluding, fully updated, account of today’s children’s charity Coram is an ongoing testament to the vision of its founder.

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Book SynopsisIn this reissue of the 1972 classic of social anatomy, Richard Sennets adds a new introduction to shows how the injuries of class persist into the 21st century. In this intrepid, groundbreaking book, Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb uncover and define a new form of class conflict in America?an internal conflict in the heart and mind of the blue-collar worker who measures his own value against those lives and occupations to which our society gives a special premium.The authors conclude that in the games of hierarchical respect, no class can emerge the victor; and that true egalitarianism can be achieved only by rediscovering diverse concepts of human dignity. Examining personal feelings in terms of a totality of human relations, and looking beyond the struggle for economic survival, The Hidden Injuries of Class takes an important step forward in the sociological critique of everyday life.Trade ReviewTheir work is subtle, refined and sympathetic. It is an excellent example of social-science work in which the authors do not pretend impartiality but state their values and allow their readers to learn from their findings and argue with their conclusions. * The New Yorker *Among the many recent studies of working class life...this stands out both for its compassion and its willingness to venture into subjective psychic realities painfully difficult to articulate and impossible to quantify. * Kirkus Review *The book is an exercise in secular prophecy, frequently involuted, sometimes contradictory, and often brilliant * New York Times *They are strongly marked by a personal style of thought which delights in para- dox and digs into the mind of the American worker in the manner of a Shakespearian critic analyzing the character of Hamlet * Political Science Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisA moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves.They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation is “unaccompanied homeless youth”—they are not "runaways" breaking free from strict parenting; these are kids seeking safety. They have escaped abusive parents, have been abandoned, or have never had a home to begin with.When Vicki Sokolik’s son brought home a classmate who was living on her own and was dropping out of school to support herself, Vicki stepped in to help. As she learned more about the invisible population of young people navigating life alone, she discovered the countless ways they are overlooked and impeded by the system. She founded a nonprofit and worked to ch

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Cortina has written a significant work of social philosophy that deserves close attention in the Anglophone world. Aporophobia is a provocative book that will stimulate discussion, argument and investigation."---Nick Haslam, The Conversation

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Book SynopsisThis book synthesises the challenges of researching everyday life for families on low incomes during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve future policy and practice.Table of ContentsIntroduction Kayleigh Garthwaite, Rosalie Warnock, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, and Anna Tarrant Social Security in the Spotlight 1 Bringing Up a Family and Making Ends Meet: Before and During the Coronavirus Crisis Ruth Webber and Katherine Hill 2 Welfare at a (social) distance: Accessing Social Security and Employment Support During the COVID-19 and Its Aftermath David Robertshaw, Kate Summers, Lisa Scullion, Daniel Edmiston, Ben Baumberg Geiger, Andrea Gibbons, Jo Ingold, Robert De Vries, and David Young 3 Families Navigating Universal Credit in the COVID-19 Pandemic Rita Griffiths, Marsha Wood, Fran Bennett, and Jane Millar 4 Complex Lives: Exploring Experiences of Universal Credit Claimants in Salford During COVID-19 Lisa Scullion, Andrea Gibbons, Joe Pardoe, Catherine Connors, and Dave Beck Intersecting Insecurities in Action 5 the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Families Living in the Ethnically Diverse and Deprived City of Bradford: Findings From the Longitudinal Born in Bradford COVID-19 Research Programme Josie Dickerson, Bridget Lockyer, Claire McIvor, Daniel D. Bingham, Kirsty L. Crossley, Charlotte Endacott, Rachael H. Moss, Helen Smith, Kate E. Pickett, Rosie R. C. McEachan, on Behalf of the Bradford Institute for Health Research Scientific Adv 6 a Tale of Two Cities in London’s East End: Impacts of COVID-19 on Low and High-Income Families With Young Children and Pregnant Women Claire Cameron, Hanan Hauari, Michelle Heys, Katie Hollingworth, Margaret O’Brien, Sarah O’Toole, and Lydia Whitaker 7 Size Matters: Experiences of Larger Families on a Low Income During COVID-19 Mary Reader and Kate Andersen 8 Caring Without Sharing: How Single Parents Worked and Cared During the Pandemic Elizabeth Clery and Laura Dewar

