Social mobility Books

Book SynopsisThis volume brings together new research that bridges the domains of stakeholder theory, non-market strategy and social movement theory. Although these three research domains have developed via relatively distinct academic communities, they speak to a common set of phenomena at the intersection of business, markets, civil society, and the state. This collection sets an agenda for a more holistic theory of business and society – a theory that takes seriously the various kinds of stakeholders that make up society and have claims over business, that incorporates the goals and objectives of businesses to survive and thrive, and that places an important role on the process of mobilization and contentious interaction between actors whose goals inherently conflict. Using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods, contributors focus on a phenomenon at the intersection of business, civil society, and government. Examining markets shaped by heavy stakeholder involvement and contention, chapters explore topics such as markets for electric vehicles, medical marijuana, municipal drinking water, and cigarettes along with controversial business practice, including employment practices for LGBT workers and racial/ethnic minorities, and working conditions in global supply chains.Trade ReviewResearchers from North America, Europe, and South America present 12 chapters on the relationship between social movement theory, stakeholder theory, and non-market strategy. They consider social movements and organizational theory, including the role of social movements in the development of the electric car industry in California, how social movement organizations impacted the medical marijuana industry, how the impact of a social movement changes over time, and social movement theory’s contribution to understanding activism around corporations and markets; social movements and stakeholders, with discussion of the conditions under which a firm's corporate social responsibility initiatives may lead to a decrease in shareholder value after a negative event, worker organizing campaigns in the US and China, the impact of stakeholder attention and pressure on service quality outcomes of water systems in the US, and the power and influence of stakeholders; and social movements and non-market strategy, including the role of activist and firm organizing in institutional change, the role of different strategies in influencing field-level change, and research on non-market strategy and social movements. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Integrating Research Perspectives on Business and Society; Jocelyn Leitzinger, Brayden King, and Forrest Briscoe 1. Plug Power: Social Movements and Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in California, 1995-2012; Sunasir Dutta, Hayagreeva Rao and Ion Bogdan Vasi 2. Negotiating Moral Boundaries: Social Movements and the Strategic (Re)definition of the Medical in Cannabis Markets; Cyrus Dioun 3. Movement-Led Institutional Change: Uncertainty, Networks, and the Diffusion of Contentious Practices in Organizational Fields; Forrest Briscoe and Sean Safford 4. Social Movement Theory’s Contribution to Understanding Activism Around Corporations and Markets; Sarah A. Soule 5. The Negative Relationship Between Event-Specific Corporate Social Responsibility and Shareholder Value; Susan A. Kayser 6. Bridging Social Movement and Industrial Relations Theory: An Analysis of Worker Organizing Campaigns in the U.S. and China; Maite Tapia, Manfred Elfström and Denisse Roca-Servat 7. Not a Drop to Drink? Drinking Water Quality, System Ownership, and Stakeholder Attention; A. Wren Montgomery, Thomas P. Lyon, and Dan Zhao 8. Influence Stakeholders, Influence the World; Michael L. Barnett 9. On Two Sides of the Smoke Screen: How Activist Organizations and Corporations use Protests, Campaign Contributions, and Lobbyists to Influence Institutional Change; Ana M. Aranda and Tal Simons 10. Failure or Success? Defensive Strategies and Piecemeal Change Among Racial Inequalities in the Brazilian Banking Sector; Mario Aquino Alves and Marcus Vinícius Peinado Gomes 11. Non-market Strategy and Social Movements Research: What Are the Gains from Trade?; Thomas P. Lyon Afterword. Broadening Business and Society Research: A Postscript on the Limits of Strategic Action; Michael Lounsbury

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together new research that bridges the domains of stakeholder theory, non-market strategy and social movement theory. Although these three research domains have developed via relatively distinct academic communities, they speak to a common set of phenomena at the intersection of business, markets, civil society, and the state. This collection sets an agenda for a more holistic theory of business and society – a theory that takes seriously the various kinds of stakeholders that make up society and have claims over business, that incorporates the goals and objectives of businesses to survive and thrive, and that places an important role on the process of mobilization and contentious interaction between actors whose goals inherently conflict. Using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods, contributors focus on a phenomenon at the intersection of business, civil society, and government. Examining markets shaped by heavy stakeholder involvement and contention, chapters explore topics such as markets for electric vehicles, medical marijuana, municipal drinking water, and cigarettes along with controversial business practice, including employment practices for LGBT workers and racial/ethnic minorities, and working conditions in global supply chains.Trade ReviewResearchers from North America, Europe, and South America present 12 chapters on the relationship between social movement theory, stakeholder theory, and non-market strategy. They consider social movements and organizational theory, including the role of social movements in the development of the electric car industry in California, how social movement organizations impacted the medical marijuana industry, how the impact of a social movement changes over time, and social movement theory’s contribution to understanding activism around corporations and markets; social movements and stakeholders, with discussion of the conditions under which a firm's corporate social responsibility initiatives may lead to a decrease in shareholder value after a negative event, worker organizing campaigns in the US and China, the impact of stakeholder attention and pressure on service quality outcomes of water systems in the US, and the power and influence of stakeholders; and social movements and non-market strategy, including the role of activist and firm organizing in institutional change, the role of different strategies in influencing field-level change, and research on non-market strategy and social movements. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Integrating Research Perspectives on Business and Society; Jocelyn Leitzinger, Brayden King, and Forrest Briscoe 1. Plug Power: Social Movements and Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in California, 1995-2012; Sunasir Dutta, Hayagreeva Rao and Ion Bogdan Vasi 2. Negotiating Moral Boundaries: Social Movements and the Strategic (Re)definition of the Medical in Cannabis Markets; Cyrus Dioun 3. Movement-Led Institutional Change: Uncertainty, Networks, and the Diffusion of Contentious Practices in Organizational Fields; Forrest Briscoe and Sean Safford 4. Social Movement Theory’s Contribution to Understanding Activism Around Corporations and Markets; Sarah A. Soule 5. The Negative Relationship Between Event-Specific Corporate Social Responsibility and Shareholder Value; Susan A. Kayser 6. Bridging Social Movement and Industrial Relations Theory: An Analysis of Worker Organizing Campaigns in the U.S. and China; Maite Tapia, Manfred Elfström and Denisse Roca-Servat 7. Not a Drop to Drink? Drinking Water Quality, System Ownership, and Stakeholder Attention; A. Wren Montgomery, Thomas P. Lyon, and Dan Zhao 8. Influence Stakeholders, Influence the World; Michael L. Barnett 9. On Two Sides of the Smoke Screen: How Activist Organizations and Corporations use Protests, Campaign Contributions, and Lobbyists to Influence Institutional Change; Ana M. Aranda and Tal Simons 10. Failure or Success? Defensive Strategies and Piecemeal Change Among Racial Inequalities in the Brazilian Banking Sector; Mario Aquino Alves and Marcus Vinícius Peinado Gomes 11. Non-market Strategy and Social Movements Research: What Are the Gains from Trade?; Thomas P. Lyon Afterword. Broadening Business and Society Research: A Postscript on the Limits of Strategic Action; Michael Lounsbury

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Tidings of a shrinking middle class in one part of the world and its expansion in another absorb our attention, but seldom do we question the category itself. We Have Never Been Middle Class proposes that the middle class is an ideology. Tracing this ideology up to the age of financialisation, it exposes the fallacy in the belief that we can all ascend or descend as a result of our aspirational and precautionary investments in property and education. Ethnographic accounts from Germany, Israel, the United States and elsewhere illustrate how this belief orients us, in our private lives as much as in our politics, toward accumulation-enhancing yet self-undermining goals. This meshing of anthropology and critical theory elucidates capitalism by way of its archetypal actors.

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Book SynopsisSince the Great Recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has turned into a chasm. While the rich have found new ways of protecting their wealth, everyone else has suffered the penalties of austerity. But inequality is more than just economics. Being born outside the 1% has a dramatic impact on a person's potential: reducing life expectancy, limiting educational and work prospects, and even affecting mental health. What is to be done? In Inequality and the 1% leading social thinker Danny Dorling lays bare the extent and true cost of the division in our society and asks what have the super-rich ever done for us? He shows that it is the 1% that threatens us with the most harm and why we must urgently redress the balanceTrade ReviewAn incredibly thoughtful book. With wit, expertise and a necessary anger, Danny Dorling makes the case for a 'slow revolution' against the concentrated wealth of the top 1%, who threaten our national and global well-being. Read him. Enjoy him. Join him. -- Melissa Benn, author of Life LessonsDorling asks questions about inequality that fast become unswervable: can we afford the superrich? Can society prosper? Can we realize our potential? -- Zoe Williams, GuardianA clear and readable account of the damage wrought by extreme inequality. This is a powerful book. -- Kate E. Pickett, co-author of The Spirit LevelA convincing picture of the epic insulation of the 1% -- Mary O’Hara, author of Austerity BitesIn a remarkable feat of archival excavation, Bill Mullen and Christopher Vials have prepared a carefully compiled dossier to address fascism in the US in new and original ways. The result is a varied and vital collection - historically engaging and pressingly relevant - that tracks the arc of fascism and radical responses. The US Antifascism Reader brings the true stakes of this topic into focus. It's a book I urge scholars and activists to obtain at once! -- Alan Wald, University of Michigan

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Book SynopsisInequality is back on the academic and political agenda. This book considers the extent and impact of social protection - including social assistance, social insurance, universal allowances and mandates - on inequality. The author illustrates how effectively designed and implemented forms of social protection can make significant contributions to reducing inequalities, promoting egalitarian ideals and achieving social justice. Critical and incisive, this book is essential reading for students and academics studying social protection and inequality. It will also be of interest to scholars in social policy, international social welfare and development studies, as well as practitioners and professionals in government and international agencies.Trade Review‘James Midgley provides a very helpful and insightful overview of the field of social protection.... A strength of this book is the wide scope that the author takes. Oftentimes books dealing with the social welfare state and safety net programs focus on either the OECD countries or the Global South. Midgley is adept at covering both. By doing so, the reader gains considerable insight into the differences and similarities across countries in attempting to protect their citizens from economic hardship and vulnerability.’ -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare‘This text is central to understanding how social protection can promote equality by using the intervention of the state in designing egalitarian policies as well as by international organisations reflecting on their own impact on inequality. This book is aimed at academics, policymakers and professionals looking for viable strategies connecting power and resources of the state to promote social justice in western countries and the Global South.’ -- Lorena Ossio Bustillos, European Journal of Social Security‘This book, by a renowned scholar in the social policy field, is a welcome addition to the literature. It provides a thorough analysis of some key issues. The fact that so much of the social policy literature adopts a narrow national approach makes the global focus of this book quite a breath of fresh air. There is also a good balance of historical overview and contemporary analysis. I enjoyed reading this book and my hope that it will not only be of help to students of social policy, political theory, sociology and social work in appreciating the significance of inequality, social protection and social justice, but also be of value to campaigners, activists, policy developers and others in seeking to create and sustain a more determined effort to tackle inequality and the social ills it so fully contributes to.’ -- Neil Thompson, International Journal of Social Welfare'The issue of inequality has returned to global agendas. James Midgley, the doyen of global social policy research, insists that social protection has a role to play in tackling inequality. He sets out an agenda of institutional reform that revitalizes the egalitarian claim of social protection, but stays away from simple cure-all solutions.' --Lutz Leisering, Bielefeld University, Germany'This volume is an important and timely contribution to the scholarship and policy debates on inequality and the role of state supported social protection schemes in mitigating it. Midgely's engaging and lucid text provides an integrated and comprehensive overview of real world programmes and evidence of their redistributive impact, while retaining historical and conceptual perspectives. In contrast to much of the literature in this area, the cases presented in this text come from both the global North and South and a more pluralistic account of social protection is provided which transcends traditional western notions of insurance, income transfers and credits. The text will be accessible and relevant for a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and an invaluable resource for all those interested in comparative social welfare.' --Rebecca Surender, University of Oxford, UK'This book makes a critically important contribution to the literature on inequality and on social policy What the reader learns from this superb study is that careful policy design, adequate funding and effective implementation are needed to ensure that social policies are effective in promoting equality and social justice. This work is yet another confirmation that Professor Midgley is among the most distinguished social policy scholars of our time and that social policy has a role in the establishment of societies that are more just and equitable.' --Silvia Borzutzky, Carnegie Mellon University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: Understanding and Addressing Inequality 1. Defining Inequality 2. The Dynamics of Inequality 3. Addressing Inequality Part II: Social Protection and Its Global Impact 4. Features of Social Protection 5. The Historical Evolution of Social Protection 6. Social Protection Goals and Impact Part III: Social Protection and Social Justice 7. Social Protection and Redistribution 8. Towards Egalitiarian Social Protection References Index

