Poverty Dynamics
Issues and Examples
Published on 25. October 1994
Book
Hardback
291 pages
978-1-85628-929-0 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on examples from Britain and the United States, this book conceptualizes poverty as a dynamic process. This results in a reappraisal of the nature and causes of poverty and generates a fresh policy agenda that shifts the object away from poverty relief towards prevention and intervention. The text looks at definitions of poverty, causes of poverty, income maintenance, compensation and redistribution, types of childhood poverty, patterns of single homelessness, components of change and policy developments.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
21figs.53tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-929-0 (9781856289290)
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Content
The forgotten dimension of time: Taking account of time - issues: definition and measurement of poverty; the relief of poverty and prevention of dependency; income maintenance, compensation and redistribution; targeting and administration of benefits. Part 2 Taking account of time - examples: patterns of childhood poverty in the USA; patterns of single homelessness; the effects of closing a hostel; benefit dynamics - the case of family credit; family credit - aspects of a changing caseload; time past and future.