Poverty and precarity Books

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

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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

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisThis edited book analyses what traps people in chronic poverty, and what allows them to escape from it, using long-term panel surveys from six Asian and African countries. Graduate students of development economics and development studies will also find much to interest them.Trade Review. . . this volume's great merits - namely, contributing to the policy dialogue with evidence from a collection of country studies and guiding all those interested in analyzing poverty dynamics on the method for doing so. It is not surprising that no previous book has ever achieved this contribution, because only recently, longitudinal micro-level panel data has become available for exploring poverty dynamics. All efforts expended to collect such data and provide an appropriate analysis based on it should be respected, and it is hoped that further efforts to do so will produce a sequel to this fascinating and readable volume. --Yuya Kudo, The Developing EconomiesTen years ago Bob Baulch and John Hoddinott drew our attention to the phenomenon of 'poverty dynamics' - an insight into the unpredictability of poor people's livelihoods that had profound implications for poverty thinking and policy, forcing a rethink of static conceptualisations and measurement and raising challenges for targeting anti-poverty programmes. In this new volume, Baulch and colleagues enrich this understanding with rigorous analysis of panel datasets from six countries in Africa and Asia. Most impressively, this illuminating collection by technical microeconometricians is equally accessible to non-technical readers, which effectively communicates its important messages to development policy-makers and practitioners --Stephen Devereux, University of Sussex, UKWhy Poverty Persists significantly advances our understanding of the temporal dimensions of poverty. Its judicious mix of new evidence and improved methods offers new insights into why some people remain mired in poverty and the forces that keep them there. All those interested in combating poverty - academics, donors and those working in the non-governmental organizations - will learn from the carefully constructed African and Asian case studies presented. --John Hoddinott, International Food Policy Research InstituteTable of ContentsContents: Foreword David Hulme 1. Overview: Poverty Dynamics and Persistence in Asia and Africa Bob Baulch 2. Poverty Transitions, Shocks and Consumption in Rural Bangladesh, 1996–97 to 2006–07 Agnes R. Quisumbing 3. A Poor Life? Chronic Poverty and Downward Mobility in Rural Ethiopia, 1994 to 2004 Stefan Dercon and Catherine Porter 4. The Determinants and Consequences of Chronic and Transient Poverty in Nepal, 1995–96 to 2003–04 Saurav Dev Bhatta and Suman K. Sharma 5. Poverty Dynamics in Rural Sindh, Pakistan, 1987–88 to 2004–05 Hari Ram Lohano 6. Poverty Traps and Structural Poverty in South Africa: Reassessing the Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, 1993 to 2004 Julian May, Ingrid Woolard and Bob Baulch 7. Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002 to 2006 Bob Baulch and Vu Hoang Dat 8. Chronic Poverty: What is to be Done? Bob Baulch Index

