Poverty & Unemployment

The working poor of the world are observed to engage in long hours in hard jobs and to work more if wages are further reduced. Mainstream economics...

This book explores the vital role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in compensating for the market’s and government’s inability to provide vital ...

Since the group of least developed countries (LDCs) was identified in 1971, only five countries have graduated from the group, all of which are cha...

As urban populations in developing countries continue to grew rapidly, one of the most critical issues in the Third World has become providing shel...

The studies collected here centre on the social and economic life of medieval Germany, within a broader European context. The first three articles ...

As urban populatiCC'lS in developing countries oootinue to grow rapidly, cne of the nest critical issues in the Third W:lrld has beoane p:rovidirYJ...

‘Standard’ employment relationships, with permanent contracts, regular hours, and decent pay, are under assault. Precarious work and unemployment a...

The global financial crisis has demonstrated the impact and implications of late capitalism and its bedfellow, globalisation. In the European conte...

This book examines the problematic relationship between unions and the unemployed in New York City during the 1990's. Historically, trade unions in...

Newman's ethnographic study considers the ways in which the family and school environments of eleven homeless school children affected their school...

Title first published in 2003. This informative volume addresses the impact of the EU on national policies to combat poverty in European member sta...

This title was first published in 2003. The working poor of the world are observed to engage in long hours in hard jobs and to work more if wages a...

Unlike other regions around the world, several Latin American countries have managed to reduce income inequality over the last decade. Higher growt...

Break down the barriers to effective collaboration.For cross-functional projects to work, you need to bring together diverse ideas and resources fr...

If we found seven typical 5-year-olds to represent today’s UK, who would they be? What would their stories reveal? Seven Children is about injustic...

This book focuses on the intelligent technologies that are transforming creative practices and industries.The future of creative work will be more ...

Evidence for the negative effects of segregation and concentrated poverty in America's cities now exists in abundance; poor and underrepresented co...