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChina's transformation cannot be attributed to a single cause; rather, it arose from a contingent, interactive process—Ang calls it 'directed improvisation.' She formalizes this insight which has the potential to influence future studies of institutional and economic change beyond China. * Foreign Affairs *While adaptive approaches to development have become new buzzwords, Yuen Yuen's work brings rigor to this conversation.... This analytical lens has enormous potential for thinking through the adaptive challenge, whether at the national level, subnational level or sectoral level. * The World Bank *The book combines methodological rigour, employing a complexity perspective hitherto unknown in standard political economy analyses... with rich original empirical data drawn from more than 400 interviews.... This is an important book with a bold thesis that, at its most ambitious, demands a rethinking of the history and evolution of capitalism.... In terms of policy implications, Ang's thesis has the potential to upend much that the global development establishment holds dear. * The Straits Times *How China Escaped the Poverty Trap... is an original and insightful take on what is perhaps the biggest development puzzle of my lifetime. * Building State Capability Blog *This book is a triumph, opening a window onto the political economy of China’s astonishing rise that takes as its starting point systems and complexity. Its lessons apply far beyond China’s borders. * Oxfam Blog *Ang provides specialists and nonspecialists alike with a fresh inside-the-black-box account of how the Chinese state... has actually practiced (not merely preached) innovation, problem solving, and effective implementation.... Future studies of bureaucratic life in China and elsewhere must reckon seriously with Ang's account. * Governance *As if explaining modern Chinese economic development was not enough of a challenge, Ang has two even loftier goals. The first is methodological. She expresses a frustration with political science's causality obsession and modeling approaches that deliver isolated snapshots of complex processes.... Ang's second ambition is to apply this coevolutionary schema to how we understand economic development generally. * Perspectives on Politics *This book is an invaluable addition to the scholarship on the political economy of development. * Pacific Affairs *How China Escaped the Poverty Trap is an innovative account to explain why China has economically developed in spite – or because – of its low-quality institutions. It is both a theoretically original and empirically rich study of Chinese economic development and required reading for those who want to understand China's and our own future. * VoegelinView *The author has certainly filled the gaps in the literature on the political-economic analysis of China's historic transformation from a low-income to a middle-income country through adoption of a co-evolutionary approach to development. Overall, this interesting book goes deeper beneath the broad political-economic surface of Chinese society. It should appeal not only to researchers on Chinese society, but also to practising political economists. * Ecoomic Record *Table of ContentsIntroduction: How Did Development Actually Happen? Part 1 FRAMEWORK AND BUILDING BLOCKS 1. Mapping Coevolution 2. Directed Improvisation Part 2 DIRECTION 3. Balancing Variety and Uniformity 4. Franchising the Bureaucracy Part 3 IMPROVISATION 5. From Building to Preserving Markets 6. Connecting First Movers and Laggards Conclusion: How Development Actually Happened Beyond China Appendix A: Steps for Mapping Coevolution Appendix B: Interviews

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Book SynopsisThe United States of America is experiencing a housing crisis, which, by some estimates, started in the early 2000s and was made worse by the financial crisis of the 2007-2008 recession. Hundreds of thousands of Americans lack decent and affordable housing or everyday shelter. Instead, they must live in tent encampments stowed in the niches of neighborhoods and under the freeway overpasses of many major U.S. cities, often in unsafe conditions. Signs of this crisis are all around: in the spikes of evictions, in nationwide problems with over- and under-development, and in the growing concerns about the sustainability of this nation''s towns and cities in the face of global climate change. This crisis didn''t arise from the specific circumstances of the housing market or shortfalls in the construction of new homes or increased labor and material costs. The current housing crisis is the result of state-sponsored discrimination in housing and land-use policy and the enforcement of racial anTable of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Justice and Social Spatial Arrangements 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Spatial Justice 1.3 Equality and Social Spatial Arrangements 1.4 Distributive Justice Chapter 2: Open Cities and Reconstructive Justice 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Reaching for Transformation 2.3 Open Communities and Substantive Opportunity 2.4 Rectifying Enduring Injustice Chapter 3: The Trouble with Gentrification 3.1 Bad Techies 3.2 The Concept of Gentrification 3.3 Two or Three Cheers for Gentrification 3.4 Here's the Thing about Displacement 3.5 Harms and Inequality Chapter 4: The Harms of Gentrification 4.1 The Harms 4.2 Distributive Justice 4.3 Cultural Loss 4.4 Democratic Inequality 4.5 Pragmatic Rectification Chapter 5: Segregation and the Trouble with Integration 5.1 Know Your Place 5.2 The Concept of Social-Spatial Segregation 5.3 The Benefits of Segregation 5.4 The Harms of Segregation 5.5 Integration as Evenness and Mobility 5.6 Integration is not a Proxy for Justice Chapter 6: Reconstructing Integration 6.1 What Remains of Integration 6.2 Integration as Reconstruction 6.3 Outcomes, not Conversion Chapter 7: Conclusion 7. Discomfiting Justice Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America''s enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last quarter century, Michael B. Katz''s new edition of this classic is virtually a new book. As the first did, it will force all concerned Americans to reconsider the foundations of our policies toward the poor, especially in the wake of the Great Recession that began in 2008.Katz highlights how throughout American history, the poor have been regarded as undeserving: people who do not deserve sympathy because they brought their poverty on themselves, either through laziness and immorality, or because they are culturally or mentally deficient. This long-dominant view sees poverty as a personal failure, serving to justify America''s mean-spirited treatment of the poor. Katz reminds us, however, that there are other explanations of poverty besides personal failure. Poverty has been written about as a problem of place, of resources, of political economy, of power, and of market failure. Katz looks at each idea in turn, showing how they suggest more effective approaches to our struggle against poverty. The Second Edition includes important new material. It now sheds light on the revival of the idea of culture in poverty research; the rehabilitation of Daniel Patrick Moynihan; the resurgent role of biology in discussions of the causes of poverty, such as in The Bell Curve; and the human rights movement''s intensified focus on alleviating world poverty. It emphasizes the successes of the War on Poverty and Great Society, especially at the grassroots level. It is also the first book to chart the rise and fall of the underclass as a concept driving public policy.A major revision of a landmark study, The Undeserving Poor helps readers to see poverty-and our efforts to combat it--in a new light.Trade ReviewA convincing and clear historical perspective on the peculiar perceptions of poverty and welfare in the United States . * William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago *Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter One ; The Undeserving Poor: Morals, Culture and Biology ; Chapter Two ; Poverty and the Politics of Liberation ; Chapter Three ; Intellectual Foundations of the War on Poverty and Great Society ; Chapter Four ; Interpretations of Poverty in the Conservative Ascendance ; Chapter Five ; The Rise and Fall of the <"Underclass>" ; Epilogue ; What Kind of a Problem is Poverty? ; Acknowledgments ; Index