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Book SynopsisThis edited book analyses what traps people in chronic poverty, and what allows them to escape from it, using long-term panel surveys from six Asian and African countries. Graduate students of development economics and development studies will also find much to interest them.Trade Review. . . this volume's great merits - namely, contributing to the policy dialogue with evidence from a collection of country studies and guiding all those interested in analyzing poverty dynamics on the method for doing so. It is not surprising that no previous book has ever achieved this contribution, because only recently, longitudinal micro-level panel data has become available for exploring poverty dynamics. All efforts expended to collect such data and provide an appropriate analysis based on it should be respected, and it is hoped that further efforts to do so will produce a sequel to this fascinating and readable volume. --Yuya Kudo, The Developing EconomiesTen years ago Bob Baulch and John Hoddinott drew our attention to the phenomenon of 'poverty dynamics' - an insight into the unpredictability of poor people's livelihoods that had profound implications for poverty thinking and policy, forcing a rethink of static conceptualisations and measurement and raising challenges for targeting anti-poverty programmes. In this new volume, Baulch and colleagues enrich this understanding with rigorous analysis of panel datasets from six countries in Africa and Asia. Most impressively, this illuminating collection by technical microeconometricians is equally accessible to non-technical readers, which effectively communicates its important messages to development policy-makers and practitioners --Stephen Devereux, University of Sussex, UKWhy Poverty Persists significantly advances our understanding of the temporal dimensions of poverty. Its judicious mix of new evidence and improved methods offers new insights into why some people remain mired in poverty and the forces that keep them there. All those interested in combating poverty - academics, donors and those working in the non-governmental organizations - will learn from the carefully constructed African and Asian case studies presented. --John Hoddinott, International Food Policy Research InstituteTable of ContentsContents: Foreword David Hulme 1. Overview: Poverty Dynamics and Persistence in Asia and Africa Bob Baulch 2. Poverty Transitions, Shocks and Consumption in Rural Bangladesh, 1996–97 to 2006–07 Agnes R. Quisumbing 3. A Poor Life? Chronic Poverty and Downward Mobility in Rural Ethiopia, 1994 to 2004 Stefan Dercon and Catherine Porter 4. The Determinants and Consequences of Chronic and Transient Poverty in Nepal, 1995–96 to 2003–04 Saurav Dev Bhatta and Suman K. Sharma 5. Poverty Dynamics in Rural Sindh, Pakistan, 1987–88 to 2004–05 Hari Ram Lohano 6. Poverty Traps and Structural Poverty in South Africa: Reassessing the Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, 1993 to 2004 Julian May, Ingrid Woolard and Bob Baulch 7. Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam, 2002 to 2006 Bob Baulch and Vu Hoang Dat 8. Chronic Poverty: What is to be Done? Bob Baulch Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book provides an in-depth analysis of the working poor phenomenon and its causes across welfare regimes, and identifies the most efficient policy mixes and best practices that could be utilized to resolve this problem.Trade Review‘This is a very well written study. . . the discussion here of the impact of such policies as tax credits, employment subsidies and childcare support in relation to welfare regime is sophisticated and insightful. One can learn much here about “the interplay of markets (especially the labour market), the welfare state and families”.’ -- Neil Fraser, Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Dilemmas and Puzzles of the Fight Against Working Poverty 2. Arbitrary Definitions, Official Definitions and Useful Typologies 3. The Three Mechanisms that Lead to Working Poverty 4. Potential Solutions: Minimum Wages, Social Transfers and Childcare Policy 5. The Real World of Social Policies: The Welfare Regime Approach 6. What Works Where and for Whom? A Meta-analytical Approach 7. The Weight of Each Working Poverty Mechanism Across Welfare Regimes 8. There is No Such Thing as ‘the Working Poor’ or a One-Size-Fits-All Solution Appendix: Summary Tables and Data-sets Used for the Meta-analyses References Index

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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

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Book SynopsisAbout 20% of children in the United States live in rural communities, with child poverty rates higher and geographic isolation from resources greater than in urban communities. Yet, there have been surprisingly few studies of children living in rural communities, especially poor rural communities. The Family Life Project helped fill this gap by using an epidemiological design to recruit and study a representative sample of every baby born to a mother who resided in one of six poor rural counties over a one year period, oversampling for poverty and African American. 1,292 children were followed from birth to 36 months of age. This study used a cumulative risk framework to examine the relation between social risk and children''s executive functioning, language development, and behavioral competence at 36 months. Using both the Family Process Model of development and the Family Investment Model of development, observed parenting was examined as a mediator and/or moderator of this relatTable of ContentsABSTRACT vii I. POVERTY, RURALITY, PARENTING, AND RISK: AN INTRODUCTIONLynne Vernon-Feagans and Martha Cox 1 II. RECRUITMENT OF THE FAMILY LIFE PROJECT SAMPLEMichael Willoughby, Margaret Burchinal, Patricia Garrett-Peters, Roger Mills-Koonce, Lynne Vernon-Feagans, and Martha Cox 24 III. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMILIES AND CHILDRENPatricia Garrett-Peters and Roger Mills-Koonce 36 IV. POVERTY AND ASSOCIATED SOCIAL RISKS: TOWARD A CUMULATIVE RISK FRAMEWORKMargaret Burchinal and Michael Willoughby 53 V. CUMULATIVE RISK AND ITS RELATION TO PARENTING AND CHILD OUTCOMES AT 36 MONTHSFLP Key Investigators 66 VI. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN RURAL POVERTYFLP Key Investigators 92 REFERENCES 109 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 126 COMMENTARY RURAL CHILDREN AT RISK 127Rand D. Conger CONTRIBUTORS 139 STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 142 SUBJECT INDEX 144

