Down and out [[electronic resource] ] : poverty and exclusion in Australia

• Autore: Saunders Peter <1950 August 30->
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, U.K. ; ; Portland, Ore., : Policy Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.50994
• Soggetto topico: Australia -- Economic conditions; Income distribution -- Australia; Poverty -- Australia; Poverty - Australia; Poor - Australia; Marginality, Social - Australia; Business & Economics; Economic History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Down and out
• ISBN: 1-4473-0215-X; 1-84742-840-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789418803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Poverty, Inequality & Social Exclusion.