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Book SynopsisA study of parenting and child out-comes in disadvantaged communities. Based on more than 500 interviews and case studies, the book reveals how parents have managed different levels of resources and dangers and contributed to the success of their children. Intended for sociologists, educators and policy makers.

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Book SynopsisConfronts the everyday politics of surveillance by exploring the worlds and words of those who know it best - the watched. The book focuses on the conversations of low-income mothers from Appalachian Ohio as they talk about the welfare bureaucracy and its remarkably advanced surveillance system.

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Book SynopsisIn a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, this book seeks to isolate the underlying causes of persistent rural poverty. It take a hard look at current and past programs to alleviate rural poverty and uses their failures to suggest alternatives that could improve the well-being of rural Americans.Trade ReviewThis book covers the historical development of rural poverty research and policy, brings together the core theoretical literature, and addresses significant substantive issues including food insecurity, race, migration, and housing. The breadth is remarkable. No other volume exists today that draws the literature together so comprehensively and engagingly. -- Linda Lobao, The Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Geography and Demography of Rural America1. Where Is Rural America and Who Lives There?, by Kenneth M. Johnson2. Poverty in Rural America Then and Now, by Bruce Weber and Kathleen MillerPart II. Key Concepts and Issues for Understanding Rural Poverty3. Measures of Poverty and Implications for Portraits of Rural Hardship, by Leif Jensen and Danielle Ely4. How to Explain Poverty?, by Ann R. Tickamyer and Emily J. WornellPart III. Vulnerable Populations in Rural Places5. Changing Gender Roles and Rural Poverty, by Kristin SmithCase Study: In re Bow, Nevada Supreme Court (1997), by Lisa R. Pruitt6. Racial Inequalities and Poverty in Rural America, by Mark H. HarveyCase Study: Engaging Black Geographies—How Racism Continues to Produce Poverty within the Black Belt South, by Rosalind P. Harris7. Immigration Trends and Immigrant Poverty in Rural America, by Shannon M. Monnat and Raeven Faye ChandlerCase Study: Immigration and New Rural Residents, by J. Celeste LayPart IV. Community and Societal Institutions8. Rural Poverty and Symbolic Capital: A Tale of Two Valleys, by Jennifer ShermanCase Study: Symbolic Capital and Sources of Division in “Golden Valley,” California, and “Paradise Valley,” Washington, by Jennifer Sherman9. The Old Versus the New Economies and Their Impacts, by Brian Thiede and Tim SlackCase Study: Buoyancy on the Bayou—Louisiana Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization, by Jill Ann Harrison10. Food Insecurity and Housing Insecurity, by Alisha Coleman-Jensen and Barry SteffenCase Study: Food Insecurity and Hunger in the Rural West, by Sarah Whitley11. The Environment and Health, by Danielle Christine Rhubart and Elyzabeth W. EngleCase Study: The Environment and Health, by Michael Hendryx12. Education and Information, by Catharine Biddle and Ian MetteCase Study: Education, Economic Disadvantage, and Homeless Students in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Gas Region, by Kai A. Schafft13. Crime, Punishment, and Spatial Inequality, by John M. Eason, L. Ash Smith, Jason Greenberg, Richard D. Abel, and Corey SparksCase Study: Violence Against Women in America’s Heartland, by Walter S. DeKeseredy and Amanda Hall-SanchezPart V. Programs, Policy, and Politics14. The Safety Net in Rural America, by Jennifer Warlick15. The Opportunities and Limits of Economic Growth, by Gary Paul Green16. Politics and Policy: Barriers and Opportunities for Rural Peoples, by Ann R. Tickamyer, Jennifer Sherman, and Jennifer WarlickContributorsIndex

