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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818548103321

Autore

Noordhoff Floris

Titolo

Persistent poverty in the Netherlands / / Floris Noordhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Vossiuspers UvA, c2008

ISBN

1-281-99104-X

9786611991043

90-485-0201-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Poverty - Netherlands

Poor - Netherlands

Public welfare - Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Poverty and social exclusion in the Netherlands; 2. Methodology and description of research group; 3. Conversion strategies to conquer labor market positions; 4. Close Encounters of the Bureaucratic Kind; 5. Sympathizing, fear and loathing in the neighborhood; 6. Bonds in everyday life: The weakness of weak ties; 7. The informal economy: morality, social capital and markets; 8. Persistent poverty in the Netherlands: summary and conclusion; 9. Epilogue: poverty in contemporary context; Appendices; References; Summary in Dutch; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Study on poverty and it's debate in the Netherlands. Floris Noordhoff intends to surpass the dichotomy between structuralist/individualist explanations of poverty and how poverty perpetuates itself over time.