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Book SynopsisMake your money make a differenceand enjoy attractive returns Small Money, Big Impactexplores and explains the globally growing importance of impact investing. Today, the investor''s perspective has become as important as the actual social impact. Based on their experience with over 25 million micro borrowers, the authors delve into the mechanics, considerations, data and strategies that make microloans and impact investing an attractive asset class. From the World Bank to the individual investor, impact investing is attracting more and more attention. Impact investing is a global megatrend and is reshaping the way people invest as pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, family offices and private investors jump on board. This book explains for the first time how it works, why it works and what you should know if you''re ready to help change the world. Impact investing has proven over the last 20 years as the first-line offense against crushing pTable of ContentsForeword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii About the Authors xv CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Fighting Poverty 2 1.2 Investing in Financial Infrastructure 7 1.3 Content Overview 8 Notes 9 CHAPTER 2 Microfinance – the Concept 11 2.1 History 12 2.2 Definition and Goals 15 2.3 Double Bottom Line 18 2.4 Financial Inclusion 21 2.5 Market Participants 24 2.6 Impact Investing 25 2.7 Preliminary Conclusions 29 Notes 31 CHAPTER 3 The Microfinance Value Chain 33 3.1 The Protagonists and Their Tasks 34 3.2 Regulatory Environment 36 3.3 Development Finance Institutions 37 3.4 Market Overview 39 3.5 Geneva: Birthplace of Modern Microfinance 42 3.6 Preliminary Conclusions 46 Notes 47 CHAPTER 4 Micro Entrepreneurs 49 4.1 Definition 50 4.2 Needs and Requirements 52 4.3 Micro Entrepreneurs 59 4.4 Preliminary Conclusions 67 Notes 68 CHAPTER 5 Microfinance Institutions 71 5.1 Definition and Goals 72 5.2 Types of MFIs 73 5.3 MFI Funding 76 5.4 Services 85 5.5 Regulation 88 5.6 Preliminary Conclusions 94 Notes 96 CHAPTER 6 Lending Methodologies 99 6.1 Traditional Credit Theory and Microfinance 100 6.2 Lending Methodologies 101 6.3 Socio-Economic Factors 104 6.4 Late Payments and Over-Indebtedness of Clients 108 6.5 Default Prevention and Restructuring 110 6.6 Occupation: Loan Officer 113 6.7 Preliminary Conclusions 114 Notes 116 CHAPTER 7 Loan Pricing 119 7.1 Interest Rate Components 120 7.2 Setting Sustainable Interest Rates 127 7.3 Regional Differences 127 7.4 Loan Recipients’ Willingness to Repay 129 7.5 Preliminary Conclusions 130 Notes 132 CHAPTER 8 Social Performance Management 133 8.1 Social Performance 134 8.2 Measuring Social Performance 135 8.3 Measuring the Outcome of Microfinance 149 8.4 Social Rating Agencies 151 8.5 Technical Assistance 153 8.6 Linking Social Performance with Profitability 156 8.7 Preliminary Conclusions 157 Notes 159 CHAPTER 9 Beyond the Reach of Microfinance? 161 9.1 Prejudices and Reservations 162 9.2 Preliminary Conclusions 171 Notes 172 CHAPTER 10 Investing in Microfinance 175 10.1 Market Development 176 10.2 Microfinance Investment Vehicles 177 10.3 The Investment Process 181 10.4 Loan Agreements and Pricing Policy 187 10.5 Microfinance in the Overall Investment Portfolio 191 10.6 Incentives for Investing in Microfinance 195 10.7 Preliminary Conclusions 197 Notes 199 CHAPTER 11 Real and Financial Economy 201 11.1 Microfinance Is Crisis-Proof 202 11.2 Real Economy and Local Influencing Factors 203 11.3 Financial Economy 205 11.4 Stability Mechanisms 207 11.5 Preliminary Conclusions 208 Notes 209 CHAPTER 12 Discussion of Results and Conclusions 211 12.1 Win-Win-Win 212 12.2 Onwards and Upwards 212 Notes 215 APPENDIX A Example of a Loan Application 217 APPENDIX B Due Diligence of Socio-Economic Impact Factors 221 List of Abbreviations 227 Glossary 229 References 233 Photo Credits 243 Index 245