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Book Synopsis''A mesmerising book, full of story, truth, pain, lyricism, humour and astonishment: the stuff of a difficult life, fully lived, and masterfully transformed into art'' SALMAN RUSHDIE''Intimate and wise, poignant and compassionate, redemptive and raw. You have to read this beautiful book'' CHERYL STRAYED, author of WildAn electrifying, dazzlingly written reckoning and an essential addition to the conversation about race and class, Survival Math takes its name from the calculations that award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson made to survive the Portland, Oregon, of his youth. This dynamic book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of ''hustle'' and the destructive power of addiction - all framed within the story of Jackson, his family and his community. Mitchell S. Jackson presents a microcosm of struggle and survival in contemporary urban AmericTrade Review'An unforgettable mix of sharp humor, wide interrogation, and indelible tragedy. Jackson's mesmerizing voice and style draws you into the survival calculations for millions of American kids and families, revealing a need-to-know reality for all of us' * Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black *An extensive and illuminating look at the city of [Jackson's] childhood, exploring issues like sex, violence, addiction, community, and the toll this takes on a person's life * Buzzfeed, Most Anticipated Books of 2019 *Vivid and unflinching ... Mitchell's memoir in essays chronicles the struggles of friends and family with drugs, racism, violence, and hopelessness and puts a face on the cyclical nature of poverty * Boston Globe, Most Anticipated Books of 2019 *"A dynamic, impressive debut memoir from the Whiting Award-winning author of The Residue Years (2013)... A potent book that revels in the author's truthful experiences while maintaining the jagged-grain, keeping-it-a-100, natural storytelling that made The Residue Years a modern must-read." * Kirkus Reviews *Jackson's musings skillfully illuminate the bloodlines, both inherited and earned, that pulse through the body of America's gang-graffitied carceral state * Tyehimba Jess, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olio *'Survival Math is the best memoir I've read in ages. With honesty, insight, and a tremendous amount of heart, Mitchell S. Jackson takes us deep into the stories that made, ruined, and saved him. I had the feeling while reading it that I'd never read anything quite like it before. It's intimate and wise; poignant and compassionate; redemptive and raw. You have to read this beautiful book' * Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild *Survival Math should be praised for many reasons--its literary integrity, its cinematic pace, its creativity and candor. But what I find most striking about this work, what I think distinguishes it, is its heart * Jason Reynolds *

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Book SynopsisThe problem of poverty is global in scope and has devastating consequences for many essential aspects of life: health, education, political participation, autonomy, and psychological well-being. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty presents the current state of philosophical research on poverty in its breadth and depth. It features 39 chapters divided into five thematic sections: Concepts, theories, and philosophical aspects of poverty research Poverty in the history of Western philosophy and philosophical traditions Poverty in non-Western philosophical thought Key ethical concepts and poverty Social and political issues The handbook not only addresses questions concerning individual, collective, and institutional responsibility towards people in extreme poverty and the moral wrong of poverty, but it also tackles emerging applied issues that are connected to poverty such as gender, race, education, migratTable of ContentsPhilosophy and Poverty: Introduction Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak Section 1: Concepts, theories and philosophical aspects of poverty research 1. Monetary poverty Clemens Sedmak 2. Capabilities and Poverty Yuko Kamishima 3. Social Exclusion and Poverty Gideon Calder 4. Philosophy, poverty, and inequality: normative and applied reflections Katarina Pitasse Fragoso and Marie-Pier Lemay 5. Epistemology, philosophy of science, and poverty research Clemens Sedmak 6. Ethics in poverty research Ann Mitchell Section 2: Poverty in the history of philosophy and philosophical traditions 7. Poverty in Graeco-Roman Philosophy Lucia Cecchet 8. Poverty in Medieval Philosophy Hans Kraml 9. Poverty in modern European philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th century Alessandro Pinzani 10. Utilitarianism and Poverty Brian Berkey 11. Liberalism and poverty Borja Barragué 12. Critical Theory and Poverty David Ingram 13. Marx and Poverty Arash Abazari 14. Feminist Philosophy and Poverty Christine M. Koggel Section 3: Poverty in non-Western philosophical thought 15. Decolonial Approaches to Poverty Robin Dunford 16. Poverty and African Social and Political Thought Uchenna Okeja 17. Poverty in Chinese Philosophy Jifen Li 18. Poverty in Indian Philosophy through the lens of the Religious and the Secular: An Exposition Shashi Motilal 19. Poverty in Islamic Philosophy Muqtedar Khan and Mohammed Ayub Khan 20. Poverty and Latin American Philosophy Eduardo Mendieta Section 4: Key ethical concepts and poverty 21. Duties and Poverty Stephanie Collins 22. Poverty and human dignity: What is the relationship? H.P.P. (Hennie) Lötter 23. Entitled to A Good Life Without Qualification: How Poverty Wrongs Those Experiencing It Cindy Holder 24. Recognition and Poverty Monica Mookherjee 25. Autonomy and Poverty Akira Inoue 26. Empowerment and Poverty Jay Drydyk, Diana Velasco, and Kerry O’Neill 27. Poverty and Human Rights Anandita Mukherji and Abigail Gosselin Section 5: Social and political issues 28. Global justice and poverty Vincent Fang 29. Poverty and Social Justice Valentin Beck 30. Welfare State and Poverty Cristian Pérez Muñoz 31. Why Racialized Poverty Matters — and the Way Forward Michael Cholbi 32. Poverty, health and justice Sridhar Venkatapuram 33. Development Policy and Poverty Lori Keleher 34. Climate Change and Poverty Darrel Moellendorf 35. Migration and Poverty Alejandra Mancilla 36. Education and Poverty Julian Culp 37. Gender and Poverty Susan P. Murphy 38. The Economy and Poverty Irene Bucelli 39. Child Poverty Gottfried Schweiger

