Poverty and precarity Books
Pluto Press The Poverty of Capitalism
Book SynopsisLooks at the failure of conventional economic theories based on capitalist growth, and explores alternative models being developed around the world.Trade Review'An important read not only for the young social activist or those interested in capitalism, but for anyone who has a general interest in politics looking to understand the true costs of global capitalism' -- Sarah Morley, LSE Review of Books'Chronicling the state of development in the wake of the global economic crisis, The Poverty of Capitalism stands as a powerful rejoinder' -- Dinah Rajak, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Development, University of Sussex'Comprehensive in its coverage of changes in the global economy, insightful in assessing the key dynamics and agents in current struggles, this book goes beyond traditional investigations of similar themes' -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham'In this powerful, timely book, John Hilary contends that capitalism is not only in crisis - it is the crisis!' -- Aziz Choudry, Assistant Professor, Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University'I’ve been waiting for this book all century - a subtle, thorough analysis of global capitalism' -- Raj Patel, author of 'Stuffed and Starved'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Crisis, Continuity and Change 3. Corporate Power in Practice 4. The Corporate Social Responsibility Delusion 5. Extractives: Dispossession Through Devastation 6. Garments: Capitalism’s False Promise 7. Food: the Final Frontier 8. Beyond Capitalism Bibliography Index
£22.49
Pluto Press Ground Down by Growth
Book SynopsisHow do India’s ‘untouchables’ and 'tribals' fit into the global economy?Trade Review'An exceptional book coming from researchers who lived with the most marginalised people to present the India of dislocation and despair' -- Anand Teltumbde, writer, civil rights activist and Senior Professor of Business Management, IIIT Hyderabad'Explodes the myth of the modernising power of capitalism. This sensitive and acute analysis shows that, far from doing away with inherited inequalities of power, Indian capitalism uses and intensifies them' -- Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi'A kaleidoscopic view of how established social forms morph and realign to produce deepening inequality and persistent, patterned disadvantage. Super-rich material and compelling analysis' -- Tania Murray Li, Anthropology, University of Toronto'Highly recommended for its careful attention to ethnographic detail, its systematically comparative approach and its grasp of political economy' -- Journal of Contemporary Asia'Undoubtedly a high quality contribution to the field of anthropological research' -- International Labour ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Preface Preface by Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 1. Tribe, Caste and Class - New Mechanisms of Exploitation and Oppression - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 2. Macro-economic Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in India - K.P. Kannan 3. Tea Belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala - Jayaseelan Raj 4. Cuddalore, Chemical Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu - Brendan Donegan 5. Bhadrachalam Scheduled Area, Telangana - Dalel Benbabaali 6. Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh - Richard Axelby 7. Narmada Valley and Adjoining Plains, Maharashtra - Vikramaditya Thakur 8. The Struggles Ahead - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche Appendix: Tables and Figures Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
£16.14
Pluto Press The Warehouse
Book SynopsisAmazon's despoticautomation and surveillance technologies may well be its downfallTrade Review'This accessible and richly detailed book brings together fascinating interviews with Italian Amazon workers, historical and economic analysis, and thoughtful critique' -- Lisa Nakamura, Lisa Nakamura, Director of the Digital Studies Institute and the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan'Delfanti has done here what more critics of Amazon should - listen carefully to the people whose work makes the corporation function. Those of us fighting for a better future than Amazon's dystopia have much to learn from this book' -- Dania Rajendra, Inaugural Director, Athena Coalition‘Takes us to the heart of Amazon’s empire and masterfully unpacks the intensive labor, hyper-surveillance, and gamification of work that warehouse laborers experience each day’ -- Veena Dubal, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law‘Deftly examines the dichotomy between Amazon's public personas and its union-busting, worker-surveilling behavior in fulfillment centers around the world’ -- ‘Engadget’Table of ContentsList of figures A note on methods Acknowledgments 1. Relentless 2. Work hard 3. Have fun 4. Customer obsession 5. Reimagine now 6. Make history Notes Index
£18.99
Pluto Press Organizing Insurgency
Book SynopsisThe Global South is the epicentre of workers’ struggles todayTrade Review'In these depressing times, when the neoliberal consensus has acquired an aura of inevitability akin to the Laws of Physics, it is a breath of fresh air to read serious scholarship that challenges this consensus' -- Norman Finkelstein'The rising anti-imperialist struggles in both the underdeveloped and developed countries are signalling the resurgence of the world proletarian-socialist revolution. Immanuel Ness makes a just call for forging a global workers' movement by reinvigorating and further developing the trade union movement, the workers' parties and political movements to fight for the rights and interests of the working class and the rest of the suffering people' -- Professor Jose Maria Sison, Chairperson Emeritus of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines and Co-Founder of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines'Important' -- Richard Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst'Timely and relevant. The theoretical framing around political organisation of the working class for social transformation is much-needed. Its energetic, provocative scholarship with insightful case studies from across the South makes it essential reading for academics and activists alike' -- Anita Hammer, Senior Lecturer of Organisational Studies and Human Resources, University of Essex'A valuable book that addresses the necessity of revolutionary organization in times of socialist ideological resurgence. Essential reading to anyone wishing to understand the proletarianization of the Global South. Its in-depth examination of modern forms of imperialist exploitation and revolts contribute to comprehending areas rarely covered by mainstream social science' -- Ali Kadri, National University of Singapore'A rich combination of theoretical insights and valuable case-studies from the Global South - a much-needed reminder that the agenda of social transformation requires a strong and sustained political intervention to turn protests into a powerful movement' -- Prabhat Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University'Challenges the prevailing racializing perception of the Southern worker held in the North as powerless and without agency. 'Organizing Insurgency' is a must read for an understanding of imperialism, which has normalized a lack of awareness of the sustaining role of the southern agricultural and industrial workers in global capitalism' -- Himani Bannerji, York UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Forging a New Global Workers’ Movement 1 PART I - THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF LABOUR IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 1. The Labour Atlas: The Southern Working Class Holding Up the World 2. Workers’ Movements in the South: Inequality, Poverty, and Enduring Relevance of Rural Proletariat and Informal Sector Workers PART II - CASE STUDIES: RURAL AND INFORMAL LABOUR STRUGGLES 3. Primitive Steel Manufacturing for the Global Consumer Market: Capital, Super-exploitation, and Surplus Value in Wazirpur, India 4. The Enduring System of Global Agricultural Commodity Production and First World Commodity Extraction: The Case of Mindanao, the Philippines 5. Global Capitalism: Corporate Restructuring, Labour Brokering, and Working-class Mobilization in South Africa 6. Conclusion: Labour Struggles and Political Organization Notes Index
£20.89
Pluto Press A Critical History of Poverty Finance
Book SynopsisA comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emergedTrade Review'Nick Bernards has crafted the definitive account of the history of poverty finance, skilfully revealing its entanglements with the uneven development of capitalism' -- Susanne Soederberg, Professor of Global Political Economy at Queen's University, Canada‘In this outstanding history of poverty finance, Nick Bernards show that financial exclusion persists not because of a lack of design or fancy technology but because the problem of uneven development is persistent and structural’ -- Andrew Leyshon, Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham'A much-needed book that should be read by anyone interested in the expansion of finance into everyday life. Rich with empirical details and comprehensive in its theoretical engagement with the interrelationship between finance and social justice, it throws into sharp relief how impoverished the conception of poverty reduction is when it relies on financial inclusion to improve welfare of people' -- Johnna Montgomerie, Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London'In this exemplary study, Nick Bernards shows why so many were seduced into wrongly believing that poverty finance might be the key to eradicating global poverty. In fact, its deployment was about advancing the narrow enrichment priorities of the powerful. A major contribution in the study of the politics of finance' -- Milford Bateman, author of 'Why Doesn't Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Acronyms Introduction Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism 1. A colonial problem 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance Part II. Making markets for poverty finance 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion Part III. Innovation to the rescue? 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance 7. Fintech and its limits Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£17.99
Pluto Press A Critical History of Poverty Finance
Book SynopsisA comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emergedTrade Review'Nick Bernards has crafted the definitive account of the history of poverty finance, skilfully revealing its entanglements with the uneven development of capitalism' -- Susanne Soederberg, Professor of Global Political Economy at Queen's University, Canada‘In this outstanding history of poverty finance, Nick Bernards show that financial exclusion persists not because of a lack of design or fancy technology but because the problem of uneven development is persistent and structural’ -- Andrew Leyshon, Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham'A much-needed book that should be read by anyone interested in the expansion of finance into everyday life. Rich with empirical details and comprehensive in its theoretical engagement with the interrelationship between finance and social justice, it throws into sharp relief how impoverished the conception of poverty reduction is when it relies on financial inclusion to improve welfare of people' -- Johnna Montgomerie, Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London'In this exemplary study, Nick Bernards shows why so many were seduced into wrongly believing that poverty finance might be the key to eradicating global poverty. In fact, its deployment was about advancing the narrow enrichment priorities of the powerful. A major contribution in the study of the politics of finance' -- Milford Bateman, author of 'Why Doesn't Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Acronyms Introduction Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism 1. A colonial problem 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance Part II. Making markets for poverty finance 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion Part III. Innovation to the rescue? 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance 7. Fintech and its limits Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£72.25
Edinburgh University Press The Kirk and the Kingdom
Book SynopsisIt has been widely believed that the church was largely mute on the widespread poverty which accompanied the rapid expanse of urban life. This study asserts that the church was not lacking in commitment to improving such conditions, through the example of theologians Robert Flint and the parish minister Frederick Lockhart Robertson.
