Poverty & Unemployment

'An illuminating portrait of Baltimore ... Readers will be enthralled' Publishers Weekly A kaleidoscopic account of five days in the life of a city...

From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality. Soaring rents, unfair...

This landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage ...

This absorbing book explores all aspects of life in that feared institution, the workhouse. From the staff who lived and worked there to the poor s...

According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious boo...

This book examines the underlying assumptions and implications of how we conceptualise and investigate poverty. The empirical entry point for such ...

You think that the recession isn't biting? Look again. You think that the riots in August 2011 were unpredicted? Think again. 75 years after George...

For many progressives, racial identities are the engine of American history, and by extension, contemporary politics. They, in short, want to separ...

From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Harvest.Alfred Busi, famed in his town for his music and songs, is mourning the recent death of his wife ...

This book addresses key issues related to teaching pupils from disadvantaged and impoverished backgrounds and provides a valuable reference and ped...

Today 13 million people are living in poverty in the UK. According to a 2017 report, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line. The new poor, how...

The credit crisis has pushed the whole world so far into the red that the gigantic sums involved defy understanding. On a human level, what does su...

'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold'Powerfully told...an impressive work' The Times'Gives a voice to the voiceless' Australian Book Revie...

In this seminal book, Krumer-Nevo introduces the Poverty-Aware Paradigm: a radical new framework for social workers and professionals working with ...

Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it...

Does ‘real’ poverty still exist in Britain? How do people differentiate between the supposed ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor? Is there a culture...