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Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World
Lapeyre, Frederic; Bhalla, A. S.
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Description for Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World
Hardback. In Western Europe, the notion of social exclusion is rapidly diffusing in the late 20th-century. This book investigates the notion of social exclusion as a new way to approach social issues such as the "new poverty" long term unemployment, precariousness, social polarization and disintegration. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
In Western Europe, the notion of social exclusion is rapidly diffusing in recent years. This book investigates the notion of social exclusion as a new way to approach social issues such as the 'new poverty' long-term-unemployment, precariousness, social polarization and disintegration. Particular attention is paid to both the global relevance of an approach in terms of social exclusion and its value compared to more conventional approaches in terms of poverty of deprivation. It is shown that social exclusion goes beyond these by explicitly embracing the relational as well as the distributional aspects of poverty and emphasizing processes. In this book, ... Read more
In Western Europe, the notion of social exclusion is rapidly diffusing in recent years. This book investigates the notion of social exclusion as a new way to approach social issues such as the 'new poverty' long-term-unemployment, precariousness, social polarization and disintegration. Particular attention is paid to both the global relevance of an approach in terms of social exclusion and its value compared to more conventional approaches in terms of poverty of deprivation. It is shown that social exclusion goes beyond these by explicitly embracing the relational as well as the distributional aspects of poverty and emphasizing processes. In this book, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333715499
SKU
V9780333715499
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About Lapeyre, Frederic; Bhalla, A. S.
A.S. BHALLA is David Thomson Senior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK. Previously he was Special Adviser to the President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa; a senior staff member of the International Labour Office in Geneva and a founder member of its World Employment Programme. Dr. Bhalla has held research and academic positions at ... Read more
Reviews for Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World
Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World is an excellent analysis of the variable conditions of social exlusions in the contemporary world. The analysis and data that the book provides, coupled with a will to policy formation that seeks to avoid the traps it outlines, is long overdue...The book should be a useful addition to the 'losers' section on any ... Read more