Wealth, Poverty and Welfare

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

This book explores debates about poverty, wealth and the welfare state from a sociological perspective, explaining the concepts of poverty and welfare, the pattern of their distribution and the causes of continuing poverty. The origin, purpose and future of the welfare state is also discussed, setting British material within a global framework. As with other titles in the series, the text is laced with activities, exercises and sample essay questions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-12-10
Mått:189 x 246 x 12 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Skills-based Sociology
Antal sidor:211
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780333719336

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SHARON KANE is employed as a domestic violence policy co-ordinator at Leechmore Training Centre, Sunderland, having worked as a lecturer in sociology at Middlesbrough College, Sunderland.MARK KIRBY is a teacher of sociology at City and Islington College, London. He has taught in further education and in sixth form colleges for twelve years and is the author of Stratification and Differentiation, also in the Skills-Based Sociology series.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionWealth, Income and InequalityTheories of Equality and InequalityDefinitions and Measurements of PovertyThe Distribution of Poverty: Who are the Poor?Explanations of PovertyGlobalisation, Localities and PovertyIdeologies of Welfare and the Welfare StateContemporary Debates about Welfare ProvisionSocial Security, Housing and Social ServicesBibliographyIndex.