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Book SynopsisFlapjacks and Feudalism: Social Mobility and Class in The Archers is an excavation into the family and class politics found in the clans of the residents of Ambridge, in BBC Radio 4's The Archers. A whole section of the book is devoted to 'The Fall of the House of Aldridge', with Brian's ethical misdemeanours and fall from grace, looking at how Brian could have hidden his scandals and changed the impressions surrounding him as a 'feckless farmer'. Another section sees the parenting skills, or complete lack of them, of the Ambridge clans put on trial, and used to predict the future leaders of Ambridge. Chapters in the book discuss the power of family and community networks, the oppression of the Grundys by the lords of the manor, and Emma Grundy's housing woes and the importance of housing in the success and security of those in the village. This book explores how far housing, intergenerational wealth, skills and access to employment shape life chances of characters and shows that, perhaps more than anywhere else, its not what you know but who you know.Trade ReviewThe authors combine a refreshing academic rigour with an obvious (though not uncritical) love for the programme. The intriguing result puts Archers stories and characters into their real-world context – with a lot more laughs along the way than one might expect. -- Keri Davies,Long-serving The Archers scriptwriterAnother intelligent and insightful exploration of The Archers from the Academic Archers team. This cornucopia of thought-provoking standpoints offers readers the chance to reconsider what lies beneath the social system that permeates this everyday story of country folk. -- Charlotte Martin, aka 'Susan Carter', The ArchersBeing an Archers listener is a way of life, and this fascinating book plonks Ambridge exactly where it should be; right at the heart of the real world. Well-researched and beautifully written, it's the academic backbone of a much-loved series. -- Lucy Freeman, Writer and BroadcasterTable of ContentsPreface: The Haves and Have Nots: Wealth and Value in Ambridge; Cara Courage and Nicola Headlam Section 1 – It’s who you know, and what you know about them Chapter 1. The Grundys and their Oppressors; Keith Flett Chapter 2. Two-in/one-out: network power, kin-keeping and ‘airtight’ distinction; Nicola Headlam Section 2 – The Fall of The House of Aldridge, the Rise of the Oppressed Grundys? Chapter 3. ‘If you have security, Ed, that is everything’: Deconstructing ‘security’ as a buffer against life’s challenges; Lalage Cambell Chapter 4. ‘Feeding the Horses’: Modern Slavery, the dark side of construction hidden in plain sight in Ambridge; Nicola Headlam Chapter 5. Borsetshire Businessman or Feckless Farmer?; Christine Narramore Chapter 6. What to do when you’re no longer Borsetshire’s Businessperson of the Year or How to handle a scandal; Olivia Vandyk Section 3 - Family function and dysfunction Chapter 7. Contemporary social problems in a rural setting: using The Archers in Social Work Education; Helen Burrows Chapter 8. Academic Archers Assembly: Putting the parents on trial; Cara Courage Chapter 9. Accent and Identity in Ambridge: The link between spoken language and identity; Rob Drummond Chapter 10. ‘We Should have called him Damien’: A discussion of the impact of Henry Archer’s early years on potential crimes of the future; Nicola Maxfield Chapter 11. Fear, fecklessness and flapjacks: Imagining Ambridge’s offenders; Charlotte Bilby Section 4 – Housing and the Ambridge Fairy Chapter 12. Rich Relatives or Ambridge Fairy?: Patronage and expectation in Ambridge housing pathways; Claire Astbury Chapter 13. Staying in the Spare Room: Social Connectedness and Household Co-residence in The Archers; Paula Fomby Chapter 14. Can’t Afford The Laurels?: Care Provision in Ambridge in 2041; Ruth Heilbronn and Rosalind Janssen Section 5 - It takes a village… Chapter 15. Parents, siblings, and the pursuit of power: Predicting the future leaders of Ambridge; Timothy Vercellotti Chapter 16. ‘From the moment those two joined the committee it’s been grunge bands, sumo wrestlers and souffle competitions’: What Ambridge’s civil society says about UK politics in 2019; Amy Saunders Chapter 17. A divided village: A narrative study using a theoretical lens of speculative ontology; Maggie Bartlett

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Book SynopsisResearch on Economic Inequality is a well-established publication of quality research. This 30th volume features insightful and original papers from the 9th Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) meeting. Mobility and Inequality Trends begins by illustrating the trajectory of income inequality in the world over the course of recent decades before the second paper makes a crucial distinction between ‘bad’ inequality, which is detrimental to society, and ‘good’ inequality, which is beneficial. Focus then shifts to bad inequality, one paper covering the relationship between intergenerational elasticity and inequality of opportunity, and the second studying the relationship between intergenerational mobility and life satisfaction in Spain. The volume then progresses to defend the use of intermediate views of inequality when constructing indicators of social welfare obtained through the use of average income and the Gini coefficient before investigating the advantage of using a multifaceted approach to income mobility measurement. To conclude Mobility and Inequality Trends presents an intensive exploration of income inequality in China and then studies the effects of the policy measure “Minimum Living Income. Finally, the last paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic stimulus policies.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Explaining Income Inequality Trends: An Integrated Approach; Petra Sauer, Narasimha D. Rao, and Shonali Pachauri Chapter 2. On Measuring “Good” and “Bad” Income Inequality; Gordon Anderson Chapter 3. How much of Intergenerational Immobility can be Attributed to Differences in Childhood Circumstances?; Rafael Carranza Chapter 4. Intergenerational Mobility and Life Satisfaction in Spain; Amaia Palencia-Esteban and Pedro Salas-Rojo Chapter 5. ‘Mingling’ the Gini Index and the Mean Income to Rank Countries by Inequality and Social Welfare; Ivica Urban Chapter 6. A Multifaceted Approach to Earnings Mobility Comparisons; John A. Bishop, Juan Gabriel Rodríguez, and Lester A. Zeager Chapter 7. On Income Inequality in Urban Areas in China during the Period 2002-2013: Comparing the Case of Urban Locals with that of Rural Migrants; Joseph Deutsch, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya, Jacques Silber, and Jing Yang Chapter 8. National vs Regional: Distributional and Poverty Effects of Minimum Income Schemes in Spain; Nuria Badenes Plá and Borja Gambau Chapter 9. COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Stimulus Policies: Evidence from 156 Economies; Xingyuan Yao

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Book SynopsisExploring the growing field of mobilities research, this Handbook focuses on the flows and movements of people, artefacts, capital, information and signs on different social and geographical scales. It examines the systems and practices of mobilities within societies, politics, cultures and economies from different theoretical, epistemological and methodological perspectives. Reflecting the variety and diversity of research methods and applications, contributions from top scholars highlight the multiple dimensions of mobilities, from transport to tourism, cargo to information, and across physical, virtual and imaginative mobilities. Chapters analyse mobilities from different angles and scales, emphasising interdisciplinarity by looking at how researchers engage with mobile methods. An inspirational toolbox of research methods and applications for mobilities, sociology and human geography scholars, this Handbook provides both qualitative and quantitative insights to the topic. It will be of interest to policymakers and urban planners looking for a better understanding of the impact and importance of mobilities in contemporary societies. Contributors include: K. Barry, N.M. Bennetsen, J. Berg, T. Birtchnell, T. Böhme, G. Bourg, R. Boyd, A.V.H. Bueno, M. Büscher, E.C. Cabalquinto, C.B. Christensen, F. da Costa Portugal Duarte, M. de Neergaard, A. Elliott, M. Freudendal-Pedersen, J. Germann Molz, K. Goetz, N. Grauslund Kristensen, K. Hartmann-Petersen, M. Henriksson, J.M. Hildebrand, F. Hirschhorn, M. Huyghe, O. Järv, H.L. Jensen, O.B. Jensen, S. Kesselring, H. Krobath, G.R. Larsen, C. Lassen, A. Maddrell, K. Manderscheid, A. Masso, L. Murray, L. Nitschke, A. Paulsson, A. Perkins, R. Rackham, A. Rocci, L. Schindler, M. Sheller, S. Silm, L.C. Smith, S. Smith, S. Sodero, G. Sunderer, C.H. Sørensen, B. Szerszynski, K.S. Tan, S. Thulin, M. Trandberg Jensen, C. Tschoerner-Budde, D. Tyfield, R. Tzanelli, P. Vannini, S. Wilson, D. ZuevTrade Review'Now, more than ever, researchers need multi-scalar tools to navigate complex and borderless research problems. This Handbook offers a multi-layered array of research methods that identify, experiment with and analyse mobile data and their infrastructures. Chapters detail practical methods by researchers who have applied them, while other chapters call for the design of methods to investigate new mobilities problems. Whether working with data hubs requiring methodological hierarchies or working with digitalized data generated in smart sensor technologies or working with spontaneous data co-created ''in the flow'' of fieldwork, researchers will find valuable resources and critical tools in this book.' --Martha Bell, Independent Sociologist with Media Associates, New Zealand'This is an exceptional contribution to the literature on mobilities that engages and goes beyond simply mobile methodologies to develop applied and critical insights. It is wide ranging in topics and includes authors of international repute. It is sure to be a must-read for students, academics and practitioners involved in future mobilities research.' --Kevin Hannam, City University of Macau, China'This is a sparkling collection of essays written by scholars - many of whom are leaders in the field - who are passionately committed to the way in which the new mobilities paradigm has fundamentally changed how we understand the contemporary world and the challenges it faces. Every chapter is a delight to read, with the inventiveness of the methods and applications surveyed spilling over into writing that is equally creative and inspired.' --Lynne Pearce, Lancaster University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities 1 Monika Büscher, Malene Freudendal-Pedersen, Sven Kesselring and Nikolaj Grauslund Kristensen PART I MOTIVATIONS 1 Mobility justice 11 Mimi Sheller 2 Mobilities and values 21 Malene Freudendal-Pedersen 3 Mobilities and (un)sustainability 28 Dennis Zuev and Luca Nitschke 4 Researching the mobile risk society 38 Sven Kesselring 5 Mobilities and social futures 50 Monika Büscher PART II METHODS 6 openAnalogInput(BODY): investigating data mobilities through critical making 63 Fernanda da Costa Portugal Duarte 7 How to use time-geographic travel diaries in mobility research 74 Malin Henriksson and Jessica Berg 8 Applying multiple and multi-scalar methods to mobilities hub research 84 Gunvor Riber Larsen 9 Drone mobilities and auto-technography 92 Julia M. Hildebrand 10 Logbooks of mobilities 102 Larissa Schindler 11 Sensory imagination as mobile method: sonic place-making on forest roads 111 Helena Krobath 12 Campervan ethnographies: mobile experiments and methodological manoeuvres 125 Sharon Wilson 13 Mobility orientations 137 Konrad Götz and Georg Sunderer PART III APPLICATIONS 14 Mobility behaviour change programmes in France: contexts of emergence, governance, goals and impacts 151 Marie Huyghe, Ghislain Bourg and Anaïs Rocci 15 Investigating mobilities with literary methods 162 Anita Perkins 16 Vital mobilities 172 Stephanie Sodero and Richard Rackham 17 Tracing human mobilities through mobile phones 182 Siiri Silm, Olle Järv and Anu Masso 18 MoVE: mobile virtual ethnography 193 Jennie Germann Molz 19 Mixed mobile methods for a mobile practice: inclusive research on pilgrimage mobilities 202 Avril Maddrell 20 Mobile visual methods 212 Phillip Vannini and Martin Trandberg Jensen 21 Fostering discursive mobilities in sustainable mobility policymaking 221 Chelsea Tschoerner-Budde 22 Mobilities policies: exploring momentums as urban tipping points in practice 231 Nina Moesby Bennetsen and Katrine Hartmann-Petersen 23 The transformation of mobility: AI, robotics and automatization 241 Anthony Elliott and Ross Boyd 24 Researching transnational family life in a mobile era 251 Earvin Charles Cabalquinto 25 Family mobilities 263 Lesley Murray 26 Supply chains and the mobilities of cargo 272 Thomas Birtchnell and Tillmann Böhme 27 Seeing into the future of mobility: the contestable value of expert knowledge and Delphi as futures methods 282 Alexander Paulsson, Fabio Hirschhorn and Claus Hedegaard Sørensen 28 Airports as a mobile method 292 Claus Lassen 29 Run riot! On mobilities, life, and death (of civilisation), and the reveries of running artfully 303 Kai Syng Tan 30 Creative arts practice in mobilities 315 Kaya Barry 31 Simulation and preserved mobility spaces 325 Lewis Charles Smith 32 Resonance of mobilities 335 Samuel Thulin 33 Phronesis (and its potentially central contribution to mobilities research in the twenty-first century) 345 David Tyfield 34 Methods of mobilities design research 354 Ole B. Jensen, Andrea Victoria Hernandez Bueno, Shelley Smith and Cecilie Breinholm Christensen 35 Critical mobilities – mobilities as critique? 365 Katharina Manderscheid 36 Embodied ethnography in mobilities research 374 Maja de Neergaard and Hanne Louise Jensen 37 Synaesthesia and the mobile city 382 Rodanthi Tzanelli 38 How to dismantle a bus: planetary mobilities as method 398 Bronislaw Szerszynski Index 411

