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Autore |
Saunders Peter <1950 August 30-> |
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Titolo |
Down and out : poverty and exclusion in Australia |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bristol, U.K. ; ; Portland, Ore., : Policy Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4473-0215-X |
1-84742-840-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Poverty, Inequality & Social Exclusion |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Australia -- Economic conditions |
Income distribution -- Australia |
Poverty -- Australia |
Poverty - Australia |
Poor - Australia |
Marginality, Social - Australia |
Business & Economics |
Economic History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; one; Introduction and overview; two; Income poverty; three; Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty; four; Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage; five; Identifying the essentials of life; six; Measuring deprivation; seven; A new poverty measure; eight; Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda; nine; Identifying social exclusion; ten; Conclusions and implications; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners , this 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. |
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