Poverty and social exclusion in North and South : essays on social policy and global poverty reduction / / edited by Paul Mosley and Elizabeth Dowler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784591103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-45007-9; 1-280-11276-X; 0-203-98782-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Priorities in development economics
• Classificazione: 71.12
• Altri autori (Persone): MosleyPaul; DowlerElizabeth <1951->
• Disciplina: 362.5/561
• Soggetti: Poor; Poverty; Marginality, Social; Social policy; Globalization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at a conference held at Sorby Hall, University of Sheffield, on 9 April 2001 and jointly convened by the Development Studies Association of UK and the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) of the University of Sheffield.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-271) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Prospects for equitable social provision in a globalising world; 3 Globalisation and social policy; 4 Risk and vulnerability; 5 Governance and the common man; 6 Economic growth and social capital; 7 Defining the limits of a discourse; 8 Who gains and who loses from globalisation?; 9 Globalisation and home-based workers in North and South; 10 Food and poverty: current global challenges?; 11 Microfinance, poverty and social exclusion in North and South; 12 Social capital and micro-enterprise development13 Equity versus debt in urban regeneration; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the past decade there has been a worrying increase in poverty in ; the industrialised countries of the ""North"", while many of the developing countries of the ""South"" have experienced some improvement. This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North and South, and that these warrant further investigation and analysis.