£17.09
Stanford University Press Poverty and Inequality
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of essays from leading public intellectuals that identifies major conceptual problems in the analysis of poverty and inequality and advances strategies for reducing poverty and inequality that are consistent with these new conceptual and methodological approaches.Trade Review"This slim volume offers ample food for thought to scholars with a serious interest in social or economic inequality. The star contributors— economists, sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers—present concepts, theories, and proposals that will stimulate those outside as well as within their home disciplines. While avoiding the circular reasoning characteristic of the 1960's 'culture of poverty,' these accessible essays enlarge the concept of poverty—and, I hope, of poverty research and policy—by elaborating the idea that social justice requires measurable equality of capabilities or opportunities, and not merely of economic resources."—Robert M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin—Madison"This impressive collection of essays brings together well-known economists, sociologists, and philosophers to discuss the pressing problems of inequality and poverty. Kanbur and Grusky recognize that these timely and difficult issues can only be dealt with by marshalling the intellectual power of our best minds, looking at poverty through the lens of multiple disciplines."—Joseph E. Stiglitz"...I highly recommend this book. It is essential reading for anyone studying occupational segregation, and valuable for scholars in a range of fields including gender studies, work, social inequality, and comparative-historical sociology."--Canadian Journal of Sociology OnlineTable of ContentsContents @toc4:Contributors iii Preface and Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Chapter One. Introduction: The Conceptual Foundations of Poverty and Inequality Measurement 1 @tocca:David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur @toc2:Chapter Two. Conceptualizing and Measuring Poverty 000 @tocca:Amartya Sen @toc2:Chapter Three. Poverty and Human Functioning: Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements 000 @tocca:Martha C. Nussbaum @toc2:Chapter Four. From Income to Endowments: The Difficult Task of Expanding the Income Poverty Paradigm 000 @toca:Franois Bourguignon @toc2:Chapter Five. Social Theory and the Concept "Underclass" 000 @tocca:William J. Wilson @toc2:Chapter Six. Race, Class, and Markets: Social Policy in the 21st Century 000 @tocca:Douglas S. Massey @toc2:Chapter Seven. Dependency and Social Debt 000 @tocca:Martha A. Fineman @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
£73.95
Stanford University Press Poverty and Inequality
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of essays from leading public intellectuals that identifies major conceptual problems in the analysis of poverty and inequality and advances strategies for reducing poverty and inequality that are consistent with these new conceptual and methodological approaches.Trade Review"This slim volume offers ample food for thought to scholars with a serious interest in social or economic inequality. The star contributors— economists, sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers—present concepts, theories, and proposals that will stimulate those outside as well as within their home disciplines. While avoiding the circular reasoning characteristic of the 1960's 'culture of poverty,' these accessible essays enlarge the concept of poverty—and, I hope, of poverty research and policy—by elaborating the idea that social justice requires measurable equality of capabilities or opportunities, and not merely of economic resources."—Robert M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin—Madison"This impressive collection of essays brings together well-known economists, sociologists, and philosophers to discuss the pressing problems of inequality and poverty. Kanbur and Grusky recognize that these timely and difficult issues can only be dealt with by marshalling the intellectual power of our best minds, looking at poverty through the lens of multiple disciplines."—Joseph E. Stiglitz"...I highly recommend this book. It is essential reading for anyone studying occupational segregation, and valuable for scholars in a range of fields including gender studies, work, social inequality, and comparative-historical sociology."--Canadian Journal of Sociology OnlineTable of ContentsContents @toc4:Contributors iii Preface and Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Chapter One. Introduction: The Conceptual Foundations of Poverty and Inequality Measurement 1 @tocca:David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur @toc2:Chapter Two. Conceptualizing and Measuring Poverty 000 @tocca:Amartya Sen @toc2:Chapter Three. Poverty and Human Functioning: Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements 000 @tocca:Martha C. Nussbaum @toc2:Chapter Four. From Income to Endowments: The Difficult Task of Expanding the Income Poverty Paradigm 000 @toca:Franois Bourguignon @toc2:Chapter Five. Social Theory and the Concept "Underclass" 000 @tocca:William J. Wilson @toc2:Chapter Six. Race, Class, and Markets: Social Policy in the 21st Century 000 @tocca:Douglas S. Massey @toc2:Chapter Seven. Dependency and Social Debt 000 @tocca:Martha A. Fineman @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
£18.89
Stanford University Press The New Gilded Age
Book SynopsisThis book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality.Trade Review"Here is another strong, valuable, and timely addition to the 'Studies in Social Inequality' series, offering provocative arguments that will engage a wide audience of readers. Experts whose minds have been in the compelling clutch of stratification questions, attentive to scholarship surrounding class, race, and gender inequalities, will find in the book's five debates such an effective mixture of disciplinary voices that a refreshing review of their own assumptions and perspectives is nearly guaranteed. [T]his book invites a more nuanced and discerning reflection, low on rhetoric and high on reasoning. . . Highly recommended."—R. Zingraff, Choice"The major strength of this volume is its presentation of ongoing academic debates about inequality in a manner approachable to laymen . . . Not only does it offer a glimpse into how different disciplines approach inequality theoretically and methodologically, it also exemplifies how each discipline, with its unique approach, reaches the same conclusion: our current level of economic inequality is detrimental to society."—Martin T. Kosla, Journal of Children and Poverty"Americans are no longer so tolerant of the widening gap between the CEO and the average worker, between the very top and the very bottom of the income distribution. The mobility dreams of generations are coming unglued as long term unemployment deepens, threatening to scar young workers in ways that may follow them the rest of their days. The New Gilded Age assembles the very best scholars in economics, sociology, and political science to assess what these conditions mean for ordinary people and how the 'great awakening' to the threat that inequality poses could reshape the landscape of public opinion and, perhaps ultimately, public policy. It is an essential volume for scholars and citizens worried about the direction we are headed and the cost we will pay for inaction on the inequality front."—Katherine Newman, Johns Hopkins University, coauthor of Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged"Americans have finally awakened to the realities of The New Gilded Age. Those looking for answers to questions about the new inequality will find them in this trenchant book edited by David Grusky and Tamar Kricheli-Katz, who have brought together eminent thinkers to address the moral, political, and social problems stemming from today's hyper-inequality. The result is an engaging and highly readable survey of critical issues that should be read by anyone who cares about the future of the American experiment in egalitarian democracy."—Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University"The New Gilded Age features incredibly insightful and timely debates between leading philosophers, economists, political scientists, and sociologists on the sources and future of inequality in the United States. This well written and accessible volume is a must-read not only for scholars, but for educated laymen and policymakers as well."—William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
£84.15
Stanford University Press The New Gilded Age