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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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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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Book SynopsisAlthough there is no simple solution to inequality, this book makes clear that education offers numerous exciting possibilities for progress.Table of ContentsPreface1. A Liminal Moment2. A Brief History of [Contemporary] Time3. Demographic Disruption4. Economic Disruption5. Cultural Disruption6. No Line on the Horizon7. Toward a New Marketplace8. Reimagine the Future9. BreakpointAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisClear, compassionate, and timely, Blue Marble Health is a must-read for leaders in global health, tropical medicine, and international development, along with anyone committed to helping the millions of people who are caught in the desperate cycle of poverty and disease.Trade ReviewRecommended. Choice This is a well-researched book that takes you to different countries of the world, describing diseases and giving solid data. It should be on the essential reading list of student nurses, as it will raise awareness of some shocking facts and hopefully increase the chance of something being done to solve the problems highlighted. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. A Changing Landscape in Global HealthChapter 2. The "Other Diseases": The Neglected Tropical DiseasesChapter 3. Introducing Blue Marble Health (BMH)Chapter 4. BMH East Asia: China, Indonesia, Japan, and South KoreaChapter 5. BMH IndiaChapter 6. BMH Sub-Saharan Africa: Nigeria and South AfricaChapter 7. BMH Middle East and North Africa: ISIS-Occupied Zones and Saudi ArabiaChapter 8. BMH in the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, and MexicoChapter 9. BMH Australia, Canada, European Union, Russian Federation, and TurkeyChapter 10. BMH United States of AmericaChapter 11. BMH and the G20: "A Theory of Justice"Chapter 12. BMH as a Framework for Science and Vaccine DiplomacyChapter 13. BMH Future Directions

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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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Book SynopsisDespite Western society's preoccupation with safety and protection, its most vulnerable members still lack access to the level of security that many of us take for granted. In this trailblazing study, Laura Huey illustrates the issue of a ‘security gap’ faced by increasing homeless populations: while they are among the most likely victims of crime, they are also among the least served by existing forms of state and private security.Invisible Victims presents the first comprehensive, integrated study of the risks faced by homeless people and their attempts to find safety and security in often dangerous environments.  Huey draws not only on current debates on security within criminology, but also on a decade’s worth of her own field research on the victimization and policing of the homeless. A theoretically and empirically informed examination of the myriad issues affecting the homeless, Invisible Victims makes a compelling case for sociTrade Review'Thought-provoking and very readable book.' -- Stephen Metraux European Journal of Homelessness, vol 6:02:2012Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Invisible Victim Chapter 1 Security and Citizenship Chapter 2 Homelessness and Criminal Victimization Chapter 3 State-based Security Chapter 4 Self-protection Strategies Chapter 5 Security through Others Chapter 6 Security and the Homeless Citizen Chapter 7 Equalizing Security Appendix: Research Methods References

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Book SynopsisExplaining the complexities of modern economics in a clear, accessible style, The Inequality Trap is the must-read rejoinder to the idea that fighting inequality should be our top policy priority.Trade Review'Accessible and extraordinarily well written, this volume is full of fascinating insights.' -- R.S. Rycroft Choice Magazine vol 53:07:2016 "Anyone looking to play devil's advocate with [Thomas] Piketty-purchasing friends would be well served by this book." -- James Ryerson The New York Times Sunday Book Review, December 20, 2015Table of ContentsPreface: The Inequality Trap Acknowledgements 1. History: The Sequel 2. The Deserving Rich 3. Ginis Rising 4. Who are the One Per Cent? 5. Is Good Inequality Bad, Too? 6. Poverty 7. Opportunity 8. Anti-Occupy References

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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.

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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.

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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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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;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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"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.

