Walker

Shame of Poverty C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Shame of Poverty challenges thinking about the nature and causes of poverty in both the Global North and Global South. It invites the reader to question their understanding of poverty by bringing into close relief the day-to-day experiences of low-income families across the globe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780199684823
• ISBN-10: 0199684820
• Artikelnr.: 42382486

Autorenporträt

Robert Walker has previously published 20 books, over 50 research reports and more than 150 academic articles and chapters on poverty, social security, and research methodology. He has served in an advisory or expert capacity to over a dozen governments and international organisations. He is Professor of Social Policy, University of Oxford and Fellow of Green Templeton College.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Origins of Poverty
2: Poverty Research and Measurement
3: Constructions of Shame
4: Poverty, Shame, and Stigma
5: Cultural Conceptions of Poverty and Shame
6: Conceiving of Poverty Without Shame
7: Shame in the Everyday Experience of Poverty
8: Responses to Poverty-Related Shame
9: Shaming People in Poverty: Attitudes and Actions
10: Shaming People in Poverty: Media and Policy
11: Poverty, Shame, and Society
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