Book SynopsisIncome inequality is an increasingly pressing issue in the United States and around the world. This book explores five critical issues to introduce some of the key moral and empirical questions about income, gender, and racial inequality.Trade Review"Here is another strong, valuable, and timely addition to the 'Studies in Social Inequality' series, offering provocative arguments that will engage a wide audience of readers. Experts whose minds have been in the compelling clutch of stratification questions, attentive to scholarship surrounding class, race, and gender inequalities, will find in the book's five debates such an effective mixture of disciplinary voices that a refreshing review of their own assumptions and perspectives is nearly guaranteed. [T]his book invites a more nuanced and discerning reflection, low on rhetoric and high on reasoning. . . Highly recommended."—R. Zingraff, Choice"The major strength of this volume is its presentation of ongoing academic debates about inequality in a manner approachable to laymen . . . Not only does it offer a glimpse into how different disciplines approach inequality theoretically and methodologically, it also exemplifies how each discipline, with its unique approach, reaches the same conclusion: our current level of economic inequality is detrimental to society."—Martin T. Kosla, Journal of Children and Poverty"Americans are no longer so tolerant of the widening gap between the CEO and the average worker, between the very top and the very bottom of the income distribution. The mobility dreams of generations are coming unglued as long term unemployment deepens, threatening to scar young workers in ways that may follow them the rest of their days. The New Gilded Age assembles the very best scholars in economics, sociology, and political science to assess what these conditions mean for ordinary people and how the 'great awakening' to the threat that inequality poses could reshape the landscape of public opinion and, perhaps ultimately, public policy. It is an essential volume for scholars and citizens worried about the direction we are headed and the cost we will pay for inaction on the inequality front."—Katherine Newman, Johns Hopkins University, coauthor of Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged"Americans have finally awakened to the realities of The New Gilded Age. Those looking for answers to questions about the new inequality will find them in this trenchant book edited by David Grusky and Tamar Kricheli-Katz, who have brought together eminent thinkers to address the moral, political, and social problems stemming from today's hyper-inequality. The result is an engaging and highly readable survey of critical issues that should be read by anyone who cares about the future of the American experiment in egalitarian democracy."—Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University"The New Gilded Age features incredibly insightful and timely debates between leading philosophers, economists, political scientists, and sociologists on the sources and future of inequality in the United States. This well written and accessible volume is a must-read not only for scholars, but for educated laymen and policymakers as well."—William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
£22.79
Teachers College Press Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
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£84.60
Teachers College Press Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
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£30.40
University of Arizona Press The Borders of Inequality
£24.71
The University of Alabama Press President Johnsons War on Poverty Rhetoric and History Studies Rhetoric Communicati
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the success or failure of the antipoverty programs in terms of their own discourse.Trade ReviewZarefsky's concentration on the struggles fought over the symbols of the antipoverty effort makes for an engrossing analysis of the War on Poverty from a fresh angle of vision... [and] provides more than a cogent analysis of the War on Poverty. It is a valuable study of rhetoric and history, focusing our attention on how symbols define political situations and how they are modified over time in the face of new events and pressures. The author's account of the Johnson administration's rhetorical moves and modifications in the face of defeats in the 'unconditional war' declared in 1964 is particularly enlightening. - American Historical Review ""Readers of this fine book will learn far more about the War on Poverty and the foibles of U.S. liberalism in the postwar period than they will about rhetoric. This is both a great service and a great mercy. Zarefsky's effort is a gem. It uses rhetorical analysis to its best advantage: as a narrative thread rather than as an explanation."" - Journal of Communication
£30.56
Duke University Press The Space of Boredom
Book SynopsisBruce O'Neill shows how the Bucharest, Romania's homeless are unable to fully participate in a society that is increasingly organized around practices of consumption, leaving them mired in an unshakeable boredom and the slow deterioration of their lives that are symptomatic of the alienation brought on by globalization.Trade Review“An excellent and thorough exploration of the mundane emotion of boredom. This ethnography is certainly necessary reading for anyone working in the area of homelessness, especially, but also those interested in the impacts of global capitalism more broadly.” -- Christopher M. Kloth * Anthropology Book Forum *“The Space of Boredom offers a detailed and sensitive cartography . . . both of what the author calls ‘boredom’ and of the particular context he studied. The image he paints of a looming, barren autumn—which the homeless live, but which hangs over all of us—should be of concern everywhere.” -- George Tudorie * Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations *"A historically rich and theoretically innovative ethnography of contemporary homelessness and social exclusion in Bucharest." -- Peter Soles Muirhead * Allegra Lab *"This book is a brilliant social story." -- Jean Martin Caldieron * Journal of International and Global Studies *“An insightful investigation. The Space of Boredom stands as useful tool for policymakers involved in the integrated alleviation of homelessness and the general development process of the city.” -- Mirela Paraschiv * Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis *"A significant contribution to the anthropological literature on neoliberalism and structural violence . . . O’Neill is evidently attuned to his informants, and portrays thoughtfulness and reflexivity throughout the ethnography. . . . An important book." -- Evy Vourlides * Anthropological Quarterly *"O’Neill’s book serves as excellent doc-umentary evidence on particular cases of homeless people in Bucharest. . . . Chapter by chapter the reader is introduced to the sad but still fascinating realm of people at the margins of a marginal European society." -- Bogdan Voicu * Slavic Review *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. Space-Time Expansion 19 2. Bleak House 44 3. The Gray Years 72 4. Bored to Death 96 5. Bored Stiff 122 6. Defeat Boredom! 147 Conclusion 175 Notes 185 Bibliography 229 Index 245
£98.60
Duke University Press The Space of Boredom
Book SynopsisBruce O'Neill shows how the Bucharest, Romania's homeless are unable to fully participate in a society that is increasingly organized around practices of consumption, leaving them mired in an unshakeable boredom and the slow deterioration of their lives that are symptomatic of the alienation brought on by globalization.Trade Review“An excellent and thorough exploration of the mundane emotion of boredom. This ethnography is certainly necessary reading for anyone working in the area of homelessness, especially, but also those interested in the impacts of global capitalism more broadly.” -- Christopher M. Kloth * Anthropology Book Forum *“The Space of Boredom offers a detailed and sensitive cartography . . . both of what the author calls ‘boredom’ and of the particular context he studied. The image he paints of a looming, barren autumn—which the homeless live, but which hangs over all of us—should be of concern everywhere.” -- George Tudorie * Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations *"A historically rich and theoretically innovative ethnography of contemporary homelessness and social exclusion in Bucharest." -- Peter Soles Muirhead * Allegra Lab *"This book is a brilliant social story." -- Jean Martin Caldieron * Journal of International and Global Studies *“An insightful investigation. The Space of Boredom stands as useful tool for policymakers involved in the integrated alleviation of homelessness and the general development process of the city.” -- Mirela Paraschiv * Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis *"A significant contribution to the anthropological literature on neoliberalism and structural violence . . . O’Neill is evidently attuned to his informants, and portrays thoughtfulness and reflexivity throughout the ethnography. . . . An important book." -- Evy Vourlides * Anthropological Quarterly *"O’Neill’s book serves as excellent doc-umentary evidence on particular cases of homeless people in Bucharest. . . . Chapter by chapter the reader is introduced to the sad but still fascinating realm of people at the margins of a marginal European society." -- Bogdan Voicu * Slavic Review *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. Space-Time Expansion 19 2. Bleak House 44 3. The Gray Years 72 4. Bored to Death 96 5. Bored Stiff 122 6. Defeat Boredom! 147 Conclusion 175 Notes 185 Bibliography 229 Index 245
£25.19
Fordham University Press Affliction
