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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Olsen, Gregg M. (1956-....)
Titre(s) : Poverty and austerity amid prosperity [Texte imprimé] : a comparative introduction / Gregg M. Olsen
Publication : Toronto ; Buffalo (N.Y.) : University of Toronto press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvi-288 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-276) and index
"In wealthy nations such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issues
of poverty and homelessness have often been displaced or sidelined by the accelerating
number of studies on income inequality and wealth disparity. In Poverty and Austerity
amid Prosperity, Gregg M. Olsen refocuses our attention on rising levels of poverty
and homelessness, suggesting what we can do to address these issues. Highlighting
the important differences between Canada, the UK, and the US, this volume explores
the broad and narrow ways that poverty and homelessness have been conceptualized,
and how this has shaped the way they are defined, measured, and addressed in each
country. After a careful examination of poverty in these three countries, the volume
draws comparisons with European nations that have been more successful in keeping
issues relating to poverty under control. Olsen presents and critically contrasts
the two main theoretical traditions, individual versus society, that have emerged
to explain poverty and homelessness. Olsen argues that societal approaches to the
study of poverty are better equipped to explain the developments unfolding across
these nations, and that the eradication of poverty will only happen when the socio-economic
system has been seriously overhauled and founded upon economic democracy."
Sujet(s) : Pauvreté -- Canada
Pauvreté -- Grande-Bretagne
Pauvreté -- États-Unis
Indice(s) Dewey :
362.5 (23e éd.) = Personnes pauvres (problèmes et services sociaux)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781487509873 (erroné). - ISBN 1487509871 (erroné). - ISBN 1487509863 (erroné).
- ISBN 9781487509866 (erroné). - ISBN 9781487509859
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46873712s
Notice n° :
FRBNF46873712
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Table des matières : Poverty Matters: Introduction ; What Is Poverty? Conceptualizing, Defining, and
Measuring Poverty ; Poverty in Three Anglo Nations: The Dimensions, Character, and
Impact of Poverty ; Poverty and the Welfare State: Comparative Contrasts ; Individual-Centered
Explanations for Poverty: Biogenetic and "Culture of Poverty" Accounts ; Society-Centered
Explanations for Poverty: Systemic and Sociopolitical Accounts ; What Can Be Done?
Beyond the Welfare State