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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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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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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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Book SynopsisThis collections showcases contemporary research on multiple youth deprivation of personal isolation, social hardship, gender and ethnic discrimination and social stigma, drawing on findings of empirical studies that seek to explore the critical intersections of social class, gender and ethnic identities.Trade Review“This book is a welcome contribution to the rapidly growing scholarly field exploring the issues and processes of marginalisation, poverty, and exclusion in relation to children and young people – as well as to childhood and youth as concepts, categories, and life stages.” Children’s Geographies"This timely contribution to debates around youth austerity in Britain is a must read for students or academics concerned with how youth is understood and lived in contemporary society" Lisa Russell, University of Huddersfield"Brings new theoretical and empirical insights into the analysis of youth marginality…. provides a critical voice around the concept of `marginality’ creating innovative and radical alternative understandings of the ways it operates…. A must read for scholars and students interested in youth sociology and youth policy" Alan France, University of AucklandTable of ContentsForeword by Robert MacDonald; Part One: Youth Policy, Pariahs and Poverty: Critically Theorising Young Adult Marginality: historical and contemporary perspectives ~ Shane Blackman and Ruth Rogers; Broken Society, Anti-social contracts, Failing State? Rethinking Youth Marginality ~ Peter Squires; Youth poverty and social exclusion in the UK ~ Eldin Fahmy; Routine sanctions, humiliation and human struggle: qualitative biographies of young people’s experience of live marginality ~ Linda Brooks; Normalisation of Youth Austerity Through Entertainment: critically addressing media representations of youth marginality in Britain ~ Shane Blackman and Ruth Rogers; Part two: Intersections of Youth Marginality: class, gender, ethnicity and education; Pramface Girls? Early motherhood, marginalisation and the management of stigma ~ Mary Jane Kehily; Leisure lives on the margins: (Re)Imagining youth in Glasgow East End ~ Batchelor, S., Whittaker, L., Fraser, A. and Ling, L.; Asylum Rejected: “Appeals rights exhausted” care leavers facing return and marginality ~ Kim Robinson and Lucy Williams; Responses to the marginalisation of Roma young people in education ~ Jenny van Krieken Robson; Apprentice or Student as alternatives to marginalisation ~ Patrick Ainley; A School for our Community: critically assessing discourses of marginality in the establishment of a Free School ~ Claire Tupling; The Marginalisation of Care: Young Care Leavers’ Experiences of Professional Relationships ~ Emma Davidson and Lisa Whittaker; Part Three: Resistance and Ethnography; [B]othered Youth: Stop and search, marginalisation and the policing of belonging ~ Seán F. Murphy; On the Margins: the last place to rebel? Understanding young people’s resistance to social conformity ~ Jane McKay and Frances Atherton; ‘Binge’ drinking devils and moral marginality: young people’s calculated hedonism in the Canterbury night-time economy ~ Robert McPherson; The New Spectral Army: Biography and youth poverty on Teesside’s deprived estates ~ Anthony Ruddy; Conclusions: Advanced Youth Marginality Post Brexit ~ Ruth Rogers and Shane Blackman.

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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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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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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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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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Book Synopsis'For whose benefit?' explores how those at the sharp end of welfare reform experience changes to the benefit system. It looks at how the rights and responsibilities of citizenship are experienced on the ground, and whether the welfare state still offers meaningful protection and security to those who rely upon it.Trade Review"Ruth Patrick’s brilliant new book [...] provides a considered and constructive starting point and should be essential reading for social policy reformers." Fabian Society"[has a] deep understanding of the problems facing our social security system" Citizen's Income Trust“We hear plenty about benefit claimants but it’s rare to hear from them. This important book starts with their perspective. It demonstrates – partly through their words – the damage social security reforms have done to people on low-incomes over time. Sadly there is more damage to come in the next few years when a range of further cuts and changes take effect or bite down harder. Anyone concerned that we should have a social security system that is fair - and that works for people rather than against them - will find the testimonies and the analysis here invaluable.” Alison Garnham, Child Poverty Action Group“We must hope that the designers and implementers of future reforms read this book and hear the voices it puts forward.” Poverty magazine"Offers much needed analysis of the experiences of those at the sharp end of welfare reform in the UK. The human costs and negative consequences of an increasingly austere and conditional social security system are clearly set out and considered. This thought provoking book should be widely read by all." Peter Dwyer, University of York"A compelling, timely and important account of everyday life for those most affected by austerity policy. Essential reading." Jane Millar, University of Bath"The demoralising insecurity of claiming and being on benefits is starkly revealed in a penetrating analysis of people’s own accounts over time." Adrian Sinfield, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsForeword ~ Baroness Ruth Lister Introduction: Beyond Benefits Street - exploring experiences and narratives of welfare reform; Social citizenship from above; The emergence of a framing consensus on ‘welfare’; The everyday realities of out-of-work benefit receipt; Is welfare-to-work working? Relationships with work over time; Ending welfare dependency? Experiencing welfare reform; Scroungerphobia: living with the stigma of benefits; Diverse trajectories between 2011 and 2016 Conclusion: social insecurity and ‘welfare’