Book SynopsisFocusing on low-income neighborhoods in Delhi, this book stitches together three different sets of issues. It examines the different trajectories of illness: What are the circumstances under which illness is absorbed within the normal and when does it exceed the normal putting resources, relationships, and even one's world into jeopardy?Trade Review"Told with delicacy, vigour and a sharply criticial eye, this compelling account of the everyday events of illness in low income neighborhoods [in Delhi] shows what anthropological attentiveness can do. If its power comes from the evident power of the mind behind it, it also comes from a modestly understated account of how to be both in the company of people and a recorder of affliction. Above all, it is a work of exquisite attention to the incoherences and normalizations that disease makes of family circumstances, medical practices, state provisioning, singular lives, and that these make of it. Socially sensitive and world-alert at the same time, Das's narrative holds the reader in (gripping, edifying) suspense between its different planes. No less perhaps than one would expect from this author, but a model of social science writing all the same." -- -Marilyn Strathern University of Cambridge "Reading Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty is like observing a master at work. [This is a] formidable piece of scholarship immersed in more than a decade of ethnographic engagement etched in stunningly crafted anthropological prose. This longitudinal immersion in the everyday lives of urban poor produces a tender and intimate account without lapsing into unwitting sentimentality. An ethnographic and theoretical tour de force!" -- -Aditya Bharadwaj The Graduate Institute, Geneva Veena Das offers a complex ethnographic meditation on illness among the urban poor and the diverse kinds of response (practical, methodological, ethical) it invites. As Das so precisely attends to affliction, readers have the privilege of following one of anthropology's most distinctive and distinguished voices." -- -Michael Lambek University of Toronto "...a compelling read that should be of interest to scholars working in medical anthropology, psychological anthropology, and the anthropology of South Asia" -- Leslie Jo Weaver -Anthropology Quarterly "Veena Das' book, 'Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty' provides an important, ethnographically powerful, laddering of scenes of instructions for us all." -- Michael M.J. Fischer -Somatosphere "Over four decades Veena Das has established herself as one of the most imaginative and sensitive writers to be found in any of the human sciences. In this brilliant book, she attends to the everyday work of care and endurance that makes up the life of the poor in Delhi. As ever, her ear is attuned to the fateful turn of phrase, the pause, the silence. But in this new volume she attends to other voices as well-[not only] the voices of health professionals and economists, struggling to put their understanding of the objective conditions that shape the experience of health and poverty to practical use but also the voices of fellow anthropologists wrestling with the limitations of their theoretical and descriptive language. Affliction is a work of great generosity and no little beauty. It is, if anything even more remarkable than its predecessors in Das's remarkable oeuvre." -- -Jonathan Spencer University of Edinburgh "This is a must read for scholars and researchers who work on matters related to health and illness and for those in the academy who see their research as being inherently applied and interdisciplinary in nature." -SCTIW Review "In this beautiful volume, Veena Das continues her quest into the minor events and enduring suffering, the mundane intensity of the present and remembrance of things past that constitute ordinary human existence, thus opening a novel line of reflection and research in what can be called an anthropology of life." -- -Didier Fassin author of Humanitarian Reason: A Moral History of the PresentTable of ContentsPreface 1. Affliction: An Introduction 2. How the Body Speaks 3. A Child Learns Illness and Learns Death 4. Mental Illness, Psychiatric Institutions, and the Singularity of Lives 5. Dangerous Liaisons: Technology, Kinship, and Wild Spirits 6. The Reluctant Healer and the Darkness of our Times 7. Medicines, Markets, and Healing 8. Global Health Discourse and the View from Planet Earth 9. Epilogue Note Bibliography Index
£21.84
Fordham University Press The Politics of the Near
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1 A South African City | 27 2 The Sense of Community | 46 Interlude 1: Football, Community, and Politics | 71 3 “We Are the People Who Stay with Them in the Township” | 75 4 “My Blood Is Still Here, in UPM” | 102 Interlude 2: What Really Matters | 121 5 “It Is Moral to Rebel” | 129 6 “We Do Not Discuss Politics” | 148 7 Leaders in the Communities | 174 Interlude 3: Breakups | 194 8 Lost in Transition? | 199 9 The Community, the Movement, and the “Outside World” | 228 10 “Yes, We Do the Same Thing” | 246 Epilogue | 263 Acknowledgments | 269 Notes | 271 Works Cited | 287 Index | 307
£26.59
Spokesman Books Idle Hands Clenched Fists
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£10.99
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd Poverty is not Natural
Book SynopsisThis book traces the cause of poverty to a widely accepted social institution, just as slavery once was, and reveals a way in which this defect could be remedied by introducing a more efficient way of funding government.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; The Great Enigma of Our Times; Justice is the First Quality in the Moral Hierarchy; Leo Tolstoy and Henry George; The Unflinching Service of a Holy Ecclesiastic; Henry George’s Open Letter to Pope Leo XIII; The Giving of Alms Cannot Abolish Poverty; Christian Socialism and the Labour Party; The Inadequacy of Socialistic Remedies; The Significance of Land; A Remedy for the 21st Century; The Way Forward; About the Author; Further Reading
£9.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Welfare States in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Greener, in his great book, is actually saying that we live in a completely new age, but its pains and joys are very closely related to historical experience and the achievements that humanity has realised. As a response to a new situation and to a turning point in history, there is no need to look for completely new tools. It is only necessary to identify precisely the giants to which we must respond and, at the same time, examine what tools to use to respond to these giants as they are, which to modify and which to use in a completely new way. The book and its presence in libraries will certainly be appreciated not only by students and researchers, but also by anyone who is concerned with the conception or use of any sociopolitical tool - in short, all those who come into contact with social protection in the broadest sense of the word, whether as providers or recipients.’ -- European Journal of Social Security‘There is much in this book that will be of interest to social policy scholars who will commend the author's attempt to examine current social challenges in the historical context of the Beveridge Report. The book is well-written, and its methodology and statistical analysis are clearly explained. In addition, the author raises a number of critically important issues which have not been adequately addressed by social policy writers. ... an ambitious and welcome addition to the literature which deserves to be widely read.’BR> -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare‘How can Beveridge’s “Five Giants” be rearticulated as key social problems in contemporary society? Which countries do better than others in responding to these problems and why? These are important questions, and Ian Greener’s book addresses them with a fascinating and original analysis, making use of a combination of comparative methods which help to illustrate the different ways in which countries deal with societal challenges. This book is a “must read” for all those interested in the role of social policies and institutions in modern welfare states.’ -- Jochen Clasen, The University of Edinburgh, UK‘This text is essential reading for the study of comparative social policy. It explores and accounts for the five “New Giants” for 24 developed nations using the relatively novel approach of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). It is the right book at the right time by the right person.’ -- Martin Powell, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Beveridge Report today 2. The New Giants 3. The method in Welfare States in the 21st Century 4. Inequality 5. Preventable mortality 6. The crisis of democracy 7. Job quality 8. Environmental degradation Conclusion to Welfare States in the 21st Century Epilogue: the New Giants and COVID-19 Bibliography Index
£24.95
Picador USA Amity and Prosperity One Family and the
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St Martin's Press Manifesto for a Moral Revolution
Book SynopsisAn instant classic. Arianna HuffingtonWill inspire people from across the political spectrum. Jonathan HaidtLonglisted for the Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award, an essential shortlist of leadership ideas for everyone who wants to do good in this world, from Jacqueline Novogratz, author of the New York Times bestseller The Blue Sweater and founder and CEO of Acumen.In 2001, when Jacqueline Novogratz founded Acumen, a global community of socially and environmentally responsible partners dedicated to changing the way the world tackles poverty, few had heard of impact investingAcumen's practice of doing well by doing good. Nineteen years later, there's been a seismic shift in how corporate boards and other stakeholders evaluate businesses: impact investment is not only morally defensible but now also economically advantageous, even necessary. Still, it isn't easy to reach a success that includes profits as well as
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Henry Holt & Company Live to See the Day
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sex Discrimination in the Workplace
