Recent studies suggest that current approaches to tackling childhood poverty have had limited efficacy. This book … brings together a discussion of childhoods, children's experiences of poverty and development discourses, and case studies to …

In Deutschland geht das Gespenst der Armut um. Nicht länger tabuisiert, ist es inzwischen zum viel diskutierten … Topthema geworden: Hartz IV, die Angst der Menschen vor sozialem Abstieg, die Folgen der Weltfinanzkrise. Dennoch wird Armut …

Why are some people poor? Why does absolute poverty persist despite substantial economic growth? What types of late … economic development or 'catch-up' capitalism are associated with different poverty outcomes? Global Poverty addresses these … apparently simple questions and the extent to which the answers may be shifting. One might expect global poverty to be focused in …