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Book Synopsis Grounded in both theory and ethnography, this volume insists on taking social positionality seriously when accounting for Africa’s current age of polarizing wealth. To this end, the book advocates a multidimensional view of African societies, in which social positions consist of a variety of intersecting social powers - or ‘capitals’ – including wealth, education, social relationships, religion, ethnicity, and others. Accordingly, the notion of social im/mobilities emphasizes the complexities of current changes, taking us beyond the prism of a one-dimensional social ladder, for social moves cannot always be apprehended through the binaries of ‘gains’ and ‘losses’.Trade Review “Readers will be impressed by the diverse range of case studies and detailed evidence from people’s personal lives. Overall, the chapters emphasize the importance of taking a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach to understanding social mobility. Although this is a highly specialized field of study, the topics and chapters are well written and accessible enough to be of value to a wide range of readers…Recommended” • Choice “Whereas many edited books appear fragmented, this book comes across as consistent and well edited…This book fills empirical gaps and provides theoretical nuances, not only to simplistic notions of the current African narratives, but also to our conceptual understanding of social mobility.” • African Studies Review “This is a very important and timely contribution to the study of mobilities and immobilities in Africa. The volume advances our understanding of social positionalities as these intertwine and mediate with wider political and moral economies in contemporary Africa.” • Mattia Fumanti, University of St Andrews “Addresses thorny, contemporary realities and draws on a really thought-provoking theoretical palette in opening up debate. Moving beyond social inequality and linear ideas of social mobility is a sort of manifesto that others will take up.” • David Pratten, University of OxfordTable of Contents Introduction: Theorizing Social Im/mobilities in Africa Joël Noret Chapter 1. Inequality from up Close: Qur’anic Students in Northern Nigeria Working as Domestics Hannah Hoechner Chapter 2. 'Born Free to Aspire?' An Ethnographic Study of Rural Youths’ Aspirations in Post-Apartheid South Africa Fawzia Mazanderani Chapter 3. Great Expectations and Uncertain Futures: Education and Social Im/mobility in Niamey, Niger Gabriella Körling Chapter 4. ‘Precarious Prosperity?’ Social Im/mobilities Among Young Entrepreneurs in Kampala Laura Camfield and William Monteith Chapter 5. ‘Here Men Are Becoming Women and Women Men’: Gender, Class, and Space in Maputo, Mozambique Inge Tvedten, Arlindo Uate and Lizete Mangueleze Chapter 6. The Dynamics of Inequality in the Congolese Copperbelt: A Discussion of Bourdieu’s Theory of Social Space Benjamin Rubbers Chapter 7. Crisis, Work and the Meanings of Mobility on the Zimbabwean-South African Border Maxim Bolt Chapter 8. Domestic Dramas: Class, Taste and Home Decoration in Buea, Cameroon Ben Page Conclusion: A Multidimensional Approach to Social Positionality in Africa Joël Noret Appendix I: Sample characteristics Appendix II: Summary of entrepreneurs’ directions of social mobility Index

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Book SynopsisDemocratic societies thrive when citizens actively and critically engage with new ideas, developments and claims to truth. Not only can such practices result in more effective choice-making, but they can also lead to widespread support for progressive beliefs, such as social justice. With Western societies in the midst of environmental, social and political crises, it seems more pertinent than ever that citizens become ‘ideas-informed’. Presenting concepts from academia, industry, and practice, The Ideas-Informed Society closes the gap between the ideal of the ideas-informed society and the current reality. By exploring what it means to be ideas-informed and the benefits for both individuals and society, the chapters conceive what an ideal ideas-informed society would look like, what are the key ingredients of an ideas-informed society, and how to make it happen.Table of ContentsForeword; Sir Anthony Seldon PART 1: The Concept of an Ideas-Informed Society Chapter 1. Potent Ideas, Engaged Citizens, Healthy Societies; Chris Brown and Graham Handscomb Chapter 2. The Value of Uncertainty and the Tyranny of the Closed Mind; Sir Les Ebdon OBE Chapter 3. A Little Conceptual Housekeeping: ideas and their contexts; Lesley Saunders Chapter 4. Battle of Ideas: Shaping the future through debate; Alastair Donald PART 2: Truth-telling, Democracy and Community Chapter 5. Battle of Ideas: Weaponising the Free Speech Fallacy; Sam Fowles Chapter 6. Reversing Polarisation: How Challenging Ideas Can Help People Find Common Purpose; Sir Paul Collier Chapter 7. When Ideas Fail; Iain King CBE Chapter 8. Bearing the Truth and Building Truth-telling Communities; Helen Cameron Chapter 9. Informed Society and Representative Democracy: the role of parliaments; Stéphane Goldstein and Anne-Lise Harding Chapter 10. Questions worth asking and conversations that matter: generating ideas in cohesive communities; Tim Slack and Fiona Thomas Chapter 11. An entrepreneur’s journey: delivering ideas to change a VUCA world; Paul Lindley OBE Chapter 12. Education for Democracy: Schools as Communities of Inquiry; Vivienne Baumfield PART 3: Creativity, Arts and the Environment Chapter 13. In Praise of Inutility: Learning from Dickens; Judith Mossman Chapter 14. The power of visual ideas – Searching for a sense of place and belonging ; Rafael Klein Chapter 15. Curiosity and Stories: Working with art and archaeology to encourage the growth of cultural capital in local communities; John Castling and Jilly Johnston Chapter 16. Getting the (Positive) Word Out: The IdeaSpies Platform ; Lynn Wood and Sabra Brock Chapter 17. How to succeed in a volatile world? Utilising the 7 Pillars of Positive Resilience to make the ideas-informed society a reality; Belinda Board Chapter 18. As we sit in the in-between; Benjamin Freud and Charlotte Hankin PART 4: Education and empowering young people Chapter 19. Ideas-informed? – Ideas are not enough!; Valerie Hannon and Anthony Mackay AM Chapter 20. Unleashing ideas through Youth Led Social Innovation; Katherine Crisp Chapter 21. Developing Ideas-Informed Young Citizens; John Baumber Chapter 22. The Future Skills Society Needs and Its Critical Implications; Jude Hillary Chapter 23. Education policy for a new age of enlightenment; Raphael Wilkins Chapter 24. Ideas in Action: Critically Reflective Practice; Neil Thompson Chapter 25. Turning Schools Inside Out – Community Curriculum Making; David Leat, Alison Whelan, Ulrike Thomas, Carolynn Kerr, and Ruth Webb Chapter 26. The Case for Place: How we can improve our ideas about ‘place’ in education policymaking; Will Millard

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Book SynopsisIn this ethnographic study of the rural idyll, Broadlands explores rurality and the pace of rural life. In sharp contrast to the urban analytical emphasis upon speed, it gives careful thought to stasis, as rural places offer everyday opportunities for very different social situations and behavioural interactions. Based on new and extensive RCUK-funded primary research, Sam Hillyard generates an original, rigorous and thoughtful understanding of everyday rural life in the 21st century. Taking the principles of dramaturgy and rural studies scholarship, Broadlands provides a toolkit to make sense of rural change. It uses ethnography to enhance interactionist dramaturgy via cross-references with new theoretical orientations that emphasise the temporal dynamics of space in a 'knowing capitalism'. Where early dramaturgy stressed formal organisations in shaping roles and identity, Broadlands expands these concepts to include informal and transient organisations and associations. Ultimately, the book advances a new model for grasping the complexity of the rural. For researchers and students ofrural and urban sociology, this is an engaging text that reframes our understanding of rurality.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Thinking About Rurality Chapter 2. Norfolk: The Agrarian Revolution and the Emergence of an Elite Chapter 3. Patterns of Ownership in Modernity Chapter 4. A Village of Three Parts Chapter 5. Village Institutions #1: The School, the Pub and the Church Chapter 6. Village Institutions #2: The Very Model of a Modern Rural Villager Chapter 7. A Tale of Three Villages: Norfolk, 'Economy' Norfolk and Northants Chapter 8. Methodological Note

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Book SynopsisIn the 50 years since Rawls' seminal work A Theory of Justice, the concept has been constantly debated, with those on the political right and left advocating very different understandings. This unique global collection, written by an exceptional group of international experts, offers a wide-ranging analysis that challenges claims that the market can provide social justice for all. Comprehensive in both its geographical and thematic coverage, authors link theory to policy and practice. Sections cover how to think strategically about social justice in relation to national perspectives; equality and human rights; and applications of the concept to a range of welfare divisions and professional practices. Reflecting both historical and contemporary debates on the subject, the Handbook provides a strong political focus, as well as widening the view of social justice past narrow perspectives on welfare provision. This Handbook will be an excellent tool for students at a postgraduate level in the social sciences, particularly social policy, sociology, politics and philosophy. Established researchers of political and sociological theory, practitioners and policy makers in professional areas of welfare provision will also find the extensive insights into current research exceptionally useful for enhancing and developing their work, and situating it within a clear political and philosophical context.Contributors include: S. Aboim, D. Beetham, J. Bradshaw, G. Craig, M. David, W.T. Duncanson, N. Ellison, I. Greener, B. Hale, J. Hearn, M. Hill, J. Hudson, L. Kahn, M. Kennet, S. Lansley, A. Lewicki, K. Lucas, H. Mahomed, K. Martens, M. Mayo, P. Mendes, S.P. Mohanty, N. Naylor, F. Nullmeier, P. Parvin, J. Phillimore, M.J. Prince, K. Rummery, P. Savidan, A. Sayer, T. Shakespeare, T. Shefer, H. Sommerlad, P. Somerville, V. Taylor, A. Walker, N. WatsonTrade Review'This wide-ranging Handbook demonstrates how the concept of social justice provides a valuable lens for the analysis of diverse contemporary policy and political issues. Drawing on a number of disciplines and theoretical perspectives, it puts theory to the service of policy and practice.' --Professor the Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett, Loughborough University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction the the Handbook on Global Social Justice Gary Craig 2. Theories of social justice Phil Parvin Part I: Thinking strategically about social justice 3. Income, work and justice Andrew Sayer 4. Social justice and social welfare John Hudson 5. Democracy and social justice David Beetham 6. Poverty, inequality and social justice Stewart Lansley Part II: Social justice: some national perspectives 7. Canada: social justice and social policy in a liberal welfare state Michael J. Prince 8. Social justice in Australia: Ending the over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care and returning them to their communities Philip Mendes 9. France: Social justice and perceptions of inequalities - a democratisation of an oligarchic ethos Patrick Savidan 10. Germany: justice as a dominant political value Frank Nullmeier 11. Social justice in the United States W. Thomas Duncanson 12. Social justice perspectives in South Africa’s struggle for social transformation Viviene Taylor Part III: Social justice, equalities and human rights 13. Racialised inequalities and social justice: policy frames and social change John Solomos 14. Gender equality and social justice Kirstein Rummery 15. Disability and social justice Tom Shakespeare and Nicholas Watson 16. Ageing and social justice Alan Walker 17. Sexualities, social justice and sexual justice Jeff Hearn, Sofia Aboim and Tamara Shefer 18. Social justice and human rights Brenda Hale 19. Saving social justice and environmental justice in an age of tyranny and corruption Miriam Kennet Part IV Social justice in practice 20. Public policy in practice Nick Ellison 21. Law and social justice Hilary Sommerlad 22. Migration and social justice: parity of participation for asylum-seekers in the UK? Jenny Phillimore 23. Social justice and community development: social justice in practice Marjorie Mayo 24. Social justice and health Ian Greener 25. Challenging inequalities in education: A feminist approach Miriam E. David 26. Perspectives on transport and social justice Karel Martens and Karen Lucas 27. Housing and social justice Peter Somerville 28. Social justice and employment Michael Hill 29. Civil society and the values of social justice Gary Craig 30. Social justice and culture: on identity, intersectionality, and epistemic privilege Satya P. Mohanty 31. An exploration of love in the time of inequality: philanthropy an social justice Nicolette Naylor and Halima Mahomed 32. Religion, ‘race’ and social justice Aleksandra Lewicki 33. Social justice for children Jonathan Bradshaw 34. Social justice and the media: disrupting the frame - repositioning visual storytelling for change Leora Kahn Index