Book SynopsisSex Discrimination in the Workplace is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the various approaches to the study of sex discrimination and explores solutions and interventions.Trade Review"Well structured, well written and enlightening … A great source of academic knowledge in the field by distinguished US researchers." Times Higher Education Supplement “Essential reading for anyone seeking a deep understanding, in an accessible style, of the causes – and methods of preventing – sex discrimination in the workplace. Students and scholars alike will both enjoy and benefit from reading this book.” Nyla R. Branscombe, University of Kansas “This is the most comprehensive treatment of sex discrimination ever published. A landmark book on a topic of vast importance.” Linda K. Stroh, Loyola University Chicago "Sex Discrimination in the Work Place is an important book and an excellent resource that should be in every library. The editors not only did a great job of identifying and recruiting a truly distinguished list of contributors, they also effectively edited. Despite the differences in contributor orientations and disciplines and the potential complexities of the material, the chapters are uniformly well written—clear, accessible and informative throughout." Springer Science “Crosby, Stockdale, and Ropp have compiled a comprehensive, practical, and research-based book. Its strength is the format.” Choice Magazine “Readers … will gain a great deal of insight into the problem from some of the top academics and practitioners working in this arena.” PsycCritiques (APA)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Preface. Part I: What Employers and Employees Should Know about Sex Discrimination:. 1. Introduction: Understanding Sex Discrimination: Faye J. Crosby (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Margaret S. Stockdale (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). 2. Avoiding Sex Discrimination Litigation and Defending Sex Discrimination Suits: Jonathan D. Wetchler (Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen). 3. When an Individual Finds Herself to be the Victim of Sex Discrimination: Theresa M. Beiner (William H. Bowen School of Law) and Maureen O’Connor (John Jay College of Criminal Justice). Part II: From the Trenches: Individual Narratives from Plaintiffs, Attorneys, and Expert Witnesses:. 4. Opposing Views, Strongly Held: Ann Branigar Hopkins (Price Waterhouse). 5. Gender Equity at Stanford University: A Story Behind the Statistics: Colleen E. Crangle. 6. How Did a Nice Girl Like You…?: Ellen Kimmel (University of South Florida). 7. A Gender Discrimination Class Action from the Point of View of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers: Donna M. Ryu (Hastings College of the Law) and Jocelyn D. Larkin (The Impact Fund). 8. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Gender Integration of Physically Demanding Positions: Richard S. Ugelow (American University). 9. Reflections on Being an Expert Witness in Class Action Sex Discrimination Litigation: Eugene Borgida (University of Minnesota) and Anita Kim (University of Minnesota). 10. My Experience as an Expert Witness in Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Litigation: Barbara A. Gutek (University of Arizona). 11. Sex Discrimination in the Workplace: Lessons from Two High-Profile Cases: Wayne F. Cascio (University of Colorado at Denver). Part III: Disciplinary Perspectives:. 12. Sex Discrimination: The Psychological Approach: Peter Glick (Lawrence University) and Susan T. Fiske (Princeton University). 13. Sociological Approaches to Sex Discrimination in Employment: Cecilia L. Ridgeway (Stanford University) and Paula England (Stanford University). 14. Discrimination through the Economist’s Eye: Barbara R. Bergmann (University of Maryland, American University). 15. Legal Perspectives on Employment Discrimination: Deborah L. Rhode (Stanford University) and Joan C. Williams (Hastings College of the Law). Part IV: Potential Solutions to the Problems of Sex Discrimination in Employment:. 16. A Critical Look at Organizational Responses to and Remedies for Sex Discrimination: Susan Bisom-Rapp (Thomas Jefferson School of Law), Margaret S. Stockdale (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), and Faye J. Crosby (University of California, Santa Cruz). 17. The Watched Variable Improves: On Eliminating Sex Discrimination in Employment: Linda Hamilton Krieger (University of California, Berkeley). References. Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Becoming Entitled
Book SynopsisIn the 1930s, the unemployed were organizing. Jobless workers felt they were entitled to a new kind of government protectionthe protection from undeserved unemployment and the financial straits that such unemployment created. They wanted dignified forms of relief (including work relief) during the Depression, and unemployment insurance after. Becoming Entitled artfully chronicles the emergence of this worker entitlement and the people who cultivated it. Abigail Trollinger focuses largely on Chicago after the Progressive Era, where the settlement house and labor movements both flourished. She shows how reformers joined workers and relief officials to redeem the unemployed and secure government-funded social insurance for them. Becoming Entitled also offers a critical reappraisal of New Deal social and economic changes, suggesting that the transformations of the 1930s came from reformers in the middle, who helped establish a limited form of entitlement for workers. Ultimately, Trolli
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Bristol University Press Climate Change and Poverty
Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Climate change and poverty offers a timely new perspective on the ecosocial' understanding of the causes, symptoms and solutions to poverty and applies this to recent developments across a number of areas, including fuel poverty, food poverty, housing, transport and air pollution.Trade Review"Incorporates the intrinsic value of nature and a concern for future generations and non-human beings into a socio-ecological understanding of poverty." Environment & Urbanization"This is an important book that explores the critical interaction between social policy and climate." James Meadowcroft, Professor and Canada Research Chair, School of Public Policy, Carleton University, CanadaTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: Rethinking Poverty: Concepts and Principles; Capabilities; Resources; Spaces; Times; Summary; Part Two: Ecosocial Policies; Energy and Fuel Poverty; Food and Food Poverty; Land: Housing and Urban Densities; Land: Transport, Flooding, Waste; Air and Water; Conclusion.
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Bristol University Press Climate Change and Poverty
Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Climate change and poverty offers a timely new perspective on the ecosocial' understanding of the causes, symptoms and solutions to poverty and applies this to recent developments across a number of areas, including fuel poverty, food poverty, housing, transport and air pollution.Trade Review"Incorporates the intrinsic value of nature and a concern for future generations and non-human beings into a socio-ecological understanding of poverty." Environment & Urbanization"This is an important book that explores the critical interaction between social policy and climate." James Meadowcroft, Professor and Canada Research Chair, School of Public Policy, Carleton University, CanadaTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: Rethinking Poverty: Concepts and Principles; Capabilities; Resources; Spaces; Times; Summary; Part Two: Ecosocial Policies; Energy and Fuel Poverty; Food and Food Poverty; Land: Housing and Urban Densities; Land: Transport, Flooding, Waste; Air and Water; Conclusion.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh
Book SynopsisThis book analyses government relationships with international financial institutions (IFIs) to evaluate the role of citizen participation in formulating national poverty reduction policies in low-income countries.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Participation in theory Participation: an iron hand in a velvet glove Poverty reduction: discourse or a commitment to change? Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: another brick in the wall Part Two: Participation in practice Participation: the evidence Is a comprador class being created? Think local, act local Conclusion.
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Bristol University Press From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion
Book SynopsisThe book is the only book-length treatment of New Labour's approach to child poverty, and examines initiatives such as Sure Start, the influence of research on inter-generational continuities, and its new stance on social exclusion.Trade Review"This book places the academic debates around transmitted deprivation into a clear and chronological framework... His use of historical sources combined with interviews with those involved gives a depth to the book that draws the reader in." Vanessa Beck, Journal of Social Policy"Welshman's book is a fascinating account of a hitherto largely neglected topic and the author is to be commended for the breadth of his investigation and the relevance of the lessons he draws from it from today." Nick Axford, British Journal of Social Work"John Welshman has produced an admirable book which can fruitfully be engaged with by historians concerned with all aspects of welfare and well-being over the past century and longer." John Stewart, Social History of Medicine"The book is a thorough and fascinating study of the history of poverty and policy from the mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first....Enormously valuable to a range of potential readers..." Tanya Evans, Twentieth Century British HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: The cycle hypothesis: Sir Keith Joseph and the cycle speech; From problem families to the cycle of deprivation; Part Two: The Transmitted Deprivation Research Programme: Conceptual difficulties: setting up the Research Programme; From a cycle of deprivation to cycles of disadvantage; The final years of the Research Programme, Poverty, structure, and behaviour: three social scientists; Part Three: New Labour and the cycle of deprivation: The broader context: social exclusion, poverty dynamics, and the revival of agency; From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion; Conclusion.
