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We are living in an age with unprecedented levels of poverty. Who are the new poor And what can we do about it

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An award-winning sociologist reveals the unexpected link between overwork and inequality

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'Enlightening and startling... The world needs more writers like Matthew Small.' Charlie Carroll 'Brings into sharp relief the realities of poverty... inspiring and uplifting.' Tracy Shildrick What does poverty mean today Matthew Small seeks to answer this question and witness the similarities and differences between poverty in UK and India.

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A piercing historical explanation for poverty and inequality in African societies today, and social impact of resource-driven growth.

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In the gripping first-person accounts ofHigh Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago's iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly in the heart of our national identity.

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In the gripping first-person accounts ofHigh Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago's iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly in the heart of our national identity.

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Evaluates how well antipoverty and antidiscrimination policies and programs have worked - and whether they have sometimes actually made the problems worse. This book provides insights about the causes of, and possible solutions to, poverty and discrimination.

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Previously published in hardcover in 2012.

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Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, it is home to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America. The Hero's Fight provides an intimate look at the effects of deindustrialization on the lives of Baltimore's urban poor, and sheds critical light on the unintend

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Poverty Wars argues that as a nation Australia can afford to eliminate financial poverty. It states that the fact they don't do so is a matter of choice, not affordability - as the experience of other countries demonstrates.

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The 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic in the UK had a devastating and long-lasting impact on individuals and communities. Although many studies about FMD have been published since 2001, this is the first book to examine in any detail the ways in which the outbreak affected the fabric of rural life and rural culture across class and generations.

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Examines the human costs of unemployment and poverty through a study of the health of the population of south Wales. This book contributes to the 'healthy or hungry thirties' debate about the effects of unemployment and poverty on health in interwar Britain through an examination of south Wales.

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In the wake of the French Revolution there was a fundamental shift in attitudes to poverty. Writers like Tom Paine suggested that poverty could be alleviated or even eliminated. Such thinking was robustly countered by Christian evangelicals. But the arguments surfaced again in the late-nineteenth century.

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