Understanding Poverty
By - Alcock Peter
Floor
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Floor 1
Published
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Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1997
ISBN 10 - 0333692802
ISBN 13 - 9780333692806
Book Status
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2 Qnty Available with us.
Subject
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Great Britain Social conditions
Shelf No
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14
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305.569 ALC 1997
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2nd ed
Call no : 305.569 ALC
2nd ed
xvi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes : includes index
This second edition of an important text has been substantially revised and updated to incorporate new evidence and arguments regarding poverty in Britain. Comprehensive and accessible, it deals with the problems of definition, measurement and distribution of poverty and analyses the full range of debates about its causes and its possible solution. It is essential reading for students of social policy, sociology, social work and related social sciences.