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Book SynopsisThis comparative study of urban poverty is the first to chart the irregular pulse of poverty''s encounters with officialdom. It exploits an unusual methodology to secure new perspectives from familiar sources. The highly localised characteristics of the welfare economy generated a peculiarly urban environment for the poor. Separate chapters examine the parameters of workhouse life when the preconceptions of contemporaries have been stripped away; the reach of institutional charities such as almshouses, schools and infirmaries; and the surprisingly broad clientele of urban pawnbrokers. Detailed analysis of the poor is achieved via meticulous matching of individuals who fell within the purview of two or more authorities. The result is a unique insight into the survival economics of urban poverty, arising not from a tidy network of welfare but from a loose assembly of options, where the impoverished positioned themselves repeatedly to fit official, philanthropic, or casual Trade ReviewTomkins presents the conditions under which the poor lived, drawing on life in the workhouse, traditional poor relief such as lodging in poorhouses, health care, and schools for the poor. The section on credit and pawn broking among those in distress is especially significant because this is a field that has hardly been researched so far, and it demonstrates the flexibility of the poor in their struggle against want. -- .Table of ContentsList of tables, figures and appendicesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction2. Life in Urban Workhouses3. Traditional Forms of Voluntary Charity4. ‘Medical’ Welfare and Provincial Infirmaries5. Charity Schools and the Treatment of Poor Children6. Pawnbroking and the use of credit7. ConclusionAppendicesBibliography

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Book SynopsisPoverty and Inclusion in Early Years Education will help practitioners to understand the experiences of young children who are living in poverty. It examines the potentially devastating impact of poverty and social exclusion on children's chances in later life, and considers recent policy and practice reforms which have recognised the critical role played by early years settings and practitioners in guaranteeing a secure foundation for children's future attainment.The book explores the historical, political and legal aspects of policy on poverty and social exclusion, before offering guidance on how practitioners can help to address the inequalities caused by poverty and break the cycle of deprivation. Chapters go on to address the practicalities of working with children, families and agencies to create an inclusive early years environment, and focus on issues including: developing effective partnerships with families collTable of ContentsIntroduction SECTION ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES 2. Why do we need to think about Poverty and Social Exclusion? 3. Political and Legal Context 4. Social, Cultural and Economic Capital SECTION TWO: WHAT CAN WE DO? 5. Working with Families 6. Working in Partnership 7. Resources 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn this volume the distinguished sociologist Anselm Strauss reflects on his self-professed, lifelong intention to create sociological awareness in his readers and students. Strauss democratizes sociology by making sure that relativities of status, power, and wealth are acknowledged in the conduct of everyday life, and by recognizing that all collective life is subject to negotiation, rearrangement, and reconstruction.Represented here are some ideas for which Strauss is best known. He addresses work, leisure, culture, illness, identity, and policy. These disparate topics are linked by Strauss'' web of negotiation by which organizational arrangements can be changed. The volume concludes with discussion about problems of method, consultation, and teaching, affirming Strauss'' commitment to passing along the sociological awareness reflected in this volume to a next generation.Squarely in the long tradition of the Chicago School of sociology, the work of Anselm Strauss reprTable of ContentsContentsForewordIrving Louis HorowitzPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. Interaction1. The Chicago Tradition's Ongoing Theory of Action/Interaction2. Closed Awareness (With Barney Glaser)3. Face-to-Face Interaction: Complex and Developmental4. Structured Interactional ProcessII. Work5. Work and the Division of Labour6. Th e Articulation of Project Work: An Organizational Process7. Sentimental Work (With Shizuko Fagerhaugh, Barbara Suczek, and Carolyn Wiener)III. Trajectory8. Trajectory Framework for Management of Chronic Illness (With Juliet Corbin)9. Illness Trajectories (With Shizuko Fagerhaugh, Barbara Suczek, and Carolyn Wiener)IV. Negotiation10. Negotiated Order and the Coordination of Work(With Rue Bucher, Danuta Ehrlich, Melvin Sabshin, and Leonard Schatzman)11. General Considerations: An Introduction12. Paradigm and Prospects for a General Theory of NegotiationV. Social Worlds13. A Social World Perspective14. Professions in Process (With Rue Bucher)15. Memo on Science and Policy Arenas: Some Summary NotesVI. Collective Images and Symbolic Representations16. The Symbolic Time of Cities17. Images of Immigration and EthnicityVII. Identity18. Transformations of IdentityVIII. Body and Biography19. Experiencing Body Failure and a Disrupted Self-Image (With Juliet Corbin)20. Comeback: Th e Process of Overcoming Disability (With Juliet Corbin)21. Body, Action-Performance, and Everyday LifeIX. Policy22. Medical Ghettos23. Implications for Delivering Safe and Humane Care (With Shizuko Fagerhaugh, Barbara Suczek, and Carolyn Wiener)24. A Model for Reorganizing Health Care Delivery (With Juliet Corbin)X. Method, Consultation, and Teaching25. Criteria for Evaluating a Grounded Theory (With Juliet Corbin)26. Tracing Lines of Conditional Influence: Matrix and Paths (With Juliet Corbin)27. Research Consultations and Teaching: Guidelines, Strategies, and StyleSubject IndexAuthor Index

