Poverty & Unemployment

Kensington and Chelsea - one of the wealthiest spots on planet Earth - is also one of the most unequal. A short walk from Harrods, families cannot ...

'THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE SUMMER' HERALD 'Absolutely loved this. Funny and heartbreaking in equal measure'DOUGLAS STUART, Man Booker Prize-winnin...

La présente étude s'appuie sur des données démographiques, des travaux de recherche, des entretiens avec des informateurs clés, ainsi que des étude...

This report examines the role of economic and social policies in understanding the evolution of inequality and poverty in Malawi over the past thre...

In a rapidly urbanizing world, mayors often see migrants as a burden to their cities' labor markets and a threat to their development. Drawing on n...

How low-income people cope with the emotional dimensions of poverty Could a lack of close, meaningful social ties be a publicrather than just a pr...

Charles Dickens Oliver Twist exposed a brutal but commonplace system of child exploitation to Victorian readers. Conditions in workhouses, factorie...

Discover the inspirational coming-of-age memoir about modern poverty in Britain and the liberating power of education.'An astonishing tale, well st...

This book builds on decades of practice-experience in education for community development. With a clear focus on professionalisation, Community dev...

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policie...

Based on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as so...

Identifying factors related to poverty that affect infants, toddlers, and their families, this book describes promising early child care and interv...

In the face of high unemployment in Europe for the past thirty years, the unemployed have organized themselves and mobilized at levels ranging from...

This is the first full-length study of Irish Ribbonism, tracing the development of the movement from its origins in the Defender movement of the 17...

'Masterpiece' Evening Standard In this vivid coming-of-age memoir, Rob Henderson recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force,...

Argues that the struggle over income, wealth, status and privilege-inequality-has been the principal, defining issue in human history and provides ...

Transforming the economic lives of people in extreme poverty and vulnerability is a persistent challenge and drives economic inclusion programs wor...

The concept of human rights is often deployed by states in defence of various policies, as well by those resisting the impact of those same policie...

'I go about the street with water-creases crying, Four bunches a penny, water-creases.' London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work...