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Book SynopsisWhile mobility trajectories and experiences are key in migrants’ lives, they are relatively neglected in the field of migration studies. Using mobility as a unique angle of approach, the Handbook of Human Mobility and Migration is a pioneering assessment of the theoretical concerns, empirical questions and issues of governance surrounding international mobility and migration today.Adopting an empirical interdisciplinary approach, Ettore Recchi and Mirna Safi draw together incisive contributions from a wide range of experts in the fields of sociology, geography, political science and demography. Chapters explore circular migration, public opinion on immigration, visa and border infrastructure and debates on whether international migration is truly global. They examine the critical research gap between mobility and migration, and address paramount questions using state-of-the-art theories and evidence.Providing concise overviews of issues at the top of the current research agenda in the field, this timely Handbook will be an essential reference for students and academics of migration studies, sociology, social policy, political science, human geography, demography, and international relations. It will also be of significant interest to researchers and policy professionals operating in these fields.Trade Review‘What truly sets this Handbook apart is its robust empirical foundation, drawing from both established and innovative data sources. It is, without a doubt, a truly “handy” Handbook, an indispensable resource for aspiring scholars entering the field and a must-have for anyone seeking to remain at the forefront of recent advancements and research trends.’ -- Stefano M. Iacus, Harvard University, US‘If to be human is to be mobile, then what is special about migration? The answer is to be found in the elegantly written, deeply informative chapters that comprise this Handbook, an essential guide to a core phenomenon that is shaping our world. Highly recommended to scholars and students alike.’ -- Roger Waldinger, University of California, Los Angeles, US‘The Handbook of Human Mobility and Migration is a powerful volume that brings a new framework to a crowded field of studies on mobility and migration. In fact, it is precisely the crowded nature of these fields that creates a need for a synthetic and reflective volume such as this one. Anchored in their careful consideration of mobility and migration, the authors encourage us to move forward and understand the broader trends of human movement. We have all spent too many years publishing in narrow and outdated perspectives. Therefore, the Handbook will be valuable for a wide range of scholars looking to understand the next generation of research on these topics.’ -- Rahsaan Maxwell, New York University, US‘This is an innovative Handbook bringing together different types of mobility and migration and asking how they are connected from analytical and policy perspectives. Ettore Recchi and Mirna Safi have brought together a distinguished group of scholars to review critically different types of migration and related policies and practices. The result is a selective but highly innovative book that will be an important read for both students and researchers in the field.’ -- Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Human Mobility and Migration: Human mobility as hallmark of our age xii Ettore Recchi and Mirna Safi PART I RETHINKING 1 Is Homo sapiens a growingly mobile species (in the very long run)? 2 Massimo Livi Bacci 2 Have migrants become a distinct category in social stratification research? 12 Mirna Safi 3 Are migrants a select population? 34 Mathieu Ichou 4 Is there an end to mobility? Circular and onward migrants 53 Louise Caron 5 Are international and internal migration distinct phenomena? 70 Marine Haddad and Haley McAvay PART II MAPPING 6 How global is international mobility? 94 Emanuel Deutschmann and Ettore Recchi 7 Are high-speed rail and airplane mobilities socially stratified? 113 Yoann Demoli and Frédéric Dobruszkes 8 Where, when and why are students internationally mobile? 128 Christof Van Mol, Joep Cleven and Benjamin Mulvey 9 Child migration: who, where, when, why? 148 Chiara Galli 10 International retirement migration: who, why, where and when? 163 Russell King 11 Public opinion on immigration: is it converging globally or regionally? 182 James Dennison and Alina Vrânceanu PART III GOVERNING 12 Visas and border infrastructures: what makes them tighter or looser? 203 Fabian Gülzau and Steffen Mau 13 Does the forced/voluntary dichotomy really influence migration governance? 221 Hélène Thiollet, Ferruccio Pastore and Camille Schmoll 14 Free movement regimes: is the EU experience exportable? 241 Rainer Bauböck 15 Transnationality mobility and welfare rights: are they compatible? 256 Maurizio Ferrera and Anna Kyriazi Index

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Book SynopsisJustice and Vulnerability in Europe contributes to the understanding of justice in Europe from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. It shows that Europe is falling short of its ideals and justice-related ambitions by repeatedly failing its most vulnerable populations. Interdisciplinary and expert contributors search for the explanations behind these failing ambitions through analysis of institutional discourse, legal debate and practice and the daily experiences of vulnerable populations, such as those dependent on social care and welfare. By setting tentative criteria for justice as 'participatory parity', in line with the insights of the political philosopher Nancy Fraser, the book challenges European policy makers to re-define redistributive, recognitive and representative justice.Original and incisive, Justice and Vulnerability in Europe is an invaluable resource for policy makers at European, national and local levels. It is also highly relevant to scholars and students of public and social policy, social justice, politics and law.Trade Review'Justice is often thought of as a theoretical concern of philosophers and social theorists. This book vitalizes discussions about justice and makes them accessible to a broader audience in a truly inspiring way. Impressive and convincing, it brings philosophers together with legal scholars and sociologists to discuss the realities and injustices in a Europe and EU formed by different welfare regimes and austerity policies. It invites us to reflect on whether we can think of a European theory of justice taking into account its historical, cultural and institutional legacy - and its diversity. It's a fantastic book, a "must read" for scholars - and students - interested in justice, Europe and the EU, marginalization, discrimination, care and recognition.' -- Hanne Marlene Dahl, Roskilde University, Denmark'Here is a highly anticipated book. Among its innumerable qualities, let's stress three of them: it's the result of a very robust research project (ETHOS), which articulates theoretical reflections and results of in-depth empirical studies; it formulates an analytical framework in Europe and for Europe; last but not least, it suggests a non-ideal, contextual and critical approach to social justice. An approach that is reachable for social actors, especially the most vulnerable. What a breath of intellectual fresh air! This book should circulate in all hands: those of researchers as well as those of citizens, those of activists and those of political leaders. The EU is in crisis? Nothing but an additional reason to dive into this fundamental and highly stimulating book. More than a book: a cornerstone. To read and study … urgently.' -- Matthieu de Nanteuil, UCLouvain, Belgium'This very substantial book - both in size and content - takes us on a critical path. Based on a largely European context, examining the "entities and activities" of groups and institutions, the authors ask how a theory of justice links to the messy reality on the ground: for example, how in practice, as opposed to theory, do we recognize others as equals; a particularly pertinent question at a time of the global Black Lives Matter movement. This is a deeply researched, thoughtful and compelling book which should be of value to both philosophers and those who, in everyday practice, attempt to promote a practice, however complex and messy, which meets the needs of the most vulnerable in our society.' -- Gary Craig, Newcastle Law School, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Dorota Lepianka And Trudie Knijn 2. Thinking About Justice: A Traditional Philosophical Framework Simon Rippon, Miklós Zala, Tom Theuns, Sem De Maagt, And Bert Van Den Brink 3. From Political Philosophy To Messy Empirical Reality Miklós Zala, Simon Rippon, Tom Theuns, Sem De Maagt, And Bert Van Den Brink 4. Redistribution, Recognition And Representation. Understanding Justice Across Academic Disciplines Trudie Knijn, Tom Theuns And Miklós Zala 5. Four Or Fewer Freedoms: Justice Contested And Codified Between 1941 And 1957 Barbara Oomen And Alexandra Timmer 6. Framing Justice Claims As Legal Rights – How Law (Mis-)Handles Injustices Marie Pierre Granger And Orsolya Salat 7. The Impact Of The European Charters In Times Of Crisis And Their Role In Effectuating Social Justice Ideals For European Citizens Barbara Safradin And Sybe De Vries 8. Justice, Citizenship, And Methodological De-Nationalism Bridget Anderson And Pier-Luc Dupont 9. Education And Justice: Inclusion, Exclusion And Belonging Başak Akkan And Ayşe Buğra 10. Just Care For The Elderly And Disabled Trudie Knijn And Jing Hiah 11. Welfare, Labour And Austerity: Resistances And Alternatives Through Women’s Gaze Maria Paula Meneses, Sara Araújo And Sílvia Ferreira 12. The Interplay And Tensions Between Justice Claims Nancy Fraser’s Conception Of Justice, Empirical Research, And Real World Political Philosophy Bert Van Den Brink, Miklós Zala And Tom Theuns 13. Mechanisms That Impede Justice Trudie Knijn And Başak Akkan 14. Living And Theorizing Boundaries Of Justice Trudie Knijn, Jelena Belic And Miklós Zala 15. European Justice In Times Of The Corona Crisis – Some Preliminary Reflections Trudie Knijn And Dorota Lepianka Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the concept of the 'politics of compassion', this Handbook interrogates the political, geopolitical, social and anthropological processes which produce and govern borders and give rise to contemporary border violence.Chapters map different aspects of structural violence and mobilities in some of the world's most contentious border zones, highlighting the forms and practices that connect with labour exploitation, legal exclusion and a severe absence of human rights. International interdisciplinary contributors, including renowned sociologist Saskia Sassen, draw attention to the forms and spaces of resistance available to migrants and activists, contemplating how advocates attempt to provide protection and human security to those subjected to border violence. Offering empirical analyses of critical border spaces, the book covers extensively the US-Mexico border region and border zones around the Mediterranean. Border issues in South, Central and North America, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, the Middle East, Central Africa and East and Central Asia are also discussed. The Handbook thus provides a truly transnational approach to borders and migration, demonstrating the dynamic but asymmetric relationship between the social structure of border enforcement and the human agency of migrants and global activists.Combining theoretical insights into structural violence and human rights with key case studies of border zones, this comprehensive Handbook is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of social and political science investigating human migration, the humanitarian, border control and human rights. Its practical insights will also benefit policy-makers involved in borders and migration, as well as advocates and NGOs working with migrants and refugees to create secure environments.Trade Review’Human security is one of the most pressing issues of our time. As the world becomes more connected through globalization, barriers and borders simultaneously stifle and oppress world migrants. This Handbook should be required reading for understanding this problematic, in the U.S, Mexico, Europe and beyond, using a social science lens.’ -- - Howard Campbell, The University of Texas at El Paso, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Human Security, Borders and Migration 1 Natalia Ribas-Mateos and Tim Dunn PART I THE ICONIC US–MEXICO BORDER REGION 1 The militarization of the US–Mexico border in the twenty-first century and implications for human rights 32 Timothy J. Dunn 2 The U.S.–Mexico border since 2014: overt migration contention and normalized violence 51 Josiah Heyman 3 The mantling and dismantling of a tent city at the U.S.–Mexico border 68 Cynthia L. Bejarano and Ma. Eugenia Hernández Sánchez 4 Undo/redo the violent wall: border-crossing practices and multi-territoriality 87 Marlene Solís PART II ON THE WAY TO THE US 5 The predatory character of today’s economies: a focus on borders and migrations 99 Saskia Sassen 6 New security: threat landscape and the emerging market for force 108 Blanca Camps-Febrer and John Andrew Carter, Jr. 7 An anti-Latin@ policing machine: enforcing the U.S./Mexico border along the Great Lakes and the 49th Parallel 122 Geoff Boyce and Todd Miller 8 The invisible dimension of institutional violence and the political construction of impunity: necropopulism and the averted medicolegal gaze 134 Bilgesu Sümer 9 ‘Migrant trash’ or humanitarian responsibility? Central American government state responses to deported nationals 145 Isabel Rosales Sandoval 10 Biopolitical governmentality at Chile’s northern border (Arica–Tacna) 162 Luis Iturra Valenzuela PART III CHALLENGING MEDITERRANEAN BORDERS 11 Major changes in “migrations and borders” after the “revolution” of globalized liberalism 174 Salvatore Palidda 12 Documenting and denouncing violence at eastern European borders: the socio-legal relevance of refugee voices through the production of audio-visual material 186 Chiara Denaro 13 Transnational humanitarianism: blurring the boundaries of the Mediterranean in Libya 207 Natalia Ribas-Mateos 14 Migration policies at the Spanish border in Southern Europe: between ‘welfare chauvinism’, hate discourse and policies of compassion 222 Belén Fernández-Suárez 15 The wall and the tunnels: crossings and separation at the border between Egypt, Israel and the Gaza Strip 236 Lorenzo Navone 16 Spanish–Algerian border relations: tensions between bilateral policies and population mobilities 250 María-Jesús Cabezón-Fernández, Juan-David Sempere-Souvannavong and Arslan Mazouni 17 Neighbour or stranger? Bordering practices in a small Catalan town 266 Martin Lundsteen PART IV REGIONS, PARTITIONS, AND EDGES 18 Border regions, migrations and the proliferation of violent expulsions 282 Saskia Sassen 19 Borders and violence in Burundi: regional responses, global responsibilities 298 Niamh Gaynor 20 Blood, smoke and cocaine? Reflections on the governance of the Amazonian border in contemporary Brazil 310 José Miguel Nieto Olivar, Flávia Melo and Marco Tobón 21 The borders of Macau in a geohistorical perspective: political dispute, (non)definition of limits and migratory phenomena in an original border-city 326 Alfredo Gomes Dias and Jorge Macaísta Malheiros 22 The Crimean borderscape: a changing landscape of political compassion and care 345 Greta Lynn Uehling 23 The Irish border as sign and source of British–Irish tensions 355 Katy Hayward, Peter Leary and Milena Komarova PART V VIOLENCE AND CONTAINMENT: APPROACHES TO YOUTH AND GENDER 24 African women on the road to Europe: violence and resilience in border zones 371 Kristin Kastner 25 Impact of the permanent crisis in the Central African Republic on Cameroonian return migrants 382 Henri Yambene Bomono 26 From Afghanistan border to Iranian cities: the case of migrant children in Tehran 397 Pooya Alaedini and Ameneh Mirzaei 27 Adolescent mobilities and border regimes in the western Mediterranean 410 Mercedes G. Jiménez Afterword: a brief mapping on borders 419 Marcos Correia Index