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Policy Press The Shame of It
Book SynopsisThis important volume provides the foundation for a shift in policy learning on a global scale and demonstrates the need to take account of the psychological consequences of poverty for policy to be effective.Trade Review"This is a truly global study of a global problem, written by a team from across the globe and based on original fieldwork. The focus on shame and shaming in policy processes breaks new ground." Professor Lutz Leisering, Bielefeld University, Germany"By examining anti-poverty policies and programmes from the perspective of poor people themselves, this book makes a novel and important contribution which will undoubtedly influence policy makers for years to come. Its study of the psychological dimensions of poverty in different countries also contributes to an emerging one-world perspective that will inform social policy scholarship everywhere. It deserves to be widely read." Professor James Midgley, University of California, Berkeley, USA“The book cautions policy makers and development practitioners that poverty eradication should also entail the eradication of the stigmas of poverty and calls for the recognition and protection of the humanity and dignity of poor people in anti-poverty policy implementation.” Roland Lomme, Senior Governance Specialist, World BankTable of ContentsResetting the stage ~ Erika K. Gubrium; New urban poverty and new welfare provision: China’s Dibao system ~ Ming Yan; Thick poverty, thicker society and thin state: Policy spaces for human dignity in India ~ Sony Pellissery & Leemamol Mathew; Self-sufficiency, social assistance and the shaming of poverty in South Korea ~ Yongmie Nicola Jo & Robert Walker; `Not good enough’: Social assistance and shaming in Norway ~ Erika K. Gubrium & Ivar Lødemel; Pakistan: A journey of poverty-induced shame ~ Sohail Choudhry; Separating the sheep from the goats: Tackling poverty in Britain for over four centuries ~ Robert Walker & Elaine Chase; `Food That Cannot Be Eaten’: The shame of Uganda’s anti-poverty policies ~ Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo & Amon Mwiine; Shame and shaming in policy processes ~ Sony Pellissery, Ivar Lødemel & Erika K. Gubrium; Towards global principles for dignity-based anti-poverty policies ~ Erika K. Gubrium & Ivar Lødemel.
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Bristol University Press An Equal Start
Book SynopsisIn this book, leading experts examine how early education and care is organised and funded in eight different countries. Bringing together recent evidence, the book provides rich insights on how policies work in practice, and the extent to which they help or hinder the provision of high quality education and care.Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel; Equal access to early childhood education and care? The case of the UK ~ Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel; Towards universal quality early childhood education and care: the Norwegian model ~ Anne Lise Ellingsæter; Equal access to quality care: Lessons from France on providing high quality and affordable early childhood education and care ~ Jeanne Fagnani Equal Access to High Quality Child Care in the Netherlands ~ Y. Emre Akgündüz and Janneke Plantenga; Access and quality issues in early childhood education and care: the case of Germany ~ Pamela Oberhuemer; New Zealand case study: A narrative of shifting policy directions for early childhood education and care ~ Helen May; Early Education and Care in Australia: Equity in a market-based system? ~ Deborah Brennan and Marianne Fenech; Delivering High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care to Low-Income Children: How Well is the US Doing? ~ Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel; Common challenges, lessons for policy ~ Kitty Stewart, Ludovica Gambaro, Jane Waldfogel and Jill Rutter.
£77.39
Bristol University Press An Equal Start
Book SynopsisIn this book, leading experts examine how early education and care is organised and funded in eight different countries. Bringing together recent evidence, the book provides rich insights on how policies work in practice, and the extent to which they help or hinder the provision of high quality education and care.Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel; Equal access to early childhood education and care? The case of the UK ~ Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel; Towards universal quality early childhood education and care: the Norwegian model ~ Anne Lise Ellingsæter; Equal access to quality care: Lessons from France on providing high quality and affordable early childhood education and care ~ Jeanne Fagnani Equal Access to High Quality Child Care in the Netherlands ~ Y. Emre Akgündüz and Janneke Plantenga; Access and quality issues in early childhood education and care: the case of Germany ~ Pamela Oberhuemer; New Zealand case study: A narrative of shifting policy directions for early childhood education and care ~ Helen May; Early Education and Care in Australia: Equity in a market-based system? ~ Deborah Brennan and Marianne Fenech; Delivering High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care to Low-Income Children: How Well is the US Doing? ~ Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel; Common challenges, lessons for policy ~ Kitty Stewart, Ludovica Gambaro, Jane Waldfogel and Jill Rutter.
£26.59
Bristol University Press Access to Justice for Disadvantaged Communities
Book SynopsisEPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This unique study explores how strategies to safeguard the provision of legal advice and access to welfare rights to disadvantaged communities might be developed in ways that strengthen rather than undermine the basic ethics and principles of public service provision.Trade Review"...A valuable and readable account of the complex issues facing Law Centres in a political climate that is increasingly hostile to the provision of good quality legal aid services to those most in need. It is particularly useful for the way in which it brings together in one place a number of different accounts of Law Centres and their role in providing access to justice, both historical and contemporary." Journal of Social Policy“The question of access to justice was a fundamental keystone in the creation of the welfare state. This exhaustive review of the history of legal aid and advice, and of the Coalition government's determination to destroy it, reminds us of how much other struggles to defend welfare depend on it. It is a must-read and not just for those concerned narrowly with the law.” Gary Craig, Professor of Social Justice, Durham University"This book should be read by anyone with an interest in public policy, law, sociology and access to justice." LSE Review of Books blog“An important read for all of those concerned about the role of the state in creating a more equal and just society for all.” John Gaventa, Director, Coady International Institute, STFX University, CanadaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Accessing social justice in disadvantaged communities; Social justice and the welfare state; Concepts of justice and access to justice; Ethos and values; Challenges and dilemmas; Public service modernisation, restructuring and recommodification; Conflict and competition versus collaboration and planning; Public service modernisation and time; Alienation and demoralisation - or continuing labours of love?; Access to social justice for disadvantaged communities: value and values
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Bristol University Press The Political and Social Construction of Poverty
Book SynopsisThis topical book examines the social and political construction of anti-poverty programmes in Central Eastern Europe and their transition from communist rule to the current economic crisis. It illustrates how the distinction between different categories of deserving' and undeserving' poor has evolved as the result of changing paradigms.Trade Review"This volume will be of interest to both academics and domestic and international policymakers concerned with the persistent problems of welfare reform, poverty and social exclusion in Europe." LSE Book Review"An important contribution to social policy studies" Critical Social PolicyTable of ContentsPreface; Part One: The construction of poverty before 1989; Social policy in Central Eastern Europe; The lifespan of a model: the construction of poverty; Poverty in transition; Part Two: Poverty and welfare reforms after the transition; East meets West: CEE countries, monetary institutions and the European Social Model; The new poor in the new Europe: the end of a stigma?; The construction of poverty in times of austerity; Conclusions;
£77.39
Bristol University Press Women Rough Sleepers in Europe
Book SynopsisThis important book reveals a number of truths about women's rough sleeping across Europe and argues for the adoption of effective policy, strategies and services to meet the needs of homeless women, specifically women rough sleepers who are the victims of domestic abuse.Trade Review"The book is an excellent overview of the multiple issues faced by women rough sleepers in Europe, and the barriers faced by homeless women and service providers in seeking appropriate, gender-sensitive solutions." Social Policy & Administration"This compelling review of women's homelessness in Europe provides fresh insights into an enduring problem. The book reveals the challenges homeless women face in a world where liberalist housing market principles prevail." Angela Maye-Banbury, Sheffield Hallam UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Towards a New Theory of Women’s Homelessness: Social Dysfunction Theory; A European Perspective on Women’s Rough Sleeping; Analysing and Understanding the Problem of Women’s Rough Sleeping: The Women Rough Sleepers Stories; Analysing and Understanding the Problem of Women’s Rough Sleeping: The Service Providers Stories; Explaining Women’s Rough Sleeping; Challenges and Recommendations; Appendix A: Research instruments used in the study.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Justice and Fairness in the City