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Book SynopsisPoverty Propaganda debunks many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty and its prevalence, causes and consequences. In particular, it highlights the role of poverty propaganda' in sustaining class divides in perpetuating poverty and disadvantage in contemporary Britain.Trade Review“This book makes a significant contribution to making poverty visible, both as an experience for the many people the author has interviewed, and as a theoretical and political problem… With its particular emphasis on experience and empirical evidence, it offers students in particular a useful account of the interests, concerns and debates which have generated poverty propaganda in the UK.” Community Development Journal"This book is a timely opportunity to review our current understandings of poverty and what it means for us as a profession and as radicals..." Critical and Radical Social Work"An essential guide to poverty in 21st Century Britain. Poverty Propaganda examines how the truth about poverty, its causes and consequences, continue to be hidden behind headlines, stories and images of the feckless undeserving poor." Imogen Tyler, University of Lancaster"Exposes the falsehood of stigmatising through treating people as 'undeserving' at a time when a privileged minority is receiving a lot of 'something for nothing'." Guy Standing, SOAS University of London"Sets out to debunk many of the myths around poverty and benefits in the UK....reveals the extent of ‘poverty propaganda’ and the ideological function this plays in defending successive cuts to social security support. A timely and important book from one of the leading thinkers on poverty in the UK." Ruth Patrick, University of LiverpoolTable of ContentsIntroduction; Poverty propaganda; Lived realities; Labour markets and ‘poor work’; Class and social immobility; Discrimination, stigma and shame; Poverty propaganda and the (re)production of poverty and privilege; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisNaomi Eisenstadt and Carey Oppenheim explore the radical changes in public attitudes and public policy concerning parents and parenting, arguing that a more joined-up approach is needed to improve outcomes for children: both reducing child poverty and improving parental capacity by providing better support systems.Trade Review“Offers a deeply shaming view of the impact of austerity on child outcomes but also shows a path forward from where we are today. Policymakers must not turn their back on children in the UK; this book is a must-read for those who won’t.” Carys Roberts, Head of the Centre for Economic Justice at IPPR“Provides a user-friendly review of how policy towards families with young children has developed over the last twenty years, explaining what we now understand, as well as what has been misunderstood.” John Hills, London School of Economics.Table of ContentsIntroduction Changing ideologies, demographics and attitudes What do children need? The role of government, a changing picture Improving the lives of children and families Learning for the future

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Book SynopsisWelfare states are a major feature of many societies. This book draws on qualitative interviews with people receiving various working age welfare payments in Ireland to analyse welfare conditionality and explore stigma, social reciprocity and the notions of the deserving and undeserving poor.Table of ContentsForeword by Fred Powell Introduction 1. Setting the Stage: The Development of the Irish Welfare State and its Place in the World of Welfare 2. Welfare, Marginality and Social Liminality: Life in the Welfare ‘Space’ 3. The Effect of the Work Ethic 4. Welfare Conditionality 5. Maintaining Compliance and Engaging in Impression Management 6. Deservingness: Othering, Self-Justification and the Norm of Reciprocity 7. Welfare is 'Bad' Bringing It All Together 8. COVID-19: Policy Responses and Lived Experiences Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book explores the labour market integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers across seven European countries. It investigates how legal, political, social and personal circumstances combine to determine the work trajectory for migrants who choose Europe as their home.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Simone Baglioni and Francesca Calò 2. What do the numbers say about migration in European economies? - Christos Bagavos, Konstantinos N. Konstantakis, Panayotis G. Michaelides and Theocharis Marinos 3. Legal frameworks - Veronica Federico 4. Welfare regimes and labour market integration policies in Europe - Nathan Lillie, Ilona Bontenbal and Quivine Ndomo 5. Civil society organisations and labour market integration: barriers and enablers in seven European countries - Dino Numerato, Karel Čada and Karina Hoření 6. Social partners: barriers and enablers - Simone Baglioni, Tom Montgomery and Francesca Calò 7. The ‘back-stepper’ and the ‘career diplomat’: turning points of labour market integration - Irina Isaakyan, Simone Baglioni and Anna Triandafyllidou 8. The policy dimension: lessons learnt and ways forward - Maria Mexi