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Book SynopsisIn the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what became the largest and liveliest labor demonstrations in modern American history. Protesters in the Middle East sent greetings-and pizzas-to the thousands occupying the Capitol building in Madison, and 150,000 demonstrators converged on the city.In a year that has seen a revival of protest in America, here is a riveting account of the first great wave of grassroots resistance to the corporate restructuring of the Great Recession.It Started in Wisconsin includes eyewitness reports by striking teachers, students, and others (such as Wisconsin-born musician Tom Morello), as well as essays explaining Wisconsin's progressive legacy by acclaimed historians. The book lays bare the national corporate campaign that crafted Wisconsin's anti-union legislation and similar laws across the country, and it conveys the infectious esprit de corps that pervaded the protests with original pictures and comics.Trade Review[A] collection of stories from those that participated in one of the most inspiring movements to erupt in the US heartland in decades. Those stories provide the observer from afar with a fairly universal and nuanced look at the daily lives of those involved in organizing, occupying, reporting and otherwise participating in those weeks of popular democracy. Interspersed between the tales of the workers, students, farmers and other protesters are a number of photographs and comics. The inclusion of these graphics truly enhances the overall effect ... .worthwhile and provocative. -- Ron Jacobs * Counterpunch *These essays delve into the historical, political, and ideological underpinnings of the 2011 events. [L]ater chapters are meatier, with events set against the backdrop of early-20th-century Wisconsin progressive politics when Governor Robert 'Fighting Bob' LaFollette began the crusade against the dominance of corporate America (at that time, railroads) over government. The book exposes how that same dominance continues today. [W]ill help readers, regardless of their own stance, to understand much of what's at stake in the country's current labor and political battles. -- Carol J. Elsen * Library Journal *Midwest pride of place animates much of the writing, along with awareness of Wisconsin's progressive history, the global context for the Madison protests and a genuine outrage that transcends the particular grievances of public sector union members. If anything, Walker has reawakened a dormant spirit of solidarity. The harvest of the extremism he sowed may be his own undoing. -- David Luhrssen * Express Milwaukee *Convey[s] some deeper understanding and offer[s] important lessons valuable for struggles to come ... will stand as a future reference point for those wishing to get some later handle on what happened in the 'Badger State.' Importantly, several of the key essays provide a deeper backdrop for an understanding of what happened. The massive show of solidarity with those directly affected by the 'budget repair bill' did not come just from police and firefighters exempted from the assault, or from private sector trade union hands. It came from a broader public not directly tied to organized labor. [C]ontains several important perspectives on the state of Wisconsin labor, key for understanding the uprising. -- Allen Ruff * Against the Current *

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Book SynopsisSeen through the eyes of parents, mainly mothers, "City survivors" tells the eye-opening story of what it is like to bring up children in troubled city neighbourhoods. The book provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood conditions on family life and explores the prospects for families from the point of view of equality, integration, schools, work, community, regeneration and public services. "City Survivors" is based on yearly visits over seven years to two hundred families living in four highly disadvantaged city neighbourhoods, two in East London and two in Northern inner and outer city areas. Twenty four families, six from each area, explain over time from the inside, how neighbourhoods in and of themselves directly affect family survival. These twenty four stories convey powerful messages from parents about the problems they want tackled, and the things that would help them. The main themes explored in the book are neighbourhood, community, family, parenting, incomes and locals, the need for civic intervention. The book offers original and in-depth, qualitative evidence in a readable and accessible form that will be invaluable to policy-makers, practitioners, university students, academics and general readers interested in the future of families in cities.Trade Review"Anne Power's illuminating and important book bears witness to the lives of urban families, without whose presence all cities would wither and decline. The parents she interviews describe in detail how noisy, messy, often unsafe environments inform every decision they make about their lives and those of their children. If Power's recommendations, based on interviews with 200 'city survivors', are heeded, families may no longer have to 'survive' the city, but instead will thrive in it." Lynsey Hanley, author of 'Estates: An Intimate History'"..the real strength of this book is its capacity to allow the words of the residents of deprived neighbourhoods to shine through." Urban Geography Research Group, urban-geography.org.uk 2008Table of ContentsIntroduction: city survivors; Neighbourhoods matter: is it the people or the place?; Community matters: survival, instincts in social animals; Families matter: mothers carry the weight; Parenting matters: pushing for kids; Incomers and locals: a shrinking pot?; City survival within precarious communities: who pays the price of change?; Conclusion: cities need families.

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Book SynopsisSeen through the eyes of parents, mainly mothers, "City survivors" tells the eye-opening story of what it is like to bring up children in troubled city neighbourhoods. The book provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood conditions on family life and explores the prospects for families from the point of view of equality, integration, schools, work, community, regeneration and public services. "City Survivors" is based on yearly visits over seven years to two hundred families living in four highly disadvantaged city neighbourhoods, two in East London and two in Northern inner and outer city areas. Twenty four families, six from each area, explain over time from the inside, how neighbourhoods in and of themselves directly affect family survival. These twenty four stories convey powerful messages from parents about the problems they want tackled, and the things that would help them. The main themes explored in the book are neighbourhood, community, family, parenting, incomes and locals, the need for civic intervention. The book offers original and in-depth, qualitative evidence in a readable and accessible form that will be invaluable to policy-makers, practitioners, university students, academics and general readers interested in the future of families in cities.Trade Review"Anne Power's illuminating and important book bears witness to the lives of urban families, without whose presence all cities would wither and decline. The parents she interviews describe in detail how noisy, messy, often unsafe environments inform every decision they make about their lives and those of their children. If Power's recommendations, based on interviews with 200 'city survivors', are heeded, families may no longer have to 'survive' the city, but instead will thrive in it." Lynsey Hanley, author of 'Estates: An Intimate History'"..the real strength of this book is its capacity to allow the words of the residents of deprived neighbourhoods to shine through." Urban Geography Research Group, urban-geography.org.uk 2008Table of ContentsIntroduction: city survivors; Neighbourhoods matter: is it the people or the place?; Community matters: survival, instincts in social animals; Families matter: mothers carry the weight; Parenting matters: pushing for kids; Incomers and locals: a shrinking pot?; City survival within precarious communities: who pays the price of change?; Conclusion: cities need families.

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Book SynopsisWhen New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. As it approaches the end of an unprecedented third term in office, this book asks whether Britain has indeed moved in that direction. The highly successful earlier volume "A more equal society?" was described by Polly Toynbee as "the LSE's mighty judgement on inequality". Now this second volume by the same team of authors provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies over a longer period. It provides: · consideration by a range of expert authors of a broad set of indicators and policy areas affecting poverty, inequality and social exclusion; · analysis of developments up to the third term on areas including income inequality, education, employment, health inequalities, neighbourhoods, minority ethnic groups, children and older people; · an assessment of outcomes a decade on, asking whether policies stood up to the challenges, and whether successful strategies have been sustained or have run out of steam; chapters on migration, social attitudes, the devolved administrations, the new Equality and Human Rights Commission, and future pressures. The book is essential reading for academic and student audiences with an interest in contemporary social policy, as well as for all those seeking an objective account of Labour's achievements in power.Trade Review"If you want a deep and even-handed project to rethink egalitarianism for the current age, turn to Towards a more equal society? ... The academics reporting in this volume have conducted painstaking statistical analysis. There are no cartoons, diverting vignettes or uplifting quotations. But the narrative - cautious, nuanced, understated - is all the more persuasive for that. If we want a fairer society, let us start with the facts." Richard Reeves, The ObserverTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Kitty Stewart, Tom Sefton and John Hills; Part One: Dimensions of policy outcomes: Poverty, inequality and redistribution ~ Tom Sefton, John Hills and Holly Sutherland; 'A scar on the soul of Britain': child poverty and disadvantage under New Labour ~ Kitty Stewart; Education: New Labour's top priority ~ Ruth Lupton, Natalie Heath, Emma Salter; More equal working lives? An assessment of New Labour policies ~ Abigail McKnight; New Labour and unequal neighbourhoods ~ Anne Power; Health inequalities: a persistent problem ~ Franco Sassi; Pensions and income security in later life ~ Maria Evandrou and Jane Falkingham; Ethnic inequalities: another ten years of the same? ~ Coretta Phillips; Migration, migrants and inequality ~ Jill Rutter and Maria Latorre; Part Two: Cross-cutting issues: Moving in the right direction? Public attitudes to poverty, inequality and redistribution ~ Tom Sefton; Inequality and the devolved administrations: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ~ Tania Burchardt and Holly Holder; Poverty, inequality and child well-being in international context: still bottom of the pack? ~ Kitty Stewart; Part Three: The Equality and Human Rights Commission: a new point of departure in the battle against discrimination and disadvantage ~ Polly Vizard; Future pressures: intergenerational links, wealth, demography and sustainability ~ John Hills; Conclusions: Climbing every mountain or retreating from the foothills? ~ John Hills, Tom Sefton and Kitty Stewart.

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Book SynopsisWhen New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. As it approaches the end of an unprecedented third term in office, this book asks whether Britain has indeed moved in that direction. The highly successful earlier volume "A more equal society?" was described by Polly Toynbee as "the LSE's mighty judgement on inequality". Now this second volume by the same team of authors provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies over a longer period. It provides: · consideration by a range of expert authors of a broad set of indicators and policy areas affecting poverty, inequality and social exclusion; · analysis of developments up to the third term on areas including income inequality, education, employment, health inequalities, neighbourhoods, minority ethnic groups, children and older people; · an assessment of outcomes a decade on, asking whether policies stood up to the challenges, and whether successful strategies have been sustained or have run out of steam; chapters on migration, social attitudes, the devolved administrations, the new Equality and Human Rights Commission, and future pressures. The book is essential reading for academic and student audiences with an interest in contemporary social policy, as well as for all those seeking an objective account of Labour's achievements in power.Trade Review"If you want a deep and even-handed project to rethink egalitarianism for the current age, turn to Towards a more equal society? ... The academics reporting in this volume have conducted painstaking statistical analysis. There are no cartoons, diverting vignettes or uplifting quotations. But the narrative - cautious, nuanced, understated - is all the more persuasive for that. If we want a fairer society, let us start with the facts." Richard Reeves, The ObserverTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Kitty Stewart, Tom Sefton and John Hills; Part One: Dimensions of policy outcomes: Poverty, inequality and redistribution ~ Tom Sefton, John Hills and Holly Sutherland; 'A scar on the soul of Britain': child poverty and disadvantage under New Labour ~ Kitty Stewart; Education: New Labour's top priority ~ Ruth Lupton, Natalie Heath, Emma Salter; More equal working lives? An assessment of New Labour policies ~ Abigail McKnight; New Labour and unequal neighbourhoods ~ Anne Power; Health inequalities: a persistent problem ~ Franco Sassi; Pensions and income security in later life ~ Maria Evandrou and Jane Falkingham; Ethnic inequalities: another ten years of the same? ~ Coretta Phillips; Migration, migrants and inequality ~ Jill Rutter and Maria Latorre; Part Two: Cross-cutting issues: Moving in the right direction? Public attitudes to poverty, inequality and redistribution ~ Tom Sefton; Inequality and the devolved administrations: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ~ Tania Burchardt and Holly Holder; Poverty, inequality and child well-being in international context: still bottom of the pack? ~ Kitty Stewart; Part Three: The Equality and Human Rights Commission: a new point of departure in the battle against discrimination and disadvantage ~ Polly Vizard; Future pressures: intergenerational links, wealth, demography and sustainability ~ John Hills; Conclusions: Climbing every mountain or retreating from the foothills? ~ John Hills, Tom Sefton and Kitty Stewart.

