World Poverty: New Policies to Defeat an Old Enemy

Edited by Peter Townsend & David Gordon

ISBN 10: 1861343957 / ISBN 13: 9781861343956

Edité par Bristol: The Policy Press, 2002

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Paperback; Measures Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6") (0.8 kg); pp 454; Index; From the introduction: "This book takes up an international perspective, examines a considerable range of evidence from the poorer countries, including the most populous countries of the world, China and India, and pushes the analysis of poverty from measurement to the policies designed to alleviate it. The predominant concern is with the most populous and deprived regions of the world, growing inequality between rich and poor and the problems of global capitalism, but also the key roles of international agencies, transnational corporations and the politically dominant states. The leadership role of Europe is strongly represented." || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #161759 ||.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: World Poverty: New Policies to Defeat an Old Enemy
• Éditeur: Bristol: The Policy Press
• Date de parution: 2002
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1861343957
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781861343956
• Reliure: Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.)
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

World poverty is an important book offering fresh insights into how to tackle poverty worldwide. With contributions from leading scholars in the field both internationally and in the UK, the book asks whether existing international and national policies are likely to succeed in reducing poverty across the world. It concludes that they are not and that a radically different international strategy is needed. This book is a companion volume to Breadline Europe: The measurement of poverty (The Policy Press, 2001). The focus of World poverty is on anti-poverty policies rather than the scale, causes and measurement of poverty. A wide range of countries is discussed including countries such as China and India, which have rarely been covered elsewhere. The interests of the industrialised and developing world are given equal attention and are analysed together. Policies intended to operate at different levels - international, regional, national and sub-national - ranging from the policies of international agencies like the UN and the World Bank through to national governments, groups of governments and local and city authorities - are examined. Key aspects of social policy, like 'targeting' and means-testing, de-regulation and privatisation, are considered in detail. World poverty will become a definitive point of reference for anyone working, studying or researching in the poverty field. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.

À propos des auteurs

Peter Townsend was Professor of International Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Acting Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights there until his death in June 2009. He was also Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Bristol. David Gordon is Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol.

David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristolat the University of Bristol.