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Book Synopsis'For whose benefit?' explores how those at the sharp end of welfare reform experience changes to the benefit system. It looks at how the rights and responsibilities of citizenship are experienced on the ground, and whether the welfare state still offers meaningful protection and security to those who rely upon it.Trade Review“We hear plenty about benefit claimants but it’s rare to hear from them. This important book starts with their perspective. It demonstrates – partly through their words – the damage social security reforms have done to people on low-incomes over time. Sadly there is more damage to come in the next few years when a range of further cuts and changes take effect or bite down harder. Anyone concerned that we should have a social security system that is fair - and that works for people rather than against them - will find the testimonies and the analysis here invaluable.” Alison Garnham, Child Poverty Action Group“We must hope that the designers and implementers of future reforms read this book and hear the voices it puts forward.” Poverty magazine"Ruth Patrick’s brilliant new book [...] provides a considered and constructive starting point and should be essential reading for social policy reformers." Fabian Society"[has a] deep understanding of the problems facing our social security system" Citizen's Income Trust"Offers much needed analysis of the experiences of those at the sharp end of welfare reform in the UK. The human costs and negative consequences of an increasingly austere and conditional social security system are clearly set out and considered. This thought provoking book should be widely read by all." Peter Dwyer, University of York"A compelling, timely and important account of everyday life for those most affected by austerity policy. Essential reading." Jane Millar, University of Bath"The demoralising insecurity of claiming and being on benefits is starkly revealed in a penetrating analysis of people’s own accounts over time." Adrian Sinfield, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsForeword ~ Baroness Ruth Lister Introduction: Beyond Benefits Street - exploring experiences and narratives of welfare reform; Social citizenship from above; The emergence of a framing consensus on ‘welfare’; The everyday realities of out-of-work benefit receipt; Is welfare-to-work working? Relationships with work over time; Ending welfare dependency? Experiencing welfare reform; Scroungerphobia: living with the stigma of benefits; Diverse trajectories between 2011 and 2016 Conclusion: social insecurity and ‘welfare’

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating book provides a detailed national picture of poverty and social exclusion. Chapters consider a range of dimensions of exclusion and explores relationships between these in the first truly multi-dimensional analysis.Trade Review"This excellent book achieves the near impossible task of analysing social exclusion quantitatively, while maintaining the sense of lived experience of poor and excluded individuals and families." Naomi Eisenstadt, Oxford University“This report’s unique analysis highlights the pressing need for a comprehensive and long-term plan to solve poverty in the UK.” Campbell Robb, Joseph Rowntree FoundationTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Nick Bailey and Glen Bramley; Part 1: Resources; Fifty years of poverty in the UK ~ Joanna Mack; Living standards in the UK ~ Demi Patsios, Marco Pomati and Paddy Hillyard; Severe poverty and destitution ~ Glen Bramley, Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Filip Sosenko; Poverty, local services and austerity ~ Glen Bramley and Kirsten Besemer; Part 2: Participation; Social participation and social support ~ Lisa Wilson, Eldin Fahmy and Nick Bailey; Employment, poverty and social exclusion ~ Nick Bailey; Poverty, social exclusion and civic engagement ~ Eldin Fahmy; Part 3: Quality of life; Poverty and health: thirty years of progress? ~ Lucy Prior and David Manley; Housing and the living environment ~ Glen Bramley; Poverty and social harm: challenging discourses of risk, resilience and choice ~ Simon Pemberton, Christina Pantazis and Paddy Hillyard; Financial inclusion, financial stress and debt ~ Glen Bramley and Kirsten Besemer; The poverty of well-being ~ Michael Tomlinson and Lisa Wilson; Part 4: Bringing it together; The multidimensional analysis of social exclusion ~ Nick Bailey, Eldin Fahmy and Jonathan Bradshaw; Conclusions and emerging themes ~ Glen Bramley and Nick Bailey.

