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Poverty : a persistent global reality / / edited by John Dixon and David Macarov
| Poverty : a persistent global reality / / edited by John Dixon and David Macarov |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DixonJohn
MacarovDavid |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty
Poverty - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
9987-686-39-7
1-134-75652-6 1-134-75653-4 1-280-33257-3 0-203-02918-6 0-203-15979-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 poverty
Poverty: 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 poverty Reasons 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 agenda Anti-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 incidence Poverty profileSocial welfare responses to poverty; Anti-poverty programme; Future prospects and strategies; Conclusion; Poverty in review; Conclusion; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910305550903321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social welfare [[electronic resource] ] : structure and practice / / David Macarov
| Social welfare [[electronic resource] ] : structure and practice / / David Macarov |
| Autore | Macarov David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Disciplina |
361.6
361.6/10973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MacarovDavid |
| Soggetto topico |
Social service
Public welfare |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4833-4534-3
1-4522-4688-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part I. The nature of social welfare -- part II. Motivations for social welfare -- part III. Inflences on social welfare -- part IV. Issues in social welfare. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480906403321 |
Macarov David
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| Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social welfare [[electronic resource] ] : structure and practice / / David Macarov
| Social welfare [[electronic resource] ] : structure and practice / / David Macarov |
| Autore | Macarov David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 323 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MacarovDavid |
| Soggetto topico |
Social service
Public welfare |
| ISBN |
1-4833-4534-3
1-4522-4688-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part I. The nature of social welfare -- part II. Motivations for social welfare -- part III. Inflences on social welfare -- part IV. Issues in social welfare. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790966103321 |
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Macarov David
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| Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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