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Book SynopsisWealth and the wealthy have received relatively little attention from social scientists despite a growing wealth gap. Aimed at a broad social science and public readership, this book draws on new data on wealth to answer the following key questions: What is wealth? Who has got it? Where might we draw a 'wealth line'? Who lies above it? And what might policy do about wealth and the wealthy? Using data sources from the HMRC to the Sunday Times Rich list, this book provides a comprehensive and critical discussion of these issues, and looks at potential policy responses, including 'asset-based' welfare and taxation.Trade Review"Now is the time for a serious social policy analysis of wealth and the wealthy. This illuminating book provides both the data and a clear-sighted discussion of the issues." Jane Millar, University of Bath"A calm and dispassionate introduction to the facts about wealth in Britain, providing essential context for many of the most important and urgent policy debates today." John Hills, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics"This thoughtful and far-reaching critical analysis of the 'problem of riches' is a timely contribution to the debate on inequality. It deserves to be widely read." Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett, Loughborough UniversityTable of ContentsWhy wealth matters; Why the wealthy matter; What is wealth and who are the wealthy?; The distribution of wealth; The rich, the richer and the richest; Towards a comprehensive policy on assets; Social policy and the wealthy; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisWealth and the wealthy have received relatively little attention from social scientists despite a growing wealth gap. Aimed at a broad social science and public readership, this book draws on new data on wealth to answer the following key questions: What is wealth? Who has got it? Where might we draw a 'wealth line'? Who lies above it? And what might policy do about wealth and the wealthy? Using data sources from the HMRC to the Sunday Times Rich list, this book provides a comprehensive and critical discussion of these issues, and looks at potential policy responses, including 'asset-based' welfare and taxation.Trade Review"Now is the time for a serious social policy analysis of wealth and the wealthy. This illuminating book provides both the data and a clear-sighted discussion of the issues." Jane Millar, University of Bath"A calm and dispassionate introduction to the facts about wealth in Britain, providing essential context for many of the most important and urgent policy debates today." John Hills, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics"This thoughtful and far-reaching critical analysis of the 'problem of riches' is a timely contribution to the debate on inequality. It deserves to be widely read." Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett, Loughborough UniversityTable of ContentsWhy wealth matters; Why the wealthy matter; What is wealth and who are the wealthy?; The distribution of wealth; The rich, the richer and the richest; Towards a comprehensive policy on assets; Social policy and the wealthy; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisSocial cohesion is one of the declared objectives of the European Union and, with some 16% of EU citizens at risk of poverty, the need to fight poverty and social exclusion continues as a major challenge. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the EU Social Inclusion Process, the means by which it hopes to meet this objective, and explores the challenges ahead at local, regional, national and EU levels. It sets out concrete proposals for taking the Process forward. The book provides a unique analysis of policy formulation and assessment. Setting out the evolution and current state of EU cooperation in social policy, it examines what can be learned about poverty and social exclusion from the EU commonly agreed indicators. Taking the position of outside, but informed, observers, the authors explore the further development of the common indicators, including the implications of Enlargement, and consider the challenges of advancing the Social Inclusion Process - strengthening policy analysis, embedding the Process in domestic policies and making it more effective. Proposing the setting of targets and restructuring of National Action Plans and their implementation, they emphasise the need for widespread "ownership" of the Process at domestic and EU level and for it to demonstrate significant progress in reducing poverty and social exclusion. The book will be invaluable to academics, students and policy-makers at sub-national, national and EU levels as well as to social partners, and NGOs working towards a more inclusive society.Trade Review"A major strength of the book is its emphasis on new perspectives for research and policy development. ... performs a valuable service in covering so much ground so thoroughly." Journal of Social Policy"... currently the most authoritative account of the evolution of the indicators, their potential for analysis and the areas in which they could be strengthened." Martina Dieckhoff and Duncan Gallie, 'The renewed Lisbon Strategy and social exclusion policy', Industrial Relations Journal 38:6"...this book addresses fundamental principles and policies underpinning our work." British Journal of Social Work "...the most authoritative account of the evolution of the indicators, their potential for analysis and the areas in which they could be strengthened." Industrial Relations JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction: The EU Social Inclusion Process and the key issues; Exploring statistics on poverty and social exclusion in the EU; Strengthening policy analysis; EU indicators for poverty and social exclusion; Taking forward the EU Social Inclusion Process; The EU and Social Inclusion: facing the challenges.

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Book SynopsisChild poverty is a central and present part of global life, with hundreds of millions of children around the world enduring tremendous suffering and deprivation of their most basic needs. Despite its long history, research on poverty and development has only relatively recently examined the issue of child poverty as a distinct topic of concern. This book brings together theoretical, methodological and policy-relevant contributions by leading researchers on international child poverty. With a preface from Sir Richard Jolly, Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, it examines how child poverty and well-being are now conceptualized, defined and measured, and presents regional and national level portraits of child poverty around the world, in rich, middle income and poor countries. The book's ultimate objective is to promote and influence policy, action and the research agenda to address one of the world's great ongoing tragedies: child poverty, marginalization and inequality.Trade Review"This is an engaging, comprehensive, thoughtful, and thorough collection of evidence, ideas and expertise. It is indispensable in its pooled knowledge and picture of the possibilities for a world able to better tackle the suffering caused needlessly by the persistence of child poverty." Poverty and Public Policy "This substantial volume - 23 chapters - brings together most of the key authors in the field of global childhood poverty research and mulitidimensional management." Laura Camfield, International Migration Review "Global child poverty and well-being is a useful tool for those involved in child poverty research and policy." Journal of Children and Poverty "This is an important and ground-breaking study of an issue which should be of serious concern to every human being on the planet. Alberto Minujin & Shailen Nandy's text needs to be widely and closely read." Lord Puttnam, CBE. "This important book provides a comprehensive and damning indictment of the extent of child poverty across the globe, in rich countries as well as poor. Yet as, argued here, child poverty could be radically reduced and eventually eliminated through appropriate and feasible policies. This book should be read by policy-makers world-wide. " Frances Stewart, Professor Emeritus, University of OxfordTable of ContentsForeword: Unicef, children and child poverty ~ Sir Richard Jolly; Part 1: Framing the debate Introduction ~ Shailen Nandy and Alberto Minujin; Child rights, child survival and child poverty: the debate ~ Simon Pemberton, David Gordon and Shailen Nandy; Equity begins with children ~ Jan Vandemoortele; Part 2: Measurement and methodologies Measuring child poverty and deprivation ~ David Gordon and Shailen Nandy; Beyond headcount: measures that reflect the breadth and components of child poverty ~ Sabina Alkire and Jose Manuel Roche; Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach ~ Helen Barnes and Gemma Wright; Child well-being in the US: a proposal for the development of a 'Tot's Index' using the Human Development conceptual framework ~ Sarah Burd-Sharps, Patrick Guyer, Ted Lechterman and Kirsten Lewis; A snapshot of child well-being in transition countries: exploring new methods for monitoring child well-being ~ Petra Hoelscher, Dominic Richardson and Jonathan Bradshaw; Enhancing the fight against child poverty in the European Union: an EU benchmarking exercise ~ Isabelle Engsted-Maquet; Assessing child well-being in developing countries: making policies work for children ~ Shirley Gatenio-Gabel and Sheila Kamerman; Part 3: Multidimensional child poverty in Tanzania ~ Alberto Minujin and Enrique Delamonica; Multidimensional child poverty in Congo Brazzaville ~ Geranda Notten, Chris de Neurbourg, Bethuel Makosso and Alain Beltran Mpoue; Multidimensional poverty in Vietnam ~ Keetit Roelen and Fanziska Gassman; Multidimensional deprivation among children in Iran ~ Sepideh Yousefzadeh Faal Deghati, Andres Mideros Mora, and Chris de Neubourg; Multidimensional child poverty in Haiti ~ David Gordon, Audrey Lenoel and Shailen Nandy; Multidimensional child poverty in Latin America ~ Ernesto Espinola and Maria Nieves Rico; Changes in child poverty and deprivation in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia at the end of the 20th century ~ Shailen Nandy; Part 4: Evidence base implications for policy Utopia calling: Eradicating child poverty in the United Kingdom and beyond ~ Ruth Levitas; Continuity and change in poor children's lives: evidence from Young Lives ~ Jo Boyden, Abby Hardgrove and Caroline Knowles; Policy implications of multidimensional poverty measurement in Morocco ~ Hicham Ait Mansour; Making policies work for children living in poverty: reflections from the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities ~ Gaspa Fajth, Sharmila Kurukulasuriya and Solrun Engilbertsdottir; Investment in social security: a possible UN model for child benefit ~ Peter Townsend; Conclusions ~ Shailen Nandy and Alberto Minujin.

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Book SynopsisThis landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners, it explains the limitations of existing approaches and presents new findings that build on the insights of disadvantaged Australians and views about the essentials of life, providing the basis for a new deprivation-based poverty measure.Trade Review"This book moves us beyond the study of poverty using conventional income measures and introduces a range of other ways of studying poverty, deprivation and exclusion. The ideas and applications have lessons for all those involved in research on poverty and living standards." Jonathan Bradshaw, Professor of Social Policy, University of YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Poverty: Poverty as low income; Beyond low income: Economic resources and poverty; Experiencing poverty: The voices of poverty and disadvantage; Part two: Deprivation: Identifying the essentials of life; Measuring deprivation; A new poverty measure; Part three: Exclusion: Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda; Indicators of exclusion; Part four: Implications: Implications for research and policy.

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Book SynopsisThis landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners, it explains the limitations of existing approaches and presents new findings that build on the insights of disadvantaged Australians and views about the essentials of life, providing the basis for a new deprivation-based poverty measure.Trade Review"This book moves us beyond the study of poverty using conventional income measures and introduces a range of other ways of studying poverty, deprivation and exclusion. The ideas and applications have lessons for all those involved in research on poverty and living standards." Jonathan Bradshaw, Professor of Social Policy, University of YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Poverty: Poverty as low income; Beyond low income: Economic resources and poverty; Experiencing poverty: The voices of poverty and disadvantage; Part two: Deprivation: Identifying the essentials of life; Measuring deprivation; A new poverty measure; Part three: Exclusion: Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda; Indicators of exclusion; Part four: Implications: Implications for research and policy.

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Book SynopsisThis original and topical book tells the untold stories of migrants' experiences of, and responses to, financial exclusion in London. Breaking important new ground, it offers an insight into migrants' lives which is often overlooked, yet is increasingly vital for their broader integration into advanced financialised societies. Adopting a holistic focus, Migrants and their Money investigates migrants' complex financial lives which extend far beyond remittance sending, exploring their banking, saving, credit and debt related practices. It highlights how migrants negotiate the complex financial landscape they encounter and the diverse formal and informal ways in which they manage their money in the financial capital of the world. Drawing upon a rich evidence base, this book will be of particular interest to academics, local authorities, policy makers and the financial services industry.Trade Review“The book will be required reading for both academics and policy makers ... and it should provide an admirable model for other researchers wanting to undertake comparative analyses.” International Migration Review"a thorough and comprehensive consideration of one aspect of what to most academics and researchers are the subterranean lives of migrant workers...it's rich in data on the everyday survival of migrant workers...Datta's book and the research on which it is based are both incredibly 'rigorous' and comprehensive" James Grayson, Independent Researcher"In a research field usually populated by financial centres and elite intermediaries, here at last is a much needed analysis of the financial lives and geographies of low paid migrants in London." Jane Pollard, University of NewcastleTable of ContentsMigrants, money and exclusion; Changing financial landscapes: public policy responses to financial exclusion in the UK; Mapping migrants' financial lives in London; Strategising for banking inclusion; Coping with savings and credit exclusion: alternative practices of reciprocity and trust; Transnational money: the formalisation of migrant remittances; Looking forward: from exclusion to inclusion and back? .

