David Brady is Professor in the School of Public Policy, and Director of the Blum Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty at the University of California, Riverside. He is also affiliated with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, where he was Director of the Inequality and Social Policy department from 2012-2015. He is the author of Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty.Linda M. Burton is Dean of Social Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Sociology at Duke University.

"This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. Readers will find the work useful for understanding the nature of this social problem." -- CHOICE"This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. The hidden gem in this work, however, is the last chapter, which deals with a new paradigm for addressing poverty. Readers will find the work heavily academic but useful for understandingthe nature of this social problem." --L. T. Grover, Southern University and A&M College

• Foreword: Those Left Behind ; Carol Stack ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; David Brady and Linda M. Burton ; SECTION I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND ORIENTING QUESTIONS ; Chapter 2: Poverty Measurement ; Tim Smeeding ; Chapter 3: Structural Violence, Poverty and Social Suffering ; Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Paul Farmer ; Chapter 4: Capability Deprivation ; Rod Hick and Tania Burchardt ; Chapter 5: Ideologies and Beliefs About Poverty ; Matt Hunt and Heather Bullock ; Chapter 6: How Politics and Institutions Shape Poverty and Inequality ; David Brady, Agnes Blome and Hanna Kleider ; Chapter 7: Linking Poverty and Children's Development: Concepts, Models and Debates ; Vonnie McLoyd, Rosanne M. Jocson, and Abigail Williams ; SECTION II: CLASSIC DEBATES ; Chapter 8: Poverty Knowledge and the History of Poverty Research ; Alice O'Connor ; Chapter 9: The Discourse of Deservingness: Morality and the Dilemmas of Poverty Relief in Debate and Practice ; Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Elyse Kovalsky ; Chapter 10 Gender and Poverty ; Janet Gornick and Natascia Boeri ; Chapter 11 Life, Death, and Resurrections: The Culture and Poverty Perspective ; Jessi Streib, Juhi Verma, Whitney E. Welsh, and Linda M. Burton ; Chapter 12 The Historical Origins of Poverty in Developing Countries ; Sambit Bhattacharyya ; Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Poverty ; Anirudh Krishna, Public Policy, Duke University ; SECTION III: PLACE AND CONTEXT ; Chapter 14: People and Places Left Behind: Rural Poverty in the New Century ; Daniel T. Lichter and Kai A. Schafft ; Chapter 15: Poor Neighborhoods in the Metropolis ; Mary Pattillo and John Robinson ; Chapter 16: Segregation and the Perpetuation of Disadvantage ; Doug Massey ; Chapter 17: Urban Poverty, Race and Space ; William Julius Wilson ; SECTION IV: CAUSES AND THE REPRODUCTION OF POVERTY ; Chapter 18: Single and Cohabiting Parents and Poverty ; Christina Gibson-Davis ; Chapter 19: Job-Finding Among the Poor: Do Social Ties Matter? ; Sandra Smith ; Chapter 20: Education ; Emily Hannum and Yu Xie ; Chapter 21: Employment and the Working Poor ; Jerome Gautie and Sophie Ponthieux ; Chapter 22: Great Escapes and Great Divergences: Growth, Poverty and Income Inequality on a Global Scale ; Robert Wade ; Chapter 23: Intergenerational Mobility ; Liana Fox, Florencia Torche, and Jane Waldfogel ; Chapter 24: Economic Performance, Poverty and Inequality in Rich Countries ; David Brady and Markus Jantti ; SECTION V: CONSEQUENCES ; Chapter 25: Material Deprivation and Consumption ; Basak Kus, Brian Nolan, and Christopher T. Whelan ; Chapter 26: Hunger and Food Insecurity ; Christopher B. Barrett and Erin C. Lentz ; Chapter 27: Poverty and Crime ; Patrick Sharkey, Max Besbris, and Michael Friedson ; Chapter 28: Poverty and Informal Economies ; Francois Bonnet and Sudhir Venkatesh ; Chapter 29: Social Class, Poverty and the Unequal Burden of Illness and Health ; Ronald Angel ; SECTION VI: POLICIES, SOLUTIONS, AND RESPONSES ; Chapter 30: Aid and Global Poverty ; Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivray ; Chapter 31: The Welfare States and Poverty ; Cheol-Sung Lee and In-Hoe Koo ; Chapter 32: Social Policy, Transfers, Programs and Assistance ; Laura Lein, Sandra K. Danziger, H. Luke Shaefer, and Amanda Tillotson ; Chapter 33: Poor People's Politics ; Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite ; Chapter 34: Why and When Do Peasants Rebel? ; Guillermo Trejo ; Chapter 35: Unions and Poverty ; Jake Rosenfeld and Jennifer Laird ; Chapter 36: Housing Programs ; Peter Kemp ; Chapter 37: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion ; Philip Mader ; Conclusion: Toward a New Paradigm for Understanding Poverty ; Mark Rank

David Brady is Professor in the School of Public Policy, and Director of the Blum Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty at the University of California, Riverside. He is also affiliated with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, where he was Director of the Inequality and Social Policy department from 2012-2015. He is the author of Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty.Linda M. Burton is Dean of Social Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Sociology at Duke University.

