Publisher's description: The riot-torn meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labour to environmental degradation, cultural...

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Figures; Tables; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Societal problems as public bads; A brief history of the problematic society; When does a problem become a societal problem?; Social norms and the organization of...

This edited collection provides a comprehensive examination of multidimensional poverty for a wide variety of economies and societies, with a general focus on multidimensional poverty in developed countries, where poverty is often overlooked. Arguing that income- and consumption-based poverty...