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Book SynopsisThis original and timely text is the first published research from the UK to address the neglected topic of the increasing (and largely enforced) settlement of Gypsies and Travellers in conventional housing. It highlights the complex and emergent tensions and dynamics inherent when policy and popular discourse combine to frame ethnic populations within a narrative of movement. The authors have extensive knowledge of the communities and experience as policy practitioners and researchers and consider the changing culture and dynamics experienced by ethnic Gypsies and Travellers. They explore the gendered social, health and economic impacts of settlement and demonstrate the tenacity of cultural formations and their adaptability in the face of policy-driven constraints that are antithetical to traditional lifestyles. The groundbreaking book is essential reading for policy makers; professionals and practitioners working with housed Gypsies and Travellers. It will also be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, social policy and housing specialists and anybody interested in the experiences and responses of marginalized communities in urban and rural settings. Royalties for this book are to be divided equally between the Gypsy Council and Travellers Aid Trust.Trade Review"A ground-breaking investigation of the dynamic social, cultural and political forces which have impacted on the vast majority of indigenous Gypsies and Travellers in the UK in modern times." Journal of Social Policy"a valuable resource for housing practitioners involved in the commissioning and delivery of services, planners involved in strategic housing issues, and researchers. It is also approachable for the general reader." - Housing Studies"The study is at its best when describing the realities of life in housing in all its nuanced aspects and contextualising it in an informed narrative, often to powerful effect." Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsForeword ~ Judith Okely; Introduction; Space, Surveillance and Modernity; Gypsies, nomads and urbanization a social history; The Research Sites and Population Sample; Routes into housing; Housing Transitions; Gypsies Travellers and Gorgers: conflict and cooperation; Recreating Community; Young People in Housing: Aspirations, Social Relations and Identity; Conclusion; Appendix.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 2013 How do men and women get by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically reduced? Are we witnessing the growth of a new class, the 'Precariat', where people exist without predictability or security in their lives? What effects do flexible and insecure forms of work have on material and psychological well-being? This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about ‘the workless’ and ‘the poor’, by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain. Work may be ‘the best route out of poverty’ sometimes but for many people getting a job can be just a turn in the cycle of recurrent poverty – and of long-term churning between low-skilled ‘poor work’ and unemployment. Based on unique qualitative, life-history research with a 'hard-to-reach group' of younger and older people, men and women, the book shows how poverty and insecurity have now become the defining features of working life for many.Trade Review“Based on unique qualitative, life-history research with a `hard-to-reach group’ of younger and older people, men and women, the book shows how poverty and insecurity have now become the defining features of working life for many. An illuminating read” – London School of Economics Review of Books"Its inestimable value is to give a much needed voice to the poor and in doing so begin to challenge the 'old libel' that informs much contemporary policy making." People, Place and Policy"This book is about one important part of the growing precariat, those who have fallen out of old working-class communities. It should make people sad and angry. It is a great corrective to the utilitarian bias exhibited by mainstream politicians. It should be widely read." Professor Guy Standing, author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class"The book achieves its aims of providing a thorough insight into life at the foot of the contemporary labour market in a way that is sensitive and empathetic ... This is a good quality publication produced by a research team who between them have done much to increase understanding of the realities of working-class life." Dr David M. Smith, Canterbury Christ Church UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Precarious work, welfare and poverty; Researching the low-pay, no-pay cycle; The low-pay, no-pay cycle: the perspectives and practices of employers and ‘welfare to work’ agencies; The low-pay, no-pay cycle: its pattern and people’s commitment to work; Searching for jobs: qualifications, support for the workless and the good and bad of informal social networks; Poor work: insecurity and churning in deindustrialised labour markets; ‘The ties that bind’: ill-health and caring and their impact on the low-pay, no-pay cycle; Poverty and social insecurity; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of work has been produced as a result of a major 1994 UK seminar on the measurement and analysis of social exclusion, sponsored by the European Commission and the UK Department of Social Security. There are contributions from a wide range of academics with varying backgrounds. Three main concerns are targeted: the conceptualisation of social exclusion; the measurement of social exclusion; the indicators for monitoring the effectiveness of policies for combating social exclusion. · · This book provides an invaluable review of the literature available and presents major new thinking in terms of theory, understanding and data analysis. It will be important reading for students, researchers and policy makers working in this field.Trade Review"The book marks an important attempt to shift focus and break with tradition. It is excellent in synthesising past research and debate." SociologyTable of ContentsContents: Poverty and social exclusion: the new European agenda for policy and research ~ Graham Room; Social exclusion in Europe: policy context and analytical framework ~ Jos Berghman; In what sense is poverty multidimensional? ~ Brendan J. Whelan and Christopher T. Whelan; The spiral of precariousness: a multidimensional approach to the process of social disqualification in France ~ Serge Paugam; Between survey and social services analysis: an inquiry 'on two lines and three levels' ~ Francesca Zajczyk; The dynamics of poverty and social exclusion ~ Robert Walker; 'What a difference a day makes': the significance for social policy of the duration of social assistance receipt ~ Petra Buhr and Stephan Leibfried; Social exclusion and spatial stress: the connections ~ Hans Kristensen; Measuring socioeconomic differences within areas: a French analysis ~ Isa Aldeghi; Measuring socioeconomic disintegration at the local level in Europe: an analytical framework ~ Frank Moulaert; The development of the 1991 Local Deprivation Index ~ Brian Robson, Michael Bradford and Rachel Tye; Public attitudes to social exclusion: some problems of measurement and analysis ~ Peter Golding; Conclusions ~ Graham Room.

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Book SynopsisRelentlessly, the wide health gap between different groups of people living in Britain continues to get even wider. This book presents new evidence (which was not available to the government's Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health) on the size of the gap, and the extent to which the gap is widening. In particular, new geographical data are presented and displayed in striking graphical form. It challenges whether the government is concerned enough about reducing inequalities and highlights the living conditions of the million people living in the least healthy areas in Britain. It presents explanations for the widening health gap, and addresses the implications of this major social problem. In the light of this evidence the authors put forward social policies which will reduce the health gap in the future. The widening gap synthesises all the information available to date and should be read alongside the report of the evidence presented to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health (Inequalities in health, The Policy Press, 1999) and by all those concerned with reducing health inequalities. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.Trade Review"... their analysis of the potential impact of current government policies on inequalities in health is enlightening." BMJ "It makes an excellent contribution to our understanding of health inequality in Britain and provides a useful contibution to the policy debate." Cambridge University Press"When Tony Blair tours the North to show the wide variations within regions as well as between them, and when Alan Milburn declares commitment to tackling inequalites in heart disease as part of making a fairer society generally, then you know something has touched a chord. It is rare for an academic work to have such an effect on media and ministers, but the Widening Gap has done just this." John Nicholson, Chief Executive, UK Public Health Association"... a challenge and a lesson for all who are working to reduce inequalities in health." BMJ"... a brilliant book. ... provides a marvellous template for similar efforts to investigate the worst and best-health million in other countries around the world." International Journal of Epidemiology"The book draws together evidence on social inequalities in health ... there is much in this book to be commended ... it will be widely read and quoted ... The book gives well-deserved attention to ... often overlooked issues." The Lancet"The study was the most comprehensive examination of the geographic distribution of health and life chances in the UK since the Black report and its findings are stark." SPS research.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The health gap; Explaining the gap; Narrowing the gap - the policy debate.

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Book SynopsisThe issue of homelessness has become extremely important in policy debates during the 1990s. Yet analysis that links the phenomenon of homelessness to wider debates about the changing social and economic environment remains relatively underdeveloped. This important new book brings together contemporary theoretical debates and original empirical research in order to explore the nature, experience and impact of social change in the new 'landscape of precariousness', in which new sets of risks and uncertainties have emerged. It adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, which is essential in developing a more subtle understanding of both the complex processes leading to, and the experience of, homelessness. Central to contemporary theory and practice is the enhancement of our understanding of how homelessness, disadvantage and social exclusion impact differently on various social groups. Homelessness provides a strong contribution to the academic debate, and is essential reading for students and researchers in a range of subject areas, including housing studies, social policy, socio-legal studies and public administration.Trade ReviewThis book offers a collection of interesting, diverse and up-to-date papers on the changing nature of homelessness in the UK and elsewhere. It will certainly become a key text for the foreseeable future. Housing Studies.Will become essential reading for everybody who is concerned about the problems of homelessness and wants to understand those problems better.This book will undoubtedly contribute to the development of both theory and practice around homelessness.Table of ContentsContents: Exploring the new terrain ~ Alex Marsh and Patricia Kennett; The new landscape of precariousness ~ Ray Forrest; Homelessness, citizenship and social exclusion ~ Patricia Kennett; Homelessness in rural areas: an invisible issue? ~ Paul Cloke, Paul Milbourne and Rebekah Widdowfield; A home is where the heart is: engendering notions of homelessness ~ Sophie Watson; Theorising homelessness and 'race' ~ Malcolm Harrison; The criminalisation of homelessness, begging and street living ~ Gary Fooks and Christina Pantazis; The homelessness legislation as a vehicle for marginalisation: making an example out of the paedophile ~ David Cowan and Rose Gilroy; Old and homeless: a double jeopardy ~ Derek Hawes; Homelessness in Russia: the scope of the problem and the remedies in place ~ Yana Beigulenko; Implementing 'joined-up thinking': multiagency services for single homeless people in Bristol ~ Jenny Pannell and Siân Parry; Models of resettlement for the homeless in the European Union ~ Brian Harvey.

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Book SynopsisThe issue of homelessness has become extremely important in policy debates during the 1990s. Yet analysis that links the phenomenon of homelessness to wider debates about the changing social and economic environment remains relatively underdeveloped. This important new book brings together contemporary theoretical debates and original empirical research in order to explore the nature, experience and impact of social change in the new 'landscape of precariousness', in which new sets of risks and uncertainties have emerged. It adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, which is essential in developing a more subtle understanding of both the complex processes leading to, and the experience of, homelessness. Central to contemporary theory and practice is the enhancement of our understanding of how homelessness, disadvantage and social exclusion impact differently on various social groups. Homelessness provides a strong contribution to the academic debate, and is essential reading for students and researchers in a range of subject areas, including housing studies, social policy, socio-legal studies and public administration.Trade ReviewThis book offers a collection of interesting, diverse and up-to-date papers on the changing nature of homelessness in the UK and elsewhere. It will certainly become a key text for the foreseeable future. Housing Studies.This book will undoubtedly contribute to the development of both theory and practice around homelessness.Will become essential reading for everybody who is concerned about the problems of homelessness and wants to understand those problems better.Table of ContentsContents: Exploring the new terrain ~ Alex Marsh and Patricia Kennett; The new landscape of precariousness ~ Ray Forrest; Homelessness, citizenship and social exclusion ~ Patricia Kennett; Homelessness in rural areas: an invisible issue? ~ Paul Cloke, Paul Milbourne and Rebekah Widdowfield; A home is where the heart is: engendering notions of homelessness ~ Sophie Watson; Theorising homelessness and 'race' ~ Malcolm Harrison; The criminalisation of homelessness, begging and street living ~ Gary Fooks and Christina Pantazis; The homelessness legislation as a vehicle for marginalisation: making an example out of the paedophile ~ David Cowan and Rose Gilroy; Old and homeless: a double jeopardy ~ Derek Hawes; Homelessness in Russia: the scope of the problem and the remedies in place ~ Yana Beigulenko; Implementing 'joined-up thinking': multiagency services for single homeless people in Bristol ~ Jenny Pannell and Siân Parry; Models of resettlement for the homeless in the European Union ~ Brian Harvey.