"This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. Readers will find the work useful for understanding the nature of this social problem." -- CHOICE"This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. The hidden gem in this work, however, is the last chapter, which deals with a new paradigm for addressing poverty. Readers will find the work heavily academic but useful for understandingthe nature of this social problem." --L. T. Grover, Southern University and A&M College

• Foreword: Those Left Behind ; Carol Stack ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; David Brady and Linda M. Burton ; SECTION I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND ORIENTING QUESTIONS ; Chapter 2: Poverty Measurement ; Tim Smeeding ; Chapter 3: Structural Violence, Poverty and Social Suffering ; Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Paul Farmer ; Chapter 4: Capability Deprivation ; Rod Hick and Tania Burchardt ; Chapter 5: Ideologies and Beliefs About Poverty ; Matt Hunt and Heather Bullock ; Chapter 6: How Politics and Institutions Shape Poverty and Inequality ; David Brady, Agnes Blome and Hanna Kleider ; Chapter 7: Linking Poverty and Children's Development: Concepts, Models and Debates ; Vonnie McLoyd, Rosanne M. Jocson, and Abigail Williams ; SECTION II: CLASSIC DEBATES ; Chapter 8: Poverty Knowledge and the History of Poverty Research ; Alice O'Connor ; Chapter 9: The Discourse of Deservingness: Morality and the Dilemmas of Poverty Relief in Debate and Practice ; Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Elyse Kovalsky ; Chapter 10 Gender and Poverty ; Janet Gornick and Natascia Boeri ; Chapter 11 Life, Death, and Resurrections: The Culture and Poverty Perspective ; Jessi Streib, Juhi Verma, Whitney E. Welsh, and Linda M. Burton ; Chapter 12 The Historical Origins of Poverty in Developing Countries ; Sambit Bhattacharyya ; Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Poverty ; Anirudh Krishna, Public Policy, Duke University ; SECTION III: PLACE AND CONTEXT ; Chapter 14: People and Places Left Behind: Rural Poverty in the New Century ; Daniel T. Lichter and Kai A. Schafft ; Chapter 15: Poor Neighborhoods in the Metropolis ; Mary Pattillo and John Robinson ; Chapter 16: Segregation and the Perpetuation of Disadvantage ; Doug Massey ; Chapter 17: Urban Poverty, Race and Space ; William Julius Wilson ; SECTION IV: CAUSES AND THE REPRODUCTION OF POVERTY ; Chapter 18: Single and Cohabiting Parents and Poverty ; Christina Gibson-Davis ; Chapter 19: Job-Finding Among the Poor: Do Social Ties Matter? ; Sandra Smith ; Chapter 20: Education ; Emily Hannum and Yu Xie ; Chapter 21: Employment and the Working Poor ; Jerome Gautie and Sophie Ponthieux ; Chapter 22: Great Escapes and Great Divergences: Growth, Poverty and Income Inequality on a Global Scale ; Robert Wade ; Chapter 23: Intergenerational Mobility ; Liana Fox, Florencia Torche, and Jane Waldfogel ; Chapter 24: Economic Performance, Poverty and Inequality in Rich Countries ; David Brady and Markus Jantti ; SECTION V: CONSEQUENCES ; Chapter 25: Material Deprivation and Consumption ; Basak Kus, Brian Nolan, and Christopher T. Whelan ; Chapter 26: Hunger and Food Insecurity ; Christopher B. Barrett and Erin C. Lentz ; Chapter 27: Poverty and Crime ; Patrick Sharkey, Max Besbris, and Michael Friedson ; Chapter 28: Poverty and Informal Economies ; Francois Bonnet and Sudhir Venkatesh ; Chapter 29: Social Class, Poverty and the Unequal Burden of Illness and Health ; Ronald Angel ; SECTION VI: POLICIES, SOLUTIONS, AND RESPONSES ; Chapter 30: Aid and Global Poverty ; Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivray ; Chapter 31: The Welfare States and Poverty ; Cheol-Sung Lee and In-Hoe Koo ; Chapter 32: Social Policy, Transfers, Programs and Assistance ; Laura Lein, Sandra K. Danziger, H. Luke Shaefer, and Amanda Tillotson ; Chapter 33: Poor People's Politics ; Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite ; Chapter 34: Why and When Do Peasants Rebel? ; Guillermo Trejo ; Chapter 35: Unions and Poverty ; Jake Rosenfeld and Jennifer Laird ; Chapter 36: Housing Programs ; Peter Kemp ; Chapter 37: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion ; Philip Mader ; Conclusion: Toward a New Paradigm for Understanding Poverty ; Mark Rank

David Brady is Professor in the School of Public Policy, and Director of the Blum Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty at the University of California, Riverside. He is also affiliated with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, where he was Director of the Inequality and Social Policy department from 2012-2015. He is the author of Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty.Linda M. Burton is Dean of Social Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Sociology at Duke University.

