Poverty & Unemployment

Barrio San Siro: Structural Violence in the Peripheries of Milan collects the results of five years of ethnographic research in San Siro, one of Mi...

"Disciplining the Poor" lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty gover...

Understanding the complex dimensions of global poverty is crucial for tackling its diverse challenges. While poverty manifests differently across r...

In the ongoing global pursuit for a fairer and more equitable world, the battle against poverty stands as a cornerstone. Addressing poverty require...

India, despite being largely rural, has struggled to maintain an adequate social infrastructure in its rural regions due to insufficient need-based...

A profound exploration into the spiritual beliefs and practices of Seattle’s unhoused youth Soul Woundedness is an intimate, piercing book about ev...

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, whic...

A celebration of female inventiveness and aesthetic sensibility, Shedding the Shackles explores women’s craft enterprises, their artisanal excellen...

Stigma and Social Support on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program delves into the daily complex lives of individuals on the program and th...

A sweeping intellectual history of the welfare state’s policy-in-waiting. The idea of a government paying its citizens to keep them out of poverty—...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE'Irreverent, provocative and funny' Dazed'This book might change the way you look at art, or change the way yo...

Abandoned airports. Shipping containers. Squatted hotels. These are just three of the many unusual places that have housed refugees in the past dec...

This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a ...

In this book, Prasad Khanolkar offers a new way of thinking about ‘slums’ and southern cities based on a grounded engagement with the relationship ...

*WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'Beautifully written, thought-provoking, and unforgettable ... If you want a good understanding...

The Man in the Dog Park offers the reader a rare window into homeless life. Spurred by a personal relationship with a homeless man who became her c...

At a time of growing wealth and income inequality in the United States during recent decades, Class and Inequality in the United States examines th...

Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at pl...