Book SynopsisThis book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies.Trade Review“For those interested in being able to discuss the just city with conceptual clarity in a globalized and urbanized world, this collection is essential reading.” Mark Davidson, Clark University, USATable of ContentsUnderstanding justice and fairness in and of the city ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi; Section One: Local environmental justice; Urban greenspace and environmental justice claims ~ Simin Davoudi and Elizabeth Brooks; The school in the city ~ Pamela Woolner; Transport poverty and urban mobility ~ Roberto Palacin, Geoff Vigar and Sean Peacock; Food justice and the city ~ Jane Midgley and Helen Coulson; Section Two: Spatial justice and the right to the city; Fit and miss-fit: the global spread of urban spatial injustice ~ Suzanne Speak and Ashok Kumar; Toonsformation: skateboarders' renegotiation of city rights ~ Lee Pugalis, Jon Swords, Michael Jeffries and Bob Giddings; Young people and their everyday experience of the city ~ Teresa Strachan and Elisa Lopez-Capel; Section Three: Participation, procedural fairness and local decision making; Public perceptions of unfairness in urban planning ~ Neil Stanley; The importance of the past: cultural legacy and making fairness real ~ David Webb; Section Four: Social justice and life course; Fair shares for all: the challenge of demographic change ~ Rose Gilroy and Elizabeth Brooks; Educating urban youth: fair or foul? ~ Karen Laing, Laura Mazzoli Smith and Liz Todd; Fairness in Newcastle: theory and practice ~ Jan Deckers; A fairer city: towards a pluralistic, relational and multi-scalar perspective ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Justice and Fairness in the City
Book SynopsisThis book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies.Trade Review“For those interested in being able to discuss the just city with conceptual clarity in a globalized and urbanized world, this collection is essential reading.” Mark Davidson, Clark University, USATable of ContentsUnderstanding justice and fairness in and of the city ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi; Section One: Local environmental justice; Urban greenspace and environmental justice claims ~ Simin Davoudi and Elizabeth Brooks; The school in the city ~ Pamela Woolner; Transport poverty and urban mobility ~ Roberto Palacin, Geoff Vigar and Sean Peacock; Food justice and the city ~ Jane Midgley and Helen Coulson; Section Two: Spatial justice and the right to the city; Fit and miss-fit: the global spread of urban spatial injustice ~ Suzanne Speak and Ashok Kumar; Toonsformation: skateboarders' renegotiation of city rights ~ Lee Pugalis, Jon Swords, Michael Jeffries and Bob Giddings; Young people and their everyday experience of the city ~ Teresa Strachan and Elisa Lopez-Capel; Section Three: Participation, procedural fairness and local decision making; Public perceptions of unfairness in urban planning ~ Neil Stanley; The importance of the past: cultural legacy and making fairness real ~ David Webb; Section Four: Social justice and life course; Fair shares for all: the challenge of demographic change ~ Rose Gilroy and Elizabeth Brooks; Educating urban youth: fair or foul? ~ Karen Laing, Laura Mazzoli Smith and Liz Todd; Fairness in Newcastle: theory and practice ~ Jan Deckers; A fairer city: towards a pluralistic, relational and multi-scalar perspective ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi.
£26.59
Bristol University Press Poverty Propaganda
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"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 Liverpool“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 WorkTable 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.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Poverty Propaganda
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.
£25.64
Bristol University Press Poverty in Education Across the UK
Book SynopsisThe nuanced interconnections of poverty and educational attainment across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are explored in this unique analysis. Experts investigate how different educational structures and policies affect teachers’ engagement with marginalised groups and consider how inequalities might be reduced.Table of ContentsForeword ~ Danny Dorling; Introduction: The Landscape of Poverty and Education across the UK ~ Ian Thompson and Gabrielle Ivinson; Policy, Education and Poverty across the UK ~ Gabrielle Ivinson and Ian Thompson; Poverty and Education in Northern Ireland: The Legacy of Division and Conflict ~ Ruth Leitch and Erik Cownie; Poverty and Education in Scotland: Reality and Response ~ Stephen McKinney, Stuart Hall and Kevin Lowden; Poverty and Education in Wales: Enabling a National Mission ~ David Egan; Poverty and Education in England: A School System in Crisis ~ Ian Thompson; Diffracting Educational Policies through the Lens of Young People’s Experiences ~ Gabrielle Ivinson
£75.99
Bristol University Press Poverty in Education Across the UK
Book SynopsisThe nuanced interconnections of poverty and educational attainment across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are explored in this unique analysis. Experts investigate how different educational structures and policies affect teachers’ engagement with marginalised groups and consider how inequalities might be reduced.Table of ContentsForeword ~ Danny Dorling; Introduction: The Landscape of Poverty and Education across the UK ~ Ian Thompson and Gabrielle Ivinson; Policy, Education and Poverty across the UK ~ Gabrielle Ivinson and Ian Thompson; Poverty and Education in Northern Ireland: The Legacy of Division and Conflict ~ Ruth Leitch and Erik Cownie; Poverty and Education in Scotland: Reality and Response ~ Stephen McKinney, Stuart Hall and Kevin Lowden; Poverty and Education in Wales: Enabling a National Mission ~ David Egan; Poverty and Education in England: A School System in Crisis ~ Ian Thompson; Diffracting Educational Policies through the Lens of Young People’s Experiences ~ Gabrielle Ivinson
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Bristol University Press Hunger Pains
Book SynopsisWe know the statistics, but what does it feel like to be forced to turn to foodbanks for help? What does it take to get emergency food, and what's in the food parcel? This is a powerful insight into the harsh reality of foodbank use from the inside.Trade Review"Written with remarkable clarity and compassion, anyone who wants to participate in the converstation about foodbanks, from cabinet ministers to foodbank volunteers, would do well to read this book." Janet Poppendieck, author, Sweet Charity? and Professor Emerita of Sociology, Hunter College, City University of New York, and Senior Fellow, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute“A fascinating insight into the use and operation of foodbanks. Sadly, this is becoming an important subject for understanding modern British life, and this book paints a detailed and sympathetic picture of how they work and the social problems they address.” David Griffiths, University of Stirling"There were no foodbanks in the UK in the 1970s – we had no need of them. Kayleigh Garthwaite carefully describes a tragic disaster that was entirely avoidable and which could be ended within just a few years." Danny Dorling, Oxford University"An accessible account of food poverty and foodbanks in the UK which should be taken forward to address UK food poverty." Antipode"informative, engaging and heartfelt...a crucial stepping stone in ending the stigma surrounding foodbanks, and I urge everyone to read it." The Student"A good book to recommend to people who have little awareness or who are sceptical about the reality of food poverty in Britain today." Urban Bulletin"Open[s] our eyes to what the benefits system is doing to us...rooted in high quality research; and [engages] our minds and our emotions." Citizen's Income Trust"[Garthwaite] poses a serious challenge to contemporary thinking about the factors that drive people to use foodbanks, dispelling the myths that people are seeking emergency help because of their chaotic life styles and the irresponsible life choices they make." Counterfire"In this accessible and powerful book, Kayleigh Garthwaite gives voice to the people behind the data, explaining in a precise and well-informed way the very human tragedy that our current crisis of poverty represents." Julia Unwin, CBE, Joseph Rowntree Foundation"Providing an invaluable window on the use of foodbanks, including compelling accounts of the people who come for help, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to get beyond the political rhetoric." Valerie Tarasuk, University of Toronto"Written with passion and compassion this is a searingly honest reflection on Garthwaite’s experience of being a volunteer, and others' experience of being in dire need." Elizabeth Dowler, University of Warwick“Powerfully brings the voices of those who need the support of food banks to the fore and places them at the heart of debates about why the need for food banks has grown.” Peter Kelly at Poverty Alliance"A powerful account of a year in the life of one foodbank in Stockton on Tees that challenges many of the media myths that surround the huge growth in foodbanks over recent years." Niall Cooper, Director of Church Action on Poverty"Engaging, passionately political, and highly accessible." - People, Place and Policy"A compelling though disquieting read showing the unblemished reality of living in Food Bank Britain today" Isabella, Dole Animators"Written with intelligence and insight, this is a potent and essential addition to the literature on austerity." Mary O'Hara, Journalist and author of Austerity Bites"We’ll only truly understand UK hunger when we listen to the people experiencing it. This book paints a moving picture of the stark realities of food poverty. It’s an important read." David McAuley, CEO of the Trussell Trust"Provides real insight into what it means to have to rely on a food bank to avoid hunger. The book is both an important piece of research and an urgent call to tackle the underlying structural factors that have led to the normalisation of food banks." Baroness Ruth ListerTable of ContentsForeword Jack Monroe Introduction Researching foodbank use Foodbanks: what do they do? The politics of foodbank use in the UK Why do people use a foodbank? All work, low pay: finding, keeping, and doing precarious jobs ‘Doing the best I can with what I’ve got’: food and health on a low income Stigma, shame and ‘people like us’ Is foodbank Britain here to stay? Afterword Linda Tirado