"This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. Readers will find the work useful for understanding the nature of this social problem." -- CHOICE"This book is a useful compendium of writings regarding the nature of poverty. Each of the sections does an effective job of discussing the traditional dimensions of poverty, such as measurement, people versus place, economics versus personal decisions, and policy responses. The hidden gem in this work, however, is the last chapter, which deals with a new paradigm for addressing poverty. Readers will find the work heavily academic but useful for understandingthe nature of this social problem." --L. T. Grover, Southern University and A&M College

• Foreword: Those Left Behind ; Carol Stack ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; David Brady and Linda M. Burton ; SECTION I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND ORIENTING QUESTIONS ; Chapter 2: Poverty Measurement ; Tim Smeeding ; Chapter 3: Structural Violence, Poverty and Social Suffering ; Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Paul Farmer ; Chapter 4: Capability Deprivation ; Rod Hick and Tania Burchardt ; Chapter 5: Ideologies and Beliefs About Poverty ; Matt Hunt and Heather Bullock ; Chapter 6: How Politics and Institutions Shape Poverty and Inequality ; David Brady, Agnes Blome and Hanna Kleider ; Chapter 7: Linking Poverty and Children's Development: Concepts, Models and Debates ; Vonnie McLoyd, Rosanne M. Jocson, and Abigail Williams ; SECTION II: CLASSIC DEBATES ; Chapter 8: Poverty Knowledge and the History of Poverty Research ; Alice O'Connor ; Chapter 9: The Discourse of Deservingness: Morality and the Dilemmas of Poverty Relief in Debate and Practice ; Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Elyse Kovalsky ; Chapter 10 Gender and Poverty ; Janet Gornick and Natascia Boeri ; Chapter 11 Life, Death, and Resurrections: The Culture and Poverty Perspective ; Jessi Streib, Juhi Verma, Whitney E. Welsh, and Linda M. Burton ; Chapter 12 The Historical Origins of Poverty in Developing Countries ; Sambit Bhattacharyya ; Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Poverty ; Anirudh Krishna, Public Policy, Duke University ; SECTION III: PLACE AND CONTEXT ; Chapter 14: People and Places Left Behind: Rural Poverty in the New Century ; Daniel T. Lichter and Kai A. Schafft ; Chapter 15: Poor Neighborhoods in the Metropolis ; Mary Pattillo and John Robinson ; Chapter 16: Segregation and the Perpetuation of Disadvantage ; Doug Massey ; Chapter 17: Urban Poverty, Race and Space ; William Julius Wilson ; SECTION IV: CAUSES AND THE REPRODUCTION OF POVERTY ; Chapter 18: Single and Cohabiting Parents and Poverty ; Christina Gibson-Davis ; Chapter 19: Job-Finding Among the Poor: Do Social Ties Matter? ; Sandra Smith ; Chapter 20: Education ; Emily Hannum and Yu Xie ; Chapter 21: Employment and the Working Poor ; Jerome Gautie and Sophie Ponthieux ; Chapter 22: Great Escapes and Great Divergences: Growth, Poverty and Income Inequality on a Global Scale ; Robert Wade ; Chapter 23: Intergenerational Mobility ; Liana Fox, Florencia Torche, and Jane Waldfogel ; Chapter 24: Economic Performance, Poverty and Inequality in Rich Countries ; David Brady and Markus Jantti ; SECTION V: CONSEQUENCES ; Chapter 25: Material Deprivation and Consumption ; Basak Kus, Brian Nolan, and Christopher T. Whelan ; Chapter 26: Hunger and Food Insecurity ; Christopher B. Barrett and Erin C. Lentz ; Chapter 27: Poverty and Crime ; Patrick Sharkey, Max Besbris, and Michael Friedson ; Chapter 28: Poverty and Informal Economies ; Francois Bonnet and Sudhir Venkatesh ; Chapter 29: Social Class, Poverty and the Unequal Burden of Illness and Health ; Ronald Angel ; SECTION VI: POLICIES, SOLUTIONS, AND RESPONSES ; Chapter 30: Aid and Global Poverty ; Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivray ; Chapter 31: The Welfare States and Poverty ; Cheol-Sung Lee and In-Hoe Koo ; Chapter 32: Social Policy, Transfers, Programs and Assistance ; Laura Lein, Sandra K. Danziger, H. Luke Shaefer, and Amanda Tillotson ; Chapter 33: Poor People's Politics ; Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite ; Chapter 34: Why and When Do Peasants Rebel? ; Guillermo Trejo ; Chapter 35: Unions and Poverty ; Jake Rosenfeld and Jennifer Laird ; Chapter 36: Housing Programs ; Peter Kemp ; Chapter 37: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion ; Philip Mader ; Conclusion: Toward a New Paradigm for Understanding Poverty ; Mark Rank