00690nam1 22002533i 450 99632914930331620200228102559.020191211d2019----||||0itac50 baitaIT<<Il >> principio speranzaErnst Blochintroduzione di Remo BodeiMilanoUdineMimesis20193 volumi21 cm<<Das>> Prinzip Hoffnung193BLOCH,Ernst<1885-1977>127527BODEI,RemoITsalbcISBD996329149303316II.1.D. 6803L.M.II.1.D.BKUMAPrincipio speranza1733948UNISA04982nam 2200709 a 450 991030555090332120200520144314.09987-686-39-71-134-75652-61-134-75653-41-280-33257-30-203-02918-60-203-15979-910.4324/9780203029183 (CKB)1000000000252811(EBL)165256(OCoLC)56998932(SSID)ssj0000225121(PQKBManifestationID)11188058(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225121(PQKBWorkID)10230318(PQKB)10766433(MiAaPQ)EBC165256(Au-PeEL)EBL165256(CaPaEBR)ebr5001959(CaONFJC)MIL33257(OCoLC)958102547(EXLCZ)99100000000025281119970915d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPoverty a persistent global reality /edited by John Dixon and David Macarov1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19981 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-14682-8 0-415-14681-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Preface; The meaning and measurement of poverty; The definitions of poverty; The measurement of poverty; Conclusion; Australia; The appropriate definition of poverty; The incidence of poverty; Groups most affected by poverty; Factors contributing to poverty in Australia; The social welfare responses to poverty in Australia; Anti-poverty programmes in Australia; The likelihood of poverty in Australia in the future; Canada; The people: some demographic characteristics; The historical and political context of povertyPoverty: the problem of an appropriate definitionThe incidence of poverty; Groups most affected by poverty; Government and non-government responses to poverty; Conclusion: future prospects; Hong Kong; The background to poverty in Hong Kong; Poverty and social assistance; The future; Conclusion; Ireland; Measuring poverty; The incidence of poverty; Who are the poor?; Social security responses to poverty; Anti-poverty programmes; Future prospects and strategies; Malta; The concept of relative poverty and its measurement; Quality-of-life and relative poverty; Incidence of relative povertyReasons for the extent of relative povertyReducing the extent of relative poverty: future prospects and strategies; Conclusion; Netherlands; Poverty in the Netherlands; Groups most affected by poverty; Policy responses to poverty; Evaluation of anti-poverty programmes; Future prospects and strategies; The policy implications of poverty research; Philippines; The Philippines: a country profile; Debt, development and poverty alleviation; The concept of poverty in the Philippines; Incidence of poverty; Who are the poor?; Social welfare response to poverty: the social reform agendaAnti-poverty programmesFuture strategies to alleviate poverty; United Kingdom; The post-war abolition of poverty?; The re-discovery, and re-definition, of poverty; The denial of poverty; How is poverty measured?; How many poor are there, and who are they?; Poverty and social policy; The policy priorities; Conclusion; United States of America; Profile of the United States; The definition of poverty; The incidence of poverty; Groups most affected by poverty; Policy responses to the poverty problem; Conclusion: future trends and issues; Zimbabwe; Poverty contextualised; Poverty incidencePoverty profileSocial welfare responses to poverty; Anti-poverty programme; Future prospects and strategies; Conclusion; Poverty in review; Conclusion; IndexThis book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. An introductory chapter explores concepts and definitions of poverty, the subsequent chapters providing detailed examinations of poverty in ten different countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, The Philippines and Zimbabwe. Each chapter follows a consistent format, to facilitate comparison and focuses on the following issues:- * the socio-economic and historical context within which poverty exists * the extent and nature of poverty its causes * the measures thatPovertyCase studiesPovertyDeveloping countriesCase studiesPovertyPoverty362.5Dixon John127801Macarov David907232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910305550903321Poverty2029666UNINA