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Bristol University Press Austerity Community Action and the Future of
Book SynopsisExploring secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Germany and the UK, this book provides new ways of thinking about social and political belonging and about the relations between individual, collective and State responsibility.Trade Review"This timely volume engages scholars of citizenship, social activists and those concerned for the future of social democracy in Europe". Bob Deacon, Professor of International Social Policy, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsIntroduction: social activism, belonging and citizenship in a period of crisis ~ Shana Cohen and Jan-Jonathan Bock Part I: The social consequences of welfare policy Fulfilling basic human needs: the welfare state after Beveridge ~ Patrick Diamond Social division and resentment in the aftermath of the economic slump ~ Gabriella Elgenius; Part II: The practice of social good Austerity and social welfare in the UK: a perspective from the advice sector ~ Amardeep Bansil Breaking the hold of debt: Cambridge Money Advice Centre ~ John Morris Community finance: the emergence of credit unions in London ~ Paul A Jones and Michelle Howlin Finding employment and living a good life in London ~ Chris Price The Tafel and food poverty in Germany ~ Sabine Werth Addressing food poverty in the UK ~ Sarah Greenwood Helping the homeless: a soup kitchen in London ~ Martin Stone Part III: Social change and neoliberalism Social initiatives and social solidarity under austerity ~ Christina Fuhr The new economy of poverty ~ Stefan Selke Challenges for the struggle against austerity in Britain and Europe ~ Thomas Jeffrey Miley Part IV: Situating solidarity in perspective Individualism and community in historical perspective ~ Jon Lawrence Aiming for reconnection: responsible citizenship ~ Christopher Baker Conclusion: citizenship, community and solidarity at the end of the welfare state ~ Jan-Jonathan Bock and Shana Cohen
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Policy Press Austerity Community Action and the Future of
Book SynopsisExploring secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Germany and the UK, this book provides new ways of thinking about social and political belonging and about the relations between individual, collective and State responsibility.Trade Review"This timely volume engages scholars of citizenship, social activists and those concerned for the future of social democracy in Europe". Bob Deacon, Professor of International Social Policy, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsIntroduction: social activism, belonging and citizenship in a period of crisis ~ Shana Cohen and Jan-Jonathan Bock Part I: The social consequences of welfare policy Fulfilling basic human needs: the welfare state after Beveridge ~ Patrick Diamond Social division and resentment in the aftermath of the economic slump ~ Gabriella Elgenius; Part II: The practice of social good Austerity and social welfare in the UK: a perspective from the advice sector ~ Amardeep Bansil Breaking the hold of debt: Cambridge Money Advice Centre ~ John Morris Community finance: the emergence of credit unions in London ~ Paul A Jones and Michelle Howlin Finding employment and living a good life in London ~ Chris Price The Tafel and food poverty in Germany ~ Sabine Werth Addressing food poverty in the UK ~ Sarah Greenwood Helping the homeless: a soup kitchen in London ~ Martin Stone Part III: Social change and neoliberalism Social initiatives and social solidarity under austerity ~ Christina Fuhr The new economy of poverty ~ Stefan Selke Challenges for the struggle against austerity in Britain and Europe ~ Thomas Jeffrey Miley Part IV: Situating solidarity in perspective Individualism and community in historical perspective ~ Jon Lawrence Aiming for reconnection: responsible citizenship ~ Christopher Baker Conclusion: citizenship, community and solidarity at the end of the welfare state ~ Jan-Jonathan Bock and Shana Cohen
£25.64
Bristol University Press Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK
Book SynopsisThis text provides insights into the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in the UK today for different social groups: older and younger people; parents and children; ethnic groups; men and women; disabled people; and across regions through the recent period of austerity.Trade Review“Comprehensive, shocking and revealing. How the UK declined and poverty rose as economic inequality spread across the land." Danny Dorling, University of Oxford"The PSE survey has made a unique contribution to our understanding of deprivation in modern Britain. This book presents a valuable tableau of its findings." Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University"Presents up-to-date and rigorous analysis of poverty in the UK. This is compelling evidence for urgent policy attention." Jane Millar University of BathTable of ContentsIntroduction: Poverty and social exclusion in the UK ~ Esther Dermott; Measuring poverty in the UK ~ David Gordon; The impoverishment of youth: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion among young adults in the UK ~ Eldin Fahmy; Improvement for some: poverty and social exclusion among older people and pensioners ~ Demi Patsios; Which men and women are poor? Gender, poverty and social exclusion ~ Esther Dermott and Christina Pantazis; Better understandings of ethnic variations: ethnicity, poverty and social exclusion ~ Saffron Karlsen and Christina Pantazis; Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion ~ Gill Main and Jonathan Bradshaw; The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support ~ Esther Dermott and Marco Pomati; A worsening picture: poverty and social exclusion and disabled people ~ Pauline Heslop and Eric Emerson; Devolution and North/South division: poverty and social exclusion in the countries and regions of the UK ~ Mike Tomlinson; More similarities than differences: poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban locations~ Nick Bailey and Maria Gannon; Conclusion: innovating methods, informing policy and challenging stigma ~ Gill Main.
£77.39
Bristol University Press Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK
Book SynopsisThis text provides insights into the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in the UK today for different social groups: older and younger people; parents and children; ethnic groups; men and women; disabled people; and across regions through the recent period of austerity.Trade Review“Comprehensive, shocking and revealing. How the UK declined and poverty rose as economic inequality spread across the land." Danny Dorling, University of Oxford"The PSE survey has made a unique contribution to our understanding of deprivation in modern Britain. This book presents a valuable tableau of its findings." Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University"Presents up-to-date and rigorous analysis of poverty in the UK. This is compelling evidence for urgent policy attention." Jane Millar University of BathTable of ContentsIntroduction: Poverty and social exclusion in the UK ~ Esther Dermott; Measuring poverty in the UK ~ David Gordon; The impoverishment of youth: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion among young adults in the UK ~ Eldin Fahmy; Improvement for some: poverty and social exclusion among older people and pensioners ~ Demi Patsios; Which men and women are poor? Gender, poverty and social exclusion ~ Esther Dermott and Christina Pantazis; Better understandings of ethnic variations: ethnicity, poverty and social exclusion ~ Saffron Karlsen and Christina Pantazis; Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion ~ Gill Main and Jonathan Bradshaw; The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support ~ Esther Dermott and Marco Pomati; A worsening picture: poverty and social exclusion and disabled people ~ Pauline Heslop and Eric Emerson; Devolution and North/South division: poverty and social exclusion in the countries and regions of the UK ~ Mike Tomlinson; More similarities than differences: poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban locations~ Nick Bailey and Maria Gannon; Conclusion: innovating methods, informing policy and challenging stigma ~ Gill Main.
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