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating book provides a detailed national picture of poverty and social exclusion. Chapters consider a range of dimensions of exclusion and explores relationships between these in the first truly multi-dimensional analysis.Trade Review"This excellent book achieves the near impossible task of analysing social exclusion quantitatively, while maintaining the sense of lived experience of poor and excluded individuals and families." Naomi Eisenstadt, Oxford University“This report’s unique analysis highlights the pressing need for a comprehensive and long-term plan to solve poverty in the UK.” Campbell Robb, Joseph Rowntree FoundationTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Nick Bailey and Glen Bramley; Part 1: Resources; Fifty years of poverty in the UK ~ Joanna Mack; Living standards in the UK ~ Demi Patsios, Marco Pomati and Paddy Hillyard; Severe poverty and destitution ~ Glen Bramley, Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Filip Sosenko; Poverty, local services and austerity ~ Glen Bramley and Kirsten Besemer; Part 2: Participation; Social participation and social support ~ Lisa Wilson, Eldin Fahmy and Nick Bailey; Employment, poverty and social exclusion ~ Nick Bailey; Poverty, social exclusion and civic engagement ~ Eldin Fahmy; Part 3: Quality of life; Poverty and health: thirty years of progress? ~ Lucy Prior and David Manley; Housing and the living environment ~ Glen Bramley; Poverty and social harm: challenging discourses of risk, resilience and choice ~ Simon Pemberton, Christina Pantazis and Paddy Hillyard; Financial inclusion, financial stress and debt ~ Glen Bramley and Kirsten Besemer; The poverty of well-being ~ Michael Tomlinson and Lisa Wilson; Part 4: Bringing it together; The multidimensional analysis of social exclusion ~ Nick Bailey, Eldin Fahmy and Jonathan Bradshaw; Conclusions and emerging themes ~ Glen Bramley and Nick Bailey.

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Book SynopsisPlacing children's experiences, needs and concerns at the centre of its examination of contemporary policies and political discourses surrounding poverty in childhood, this book examines a broad range of structural, institutional and ideological factors common across developed nations and forges a radical new pathway for the future.Trade Review“Beautifully written, highly scholarly and well organised. A devastating critique of oppressive government, this book will be used as a source by students from a range of disciplines.” Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York"Child poverty is a national disgrace in the UK. Read this wide-ranging book to understand the facts and to get a new handle on how to address these pressing problems." Jane Millar, University of BathTable of ContentsIntroduction Context Family Lone parenthood Education In and out of work Health Ethnicity and disability Adversity and poverty Conclusions

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Book SynopsisA critical analysis of the domino effect of neoliberalism and austerity on social work. Applying theory including those of Bourdieu and Wacquant to practice, it argues that social work should return to a focus on relational and community approaches.Trade Review“The book rightly calls for a return to relational and community approaches to practice, approaches that acknowledge the impact of poverty and inequality. It is timely and should appeal to students and practitioners alike.” Professional Social Work Magazine."This extremely timely, accessible and invaluable analysis develops ideas for social work that challenge the dominant policy direction and promote the social justice ideals of the profession." Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway University of LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction Social Work in the era of neoliberalism and austerity Class, poverty and inequality Advanced marginality and stigma Welfare, punishment and neoliberalism Poverty, inequality and contemporary social work Reimagining a social state Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA critical analysis of the domino effect of neoliberalism and austerity on social work. Applying theory including those of Bourdieu and Wacquant to practice, it argues that social work should return to a focus on relational and community approaches.Trade Review“The book rightly calls for a return to relational and community approaches to practice, approaches that acknowledge the impact of poverty and inequality. It is timely and should appeal to students and practitioners alike.” Professional Social Work Magazine."This extremely timely, accessible and invaluable analysis develops ideas for social work that challenge the dominant policy direction and promote the social justice ideals of the profession." Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway University of LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction Social Work in the era of neoliberalism and austerity Class, poverty and inequality Advanced marginality and stigma Welfare, punishment and neoliberalism Poverty, inequality and contemporary social work Reimagining a social state Conclusion

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