Poverty: a persistent global reality
This book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. It explores concepts and definitions of poverty and provides detailed examinations of poverty in ten different countries.
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London [u.a.]
Routledge
1998
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series: | Social policy, development studies
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| Summary: | This book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. It explores concepts and definitions of poverty and provides detailed examinations of poverty in ten different countries. |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 287 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0415146828 041514681X |
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List of illustrations ix
Contributors xiii
Preface xv
1 The meaning and measurement of poverty 1
Stewart MacPherson and Richard Silburn
The concepts of poverty 1
The definitions of poverty 3
The measurement of poverty 8
Conclusion 16
2 Australia 20
David Cox
The appropriate definition of poverty 22
The incidence of poverty 24
Groups most affected by poverty 26
factors contributing to poverty in Australia 31
The social welfare responses to poverty in Australia 34
Anti-poverty programmes in Australia 40
The likelihood of poverty in Australia in the future 41
3 Canada 43
Hugh Shewell
The land and its government 45
The people: some demographic characteristics 48
The historical and political context of poverty 50
Poverty: the problem of an appropriate definition 5 5
The incidence of poverty 56
vi Contents
Groups most affected by poverty Jo
Government and non-government responses to poverty 60
Conclusion: future prospects 64
4 Hong Kong 74
Stewart MacPherson
The background to poverty in Hong Kong 7 6
Poverty and social assistance 7 9
The future 89
Conclusion 90
5 Ireland 93
Tim Callan and Brian Nolan
Ireland: a tour d’horizon 93
Measuring poverty 95
The incidence of poverty 98
Who are the poor? 102
Social security responses to poverty 105
Anti-poverty programmes 108
Future prospects and strategies 112
6 Malta 116
Carmel Tabone
Malta: its history and economy 116
The concept of relative poverty and its measurement 118
Quality-of-life and relative poverty 120
Incidence of relative poverty 125
Reasons for the extent of relative poverty 127
Social welfare and anti-poverty programmes 127
Reducing the extent of relative poverty: future prospects 131
and strategies
Conclusion I33
7 Netherlands ^36
Henk-Jan Dirven, Didier Fouarge and Ruud Muffels
The profile of the Netherlands X 3 5
Poverty in the Netherlands ^4q
Groups most affected by poverty 152
Policy responses to poverty
Evaluation of anti-poverty programmes 1(50
Future prospects and strategies ^ 64
The policy implications of poverty research 167
Contents vii
8 Philippines 171
Karen E. Gerdes and Kyle Lynn Pehrson
The Philippines: a country profile 172
Debt, development and poverty alleviation 178
The concept of poverty in the Philippines 180
Incidence of poverty 182
Who are the poor? 184
Social welfare response to poverty: the social reform agenda 188
Anti-poverty programmes 190
Future strategies to alleviate poverty 198
9 United Kingdom 204
Richard Silburn
The post-war abolition of poverty ? 205
The re-discovery, and re-definition, of poverty 207
The denial of poverty 209
How is poverty measured? 211
How many poor are there, and who are they? 213
Poverty and social policy 217
The policy priorities 222
Conclusion 227
10 United States of America 229
James Midgley and Michelle Livermore
Profile of the U nited S tat es 230
The definition of poverty 231
The incidence of poverty 232
Groups most affected by poverty 233
Policy responses to the poverty problem 235
Conclusion: future trends and issues 243
11 Zimbabwe 248
Edwin Kaseke
The challenges of a colonial legacy 248
Poverty contextualised 250
Poverty incidence 251
Poverty profile 252
Social welfare responses to poverty
A nti-poverty programme 258
Future prospects and strategies 262
Conclusion 263
viii Contents
Poverty in review 265
David Macarov and John Dixon
Summary 265
Conclusion 269
Index
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