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Book Synopsis'Brilliant, horrifying and really f***ing funny' KATHY BURKE'Give[s] powerful voice to the often silent story that explains so much of Britain's current fracturing' OBSERVERI'm a scrounger, a liar, a hypocrite, a stain on society with no basic morals - or so they say. After all, what else do you call a working-class single mum in temporary accommodation?The darkly funny debut memoir from the creator of HBO and BBC's Rain Dogs, Skint Estate is a scream against austerity that rises full of rage in a landscape of sink estates, police cells, refuges and peepshows.A voice that must be heard.'Cash's brutal honesty will leave you wanting to make a change, stand up and be heard. A must-read' VICKY McCLURE'Extraordinary ... Bursts with energy, wit and anger' KEN LOACH'The new voice of a generation' THE TIMES'Astonishingly brilliant ... Raw, gut-wrenching and immensely moving' RUTH JONES'A fascinating, shocking look at poverty and motherhood' BILLIE PIPER'A howl of rage ... I loved it' THE IRISH TIMES'The definition of edgy' LIONEL SHRIVERTrade ReviewExplosive, funny and insightful ... You have to read it * Stylist *Visceral, high-octane prose, a cocktail of Irvine Welsh and Charles Bukowski with a splash of feminist polemic ... Skint Estate is a full-throttle dispatch from the front line of the war against the poor. * Morning Star *Cash Carraway's unique voice, filled in equal measure with rage and inspiration, tells a story of hope amongst state violence. Brilliant and compelling. * Anna Minton *This is a raw, painful, funny book. And it rings true. Cash Carraway is a real writer, who shares her extraordinary story with a developing sense of politics. Her writing bursts with energy, wit and anger - it might be too strong for the Radio4 Book of the Week, but it is essential reading. * Ken Loach *What an astonishingly brilliant memoir. I’m speechless. So beautifully, passionately written without a shred of self-pity and brim full of this unbreakable mother daughter Love at the heart of it all... Raw, gut-wrenching and immensely moving. * Ruth Jones *

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Book SynopsisBased on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolise Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani moves with her family from shelter to shelter, this story traces the passage of Dasani's ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north.Dasani comes of age as New York City's homeless crisis is exploding. In the shadows of this new Gilded Age, Dasani leads her seven siblings through a thicket of problems: hunger, parental drug addiction, violence, housing instability, segregated schools and the constant monitoring of the child-protection system.When, at age thirteen, Dasani enrolls at a boarding school in Pennsylvania, her loyalties are tested like never before. Ultimately, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning the family you love? By turns heartbreaking and revelatory, provocative and inspiring, Invisible Child tells an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality.Trade ReviewAndrea Elliott's reporting has an intimate, almost limitless feel to it... The result of this unflinching, tenacious reporting is a rare and powerful work whose stories will live inside you long after you've read them. * New York Times *A monumental work of journalism * Sunday Times *This is non-fiction writing at its best - uncluttered, evocative and well-researched... This is not a polemic. Elliott bears witness but does not preach; she shows but rarely tells. She does not pretend to be a neutral bystander (how could you immerse yourself in a struggling family for eight years and not root for them?) but does not intrude on her own storytelling. It is not a morality play either. The villains are too elusive and the heroes too flawed for that. This is structural, generational poverty at work in all its gruesome, demeaning inhumanity and punitive, institutional brutality. -- Gary Younge * New Statesmen *A gripping and propulsive work of narrative non-fiction . . . [an] indelible, virtuosic portrait of contemporary America * Financial Times *A triumph of in-depth reporting and storytelling ... a visceral blow-by-blow depiction of what 'structural racism' has meant in the lives of generations of one family ... above all else it is a celebration of a little girl-an unforgettable heroine whose frustration, elation, exhaustion, and intelligence will haunt your heart. -- Ariel LevyAn intimate exploration of poverty and racism in the U.S., as well as a portrait of a young person's resilience * Time *Invisible Child is hands down the best book I have read in years. Astonishing, remarkable, shocking, powerful, gripping, compelling. All of these words apply and more. This is a book of immense importance, written with tremendous craft and skill, but also compassion and verve . . . For those who have not read Invisible Child I am jealous, you are in for an extraordinary ride. Simply put, this is a masterpiece. * Thomas Harding, bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake *Sure to linger in the minds of many readers long after the last page has been turned... What easily could have been, in lesser hands, voyeuristic or sensational is instead a rich narrative, empathetically told. Elliott is a masterful storyteller and, by sharing Dasani's story, she calls on all of us to dismantle the systems that so often failed her and countless others * NPR *A tour de force * The i *An eye-opening, heartbreaking and deeply enraging book about the realities of contemporary US inequality * Irish Times *A tender portrait of a family, and a tour of America's broken welfare systems and racist policies. * The Atlantic *A fascinating and powerful epic * Stylist *A towering feat of reporting that paints, layer by layer, an extraordinary portrait of a child, a family, a city, and the nation that produced them. From start to finish, she sustains an insatiably curious and deeply empathetic focus on worlds that so many people work hard, if mostly unconsciously, to never really see. * Howard W. French, author of Born in Blackness *A wonderful and important book. -- Tracy Kidder, author of Mountains Beyond MountainsInvisible Child is a tour de force of immersive reporting and a meticulous and unflinching depiction of intergenerational American poverty... Elliott exposes the granular texture of daily life with deep empathy, the punishing sameness of material want, and in the process paints a sweeping portrait of contemporary American life. -- Anthony Lukas Prize Judge’s Citation * Nieman Foundation *