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Book SynopsisThe Acheson Inquiry was the most important government-backed examination into inequalities in health in the past 20 years. However, much of the detailed evidence presented to the Inquiry has not been published - until now. This book presents 17 chapters of evidence commissioned by the Acheson Inquiry to inform their work. It provides a 'state of the art' review, by leading experts, into aspects of inequalities in health among: Mothers/families/children Youth Adults of working age Older people Housing Social environment Poverty and income The NHS Nutrition Education Areas Ethnicity Transport/pollution/material environment Gender Mental health Health-related behaviours Oral health · Inequalities in health: The evidence is important reading for academics in the social and medical sciences, students, medical professionals and people working within the fields of health and community care. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.Trade Review"... a useful collection of state of the art papers." BMJTable of ContentsIntroduction; A structural plan needed to reduce inequalities of health ~ Peter Townsend; Preface by Sir Donald Acheson; Mother, foetus, infant, child and family: socio-economic inequalities ~ Catherine Law; Youth Patrick West; Adults of working age (16/18 to 65 years) ~ David Blane; Inequalities in health: older people ~ Kay-Tee Khaw; Health inequalities: the place of housing ~ Richard Best; The social environment ~ Richard Wilkinson; Poverty across the life-course and health ~ George Davey Smith; The role of the NHS in tackling inequalities in health ~ Michaela Benzeval and Anna Donald; Tackling inequalities in health and healthcare - the role of the NHS ~ Bobbie Jacobson; Nutrition and health inequalities ~ Michael Nelson; Education and health inequalities ~ Geoff Whitty, Peter Aggletin, Eva Garmarnikow and Paul Tayrer; Geographical inequalities in mortality, morbidity and health-releated behaviour in England ~ Sally Macintyre; Ethnic inequalities in health ~ James Nazroo; Inequalities in health: road transport and pollution ~ Adrian Davis; Inequalities in health related to transport ~ Barbara MacGibbon; Gender ~ Sara Arber; Mental health ~ David Goldberg; Smoking, drinking, physical activity and screening uptake and health inequalities ~ Jane Wardle, Michael Farrell, Melvyn Hillsdon, Martin Jarvis, Stephen Sutton and Margaret Thorogood; Inequalities in oral health ~ Aubrey Sheiham and Richard G. Watt.

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Book SynopsisThe significant feature of homelessness in Europe over the past 25 years has been its persistence. Traditional policies have increasingly been found wanting in the light of the changed economic and demographic circumstances of the last quarter of the 20th century. A reappraisal of the nature of European homelessness by academics and practitioners demonstrates the need for the development of innovatory policies and practice that take account of these changed circumstances and explicitly address the current needs of Europe's homeless people. This highly topical report provides a synthesis of reported developments in innovative service provision for homeless people in the member countries of the European Union. Setting their arguments within a context of changing welfare provision and welfare/housing regimes, the authors reappraise the nature of homelessness and its causes, chart the main dimensions of the composition of homeless populations and of policy instruments and examine in detail the nature and diversity of emerging innovative practices in the provision of services to the homeless of Europe. Select examples of innovative services for homeless people are provided in the comprehensive Appendix to the report. The report draws on the 1998 national reports of the 15 correspondents of the European Observatory on Homelessness who conduct research on behalf of FEANTSA (the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless). It provides a genuinely comprehensive coverage of EU member states and should stimulate debate regarding housing policy issues across Europe and encourage transnational cooperation between non-governmental organisations as well as act as a stimulus for further research. In bringing together a wealth of material on policy and practice throughout Europe the report adds considerably to our knowledge of the dynamics of European homelessness and housing policy. Services for homeless people is therefore important reading for academics across Europe, practitioners in non-governmental organisations dealing with the homeless, housing agencies and government departments, and students of comparative housing studies. The research of the European Observatory on Homelessness is supported financially by DG V of the European Commission.Trade Review"The report makes for interesting reading, reminding us of the extent of homelessness across the European Union, an awareness easily lost when considering UK-based problems. Recent publications which provide an overview of the homelessness literature (Fitzpatrick et al., 2000; Klinker et al.,2000) are timely and remind us of the thousands of unfulfilled recommendations washing around the system. Services for homeless people provides an accessible quide to current and emerging provision in the European Union." Housing Studies."The authors have produced a thorough synthesis of the available material, containing a wealth of information on policy and practice throughout Europe ... This volume makes a significant contribution to the comparative analysis of homelessness." Urban Studies"... a very well written and accessible report, which manages to achieve both scholarly rigour in its conceptual framework ... and a high degree of practical application in its later chapters.... It should ... be required reading for anyone seeking to develop new approaches to meeting the needs of homeless people in Europe and beyond." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment"... a very well written and accessible report ... required reading for anyone seeking to develop new approaches to meeting the needs of homeless people in Europe and beyond." Journal of Housing and the Built EnvironmentTable of ContentsIntroduction; Welfare, housing and social exclusion: a contextual framework; Context of service provision; Innovative services for the homeless; Services for the homeless: strategic innovation; Services for the homeless; organisational innovation; Services for the homeless: operational innovation; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIn the Beveridge Lecture, delivered on 18 March 1999, Prime Minister Tony Blair committed his government to abolishing child poverty within 20 years. He concluded that the present-day welfare state is not fitted to the modern world, and laid out his vision for a welfare state for the 21st century. Blair's vision, grounded in a particular conception of social justice, is perhaps as challenging as the blueprint laid down by Beveridge. Ending child poverty presents Blair's Beveridge Lecture alongside the views of some of Britain's foremost policy analysts and commentators. This unique collection makes it possible to not only read the ideas of leading current thinkers in this critical area of policy, but also to compare them with the Prime Minister's lecture, and to see which ideas he himself took up and in what form. Ending child poverty is a record of not only the Lecture itself, but also of the ideas available to government and their influence on its leader at an important moment in the formation of policy. It provides a rich tapestry on analysis, insight and reflection that will, it is to be hoped, stimulate critical debate about the future shape of British welfare. This collection is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of modern society and politics and provides an accessible handbook for undergraduate students of politics, social policy and sociology.Trade Review"Rather than listing once again the facts about child poverty, this book gives a unique insight into how the Prime Minister and the leading policy commentators and analysts think about policy issues. Since values and assumptions set the boundaries to political debate, it is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the strenghts and weaknesses of our policies to tackle child poverty" Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, University of KentTable of ContentsContents: Foreword ~ Lord Butler; Section One: Welfare for the 21st century: Introduction ~ Robert Walker; Beveridge revisited: a welfare state for the 21st century ~ Tony Blair; Section Two: Contributions: A. Beveridge and his legacy: Beveridge and the Beveridge Report - life, ideas, influence ~ Jose Harris; Beveridge and the 21st century ~ Tony Atkinson; Beveridge and New Labour: poverty then and now ~ John Hills; B. Modern social justice: Notes on social justice and the welfare state ~ Anthony Giddens; Social justice ~ Raymond Plant; Conceptions of social justice ~ Julian Le Grand; Equality of access ~ Peter Kellner; The balance of rights and responsibilities within welfare reform ~ Alan Deacon; C. Social justice into practice: The New Right and New Labour ~ David Piachaud; A modern party of social justice: achievements and missed opportunities ~ Ruth Lister; Social security: a cornerstone of modern justice ~ Robert Walker; Making welfare work ~ Polly Toynbee; The new welfare ~ Bob Holman; Section Three: Responses: A poor press? Media reception of the Beveridge Lecture ~ Simon Cross and Peter Golding; Dimensions of the debate: reflections on the Beveridge Lecture ~ Robert Walker.

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Book SynopsisSince 1990, the World Bank, most of the other international agencies and an increasing number of governments have committed themselves to the eradication of poverty. But the basis of their work badly needs overhaul and concerted verification. Breadline Europe provides a scientific and international basis for the analysis and reduction of poverty. It demonstrates that there is far more important research into the problem of poverty going on in many countries of Europe than the international agencies and national governments admit or even realise. Knowledge of the major scientific advances in research needs to be spread among other countries within as well as outside Europe. Breadline Europe has been written by a number of leading European poverty researchers and has three main themes: the need for a scientific poverty line: for better definition and measurement of what is the biggest and rapidly growing international social problem; the need for better theories distinguishing between poverty and social exclusion, with the corresponding policies calculated to diminish these problems;the need for better international social policy and for better policy-related analyses of poverty: for more exact analysis of the year-by-year contribution of specific policies to poverty. This is the first book to examine poverty in Europe within the international framework agreed at the 1995 World Summit on Social Development. Breadline Europe provides up-to-date, essential reading for social science undergraduates and postgraduate students. It will also be of considerable interest to policy makers and NGOs with a concern for poverty reduction.Trade Review"The Policy Press is fast carving out a niche for itself in producing up-to-date and accessible material on issues directly and indirectly relevant to policy. This book is exemplary on these counts." Sociology".. Provides rich material for students of poverty.." Community Care - -research mattters."... one of the most authoritative works on poverty." European Journal of Social Security"This is the first intellectually solid charge sheet drawn up against the post-Reagan free market economy in the European Union and, above all, in the post-Communist 'transition' states." Neal Ascherson, The Observer"Breadline Europe will serve as a major reference book for poverty research as well as for the public discourse on poverty policies for years to come." Professor Jürgen Kohl, Institute of Sociology, University of Heidelberg, Germany"... an undeniable contribution to understanding the complexity of poverty, its measurement and relations with inequality and social exclusion ... will be useful for researchers and valuable for students interested in poverty issues." The British Journal of Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction: the measurement of poverty in Europe ~ Peter Townsend and David Gordon; Part One: Resolving poverty: the need for a scientific consensus on concept and measurement: The international build up: poverty and the spirit of the time ~ Jacques Baudot; Reducing poverty: the implications of the 1995 Copenhagen Agreement for research on poverty ~ John Langmore; Measuring absolute and overall poverty ~ David Gordon; Absolute and overall poverty: a European history and proposal for measurement ~ David Gordon, Christina Pantazis and Peter Townsend; Women and poverty: a new research methodology ~ Elisabetta Ruspini; Horses for discourses: poverty, purpose and closure in minimum income standards policy ~ John Veit-Wilson; Poverty, inequality and health ~ Björn Halleröd; Part Two: European analysis of poverty and social exclusion: Poverty in Finland and Europe ~ Markku Lindqvist; Poverty and affluence in Ireland: a comparison of income and deprivation approaches to the measurement of poverty ~ Richard Layte, Brian Nolan and Christopher Whelan; Child poverty in comparative perspective ~ Jonathan Bradshaw; Poverty and the poor in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Ludmila Dziewiecka-Bokun; Poverty in Hungary and in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Zsuzsa Ferge; Measurement and definitions of poverty in Russia ~ Simon Clarke; What is social exclusion? ~ Ruth Levitas; Social exclusion: concepts and evidence ~ Tania Burchardt; Trajectories of social exclusion: the wider context for the third and first worlds ~ Graham Room; Conclusion ~ Peter Townsend and David Gordon.

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Book SynopsisBased on 250 life-story interviews in seven European Union countries, Biography and social exclusion in Europe: analyses personal struggles against social exclusion to illuminate local milieus and changing welfare regimes and contexts; points to challenging new agendas for European politics and welfare, beyond the rhetoric of communitarianism and the New Deal; vividly illustrates the lived experience and environmental complexity working for and against structural processes of social exclusion; refashions the interpretive tradition as a teaching and research tool linking macro and micro realities. · · Students, academic teachers and professional trainers, practitioners, politicians, policy makers and researchers in applied and comparative welfare fields will all benefit from reading this book.Trade Review"... this book can be seen as scientific proof that the personal and the human need to be reintroduced into the social political process." European Interests, newsletter, (ESOSC)"... a series of fascinating and very different accounts of the experiences of people such as those made redundant, migrants, single parents, people leaving school without qualifications ... an empirically grounded, theoretically informed and truly analytical work." SPA News"A highly exciting and innovative book. This development in ethnographic methods in social research is immensely valuable and relevant to key questions in contemporary societies." Walter Lorenz, Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: from biography to social policy ~ Michael Rustin and Prue Chamberlayne; Suffering the fall of the Berlin wall: blocked journeys in Spain and Germany ~ William Hungerbühler, Elisabet Tejero and Laura Torrabadella; Guilty victims: social exclusion in contemporary France ~ Numa Murard; Premodernity and postmodernity in Southern Italy ~ Antonella Spanò; A tale of class differences in contemporary Britain ~ Michael Rustin; The shortest way out of work ~ Numa Murard; Male journeys into uncertainty ~ Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou and Elizabeth Mestheneos; Love and emancipation ~ Birgitta Thorsell; Female identities in late modernity ~ Antonella Spanò; Gender and family in the development of Greek state and society ~ Elizabeth Mestheneos and Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou; Corporatist structure and cultural diversity in Sweden ~ Martin Peterson; 'Migrants': a target-category for social policy? Experiences of first-generation migration ~ Roswitha Breckner; Second-generation transcultural lives ~ Prue Chamberlayne; Biographical work and agency innovation: relationships, reflexivity and theory-in-use ~ Tom Wengraf; Conclusions: social transitions and biographical work ~ Prue Chamberlayne.

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