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Down and out : poverty and exclusion in Australia / Peter Saunders.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, Peter, 1948-
- Series:
- Studies in poverty, inequality, and social exclusion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Australia.
- Poverty.
- Poor--Australia.
- Poor.
- Marginality, Social.
- Australia.
- Marginality, Social--Australia.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Poverty, social exclusion, and inequality remain the most significant humanitarian challenges in the modern world. This important study by Saunders, President of the Australian Social Policy Association, exposes the fundamentals of poverty, exclusion, and inequality in Australia. Drawing from the author's research and welfare professionals' experiences, the study is a call to government and social action to end this inhumane and unnecessary occurrence. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847428387
- 184742838X
- 1847428398
- 9781847428394
- OCLC:
- 731028738
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