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Book SynopsisIn its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's, and by extension the world's, greatest moral challenge: lifting a great number of extremely poor people out of poverty?Bhagwati and Panagariya argue forcefully that only one strategy will help the poor to any significant effect: economic growth, led by markets overseen and encouraged by liberal state policies. Their radical message has huge consequences for economists, development NGOs and anti-poverty campaigners worldwide. There are vital lessons here not only for Southeast Asia, but for Africa, Eastern Europe, and anyone who cares that the effort to eradicate poverty is more than just good intentions. If you want it to work, you need growth. With all that implies.

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Book SynopsisMore than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas, but a billion of these people reside in neighbourhoods characterized by entrenched disadvantage. These neighbourhoods, known as 'slums', are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, however, it is often the host societies and their public policies that are at fault. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the word 'slum', from its origins in London in the early nineteenth century to its use to describe favela communities in the lead up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016. The word 'slum' has been extensively used for two hundred years to condemn and disperse poor communities. Mounting a case for the word's elimination from the language of progressive urban social reform, Slums is a must-read book for all those interested in social history and the importance of these vibrant and vital neighbourhoods.Trade Review'A tonic and rousing critique of the bad freight carried by the concept of "slum". Although an obvious offender in my own work, I'm entirely convinced by Mayne's passionate polemic. No more "s" word from me.' - Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums; 'Mayne lacerates ... [the] war on the poor, with sweeping historical critique, instead demonstrating how the logics and policies that keep the "poor" unsettled, simultaneously pacified and volatile, constitute a deception, covering over the distorted productivity of inequality, spatial engineering, and the reliance upon those consigned to the margins to regenerate new forms of sociality in face of denigration.' - Professor AbdouMaliq Simone, Goldsmiths, University of London; 'Alan Mayne is a leading authority on the history of "slums". In his new book he turns his attention to the repetitions and continuities in society's attitudes and policies towards "slums" worldwide over the past 200 years, from 19th-century Britain to 21st-century Global South. His challenging, forthright book exposes how our continued use of the word "slum" is misleading, deceitful and downright wrong.' - Professor Richard Dennis, University College London

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Book SynopsisA corrective to the view that cities are only ever good, arguing that the same urban properties which make cities so extraordinarily proficient at producing the good innovations also provides fertile ground for the development of the bad ones, on which urban elites have syphoned off wealth from other localities and regions.

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Book SynopsisAt a time of growing wealth and income inequality in the United States during recent decades, Class and Inequality in the United States examines the nature and sources of social inequality based on class, race, and gender relations throughout the course of U.S. history. Addressing the class bases of social inequality during the turbulent 20th and early 21st centuries, Berch Berberoglu stresses the urgency of the study of class relations and their contradictory and unequal outcomes in American society today.Exploring the development of class-consciousness and class struggles of working people, Class and Inequality in the United States examines the realities behind conflicting class relations, the effects of racial and gender oppression, and the dynamics of social change through struggles between the contending class forces that have shaped the contours of contemporary American society and will continue to affect the course of its development in the coming dec

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Book SynopsisCan we really end poverty in Britain?Yes, we can.In this groundbreaking book, Helen Rowe brings together the latest research with stories from across Britain to show us that ending poverty in the twenty-first century is possible. She describes the effects of deprivation on our society, institutions, communities, families and individuals – down to their very DNA.By using a combination of compassion, focus and a plan, Rowe describes how we can end poverty in five years, without raising taxes. Her radical ideas are grounded in practical realities, as she reveals how ordinary processes can yield extraordinary results.This book has huge ramifications for Britain and every developed nation globally. It will force governments to face an issue that has been ignored for too long. After Covid-19, Brexit, war, austerity and the global financial crash, Britain deserves a more positive future. How do we create it? Eliminating Poverty in Britain has the answers.Trade ReviewA vital and comprehensive study of class inequality that commands your attention from start to finish. - DARREN McGARVEY, Orwell Prize winner and author of Poverty Safari

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