Poverty & Homelessness

Is popular anger about rising inequality propelling China toward a "social volcano" of protest activity and instability that could challenge Chinese Communist Party rule? Many inside and outside of China have speculated, without evidence, that the answer...

Winner of the International Studies in Poverty Prize awarded by the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and Zed Books. Poverty has become the central focus of global development efforts, with a vast body of research and funding dedicated...

"Most books about purpose-driven lives either glorify or vilify a savior figure. This deep, engaging memoir is the inspirational exception. Wellspring House was a haven from dominant social structures, collectively built on mutuality and a commitment to...

After the local newspaper where she worked as a reporter closed, Emily Guendelsberger took a pre-Christmas job at an Amazon fulfilment centre outside Louisville, Kentucky. There, the vending machines were stocked with painkillers and the staff turnover...

Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South emphasizes the importance of the neighbourhood in urban development planning, with case studies aimed at transforming current intervention practices towards more inclusive and just means of engagement with...

A bold new theory of cyberwar argues that militarized hacking is best understood as a form of deconstruction From shadowy attempts to steal state secrets to the explosive destruction of Iranian centrifuges, cyberwar has been a vital part of statecraft...

What if the idealized image of American society-a land of opportunity that will reward hard work with economic success-is completely wrong? Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525564171Author Nicholas D. KristofFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

For anyone new to the subject of Citizen's Income, or who wants to introduce friends, colleagues or relatives to the idea, this valuable guide will be essential reading. Drawing on arguments detailed in Money for everyone (Policy Press, 2013), it offers...

This collection of all new essays seeks to answer a series of questions surrounding the Victorian response to poverty in Britain. In short, what did various layers of society say the poor deserved and what did they do to help them? The project is...

With urban poverty rising and affordable housing disappearing, the homeless and other "disorderly" people continue to occupy public space in many American cities. Concerned about the alleged ill effects their presence inflicts on property values and...

History of Britain's official international development efforts, beginning with its colonial era and then following the establishment of a new Ministry created by Prime Minister, the Rt Honourable Harold Wilson.About the AuthorBarrie Ireton is Senior...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807020579Author Alison OwingsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783744220Author Professor Ingrid RobeynsFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams)...

A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookA devastating investigation into the "corporate poverty complex"-the myriad businesses that profit from the poor Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on...

Multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis is evolving rapidly. Notably, it has informed the publication of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) estimates in the Human Development Reports of the United Nations Development Programme since 2010,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250808318Author Barbara EhrenreichFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 137g

The Handbook on Poverty and Inequality provides tools to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty. It provides background materials for designing poverty reduction strategies. This book is intended for researchers and policy analysts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578426921Author Eric MeadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Canyon House PressPublisher Canyon House PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

This book addresses key issues in housing policy through the lens of the philosophical concepts that underpin them. It is intended to be an introduction to philosophical subjects and how they relate to key housing issues and deals with the concepts with...

Armed conflicts, natural disasters, poverty, and the pandemic have forced over 117 million people to abandon their homes and heritage. Surging pushbacks, protection gaps, and deportations precipitate refugees' exclusion from equitable economic, social,...

"This masterpiece of dogged and loving reporting will astonish you and touch your heart. The struggles and quest for redemption of football star Jackie Wallace make for a fall-from-grace tale that's both unsettling and uplifting."-Walter Isaacson, author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605207377Author Henry MayhewFormat PaperbackPage Count 478Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

Since its publication in the early 90s, Brenda Boardman's Fuel Poverty has been the reference text for those wishing to learn about this complex subject. In this, its successor, she turns a critical eye to the new millennium and finds that the situation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787356566Author Rebecca O'ConnellFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 550g

Americans are overworked. After declining for a century through hard-fought labor movement victories, average annual work hours increased approximately 8 percent for all working adults from 1979 to 2016. In Worked Over, sociologist Jamie McCallum reveals...

Will austerity never end? This timely and insightful book argues that austerity seeks to set the terms of political and economic life for the foreseeable future, extending techniques of exclusion to ever-greater sections of the population.About the...

"Did you ever go to bed and wonder if your child was getting enough to eat?" For food insecure mothers, the worry is constant, and babies are at risk of going hungry. Through compelling interviews, Lesley Frank answers the breastfeeding paradox: why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807006979Author Mary BrosnahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

It's hard to imagine a place more central to American mythology today than Silicon Valley. To outsiders, the region glitters with the promise of extraordinary wealth and innovation. But behind this image lies another Silicon Valley, one segregated by...

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century - why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations? Based on his decades-long research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527263994Author Rotimi NihinlolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint UK Sur ISBN AgencyPublisher UK Sur ISBN AgencyWeight(grams) 140g

In this ethnographic study, Johannes Lenhard observes the daily practices, routines and techniques of people who are sleeping rough on the streets of Paris. The book focusses on their survival practises, their short-term desires and hopes, how they earn...

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Using the Amsterdam Municipal Orphanage as a window through which readers can see the start of profound social and economic changes in early modern Amsterdam, Civic Charity in a Golden Age explores the connections between the...

Poor people spend their money living day to day. How can they accumulate wealth? In the United States, home-ownership is often the answer. Homes not only provide shelter but also are assets, and thus a means to create equity. Mortgage credit becomes a...

A deconstruction of the neoliberal placations about global capitalism, exposing the inequalities of global poverty "We're making headway on global poverty," trills Bill Gates. "Decline of Global Extreme Poverty Continues," reports the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781963270143Author Carole HinojosaFormat PaperbackImprint McSweeney'sPublisher McSweeney's

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989347102Author Brenda ThompsonFormat PaperbackImprint SSP PublicationsPublisher SSP Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640097278Author Carol MithersFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 318g