The Oxford handbook of the social science of poverty / edited by David Brady and Linda M. Burton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brady, David, 1972- editor.

Burton, Linda, 1954- editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Oxford handbooks series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Poverty--Social aspects.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xiv, 915 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Contents:

Foreword: Those left behind / Carol Stack

1. Introduction / David Brady and Linda M. Burton

SECTION I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND ORIENTING QUESTIONS

2. Poverty measurement / Tim M. Smeeding

3. Structural violence, poverty and social suffering / Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Paul Farmer

4. Capability deprivation / Rod Hick and Tania Burchardt

5. Ideologies and beliefs about poverty / Matthew O. Hunt and Heather E. Bullock

6. How politics and institutions shape poverty and inequality / David Brady, Agnes Blome and Hanna Kleider

7. Linking poverty and children's development: concepts, models and debates / Vonnie C. McLoyd, Rosanne M. Jocson, and Abigail B. Williams

SECTION II: CLASSIC DEBATES

8. Poverty knowledge and the history of poverty research / Alice O'Connor

9. The discourse of deservingness: morality and the dilemmas of poverty relief in debate and practice / Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Elyse Kovalsky

10. Gender and poverty / Janet C. Gornick and Natascia Boeri

11. Life, death, and resurrections: the culture and poverty perspective / Jessi Streib, SaunJuhi Verma, Whitney Welsh, and Linda M. Burton

12. The historical origins of poverty in developing countries / Sambit Bhattacharyya

13. The dynamics of poverty / Anirudh Krishna

SECTION III: PLACE AND CONTEXT

14. People and places left behind: rural poverty in the new century / Daniel T. Lichter and Kai A. Schafft

15. Poor neighborhoods in the metropolis / Mary Pattillo and John N. Robinson III

16. Segregation and the perpetuation of disadvantage / Doug S. Massey

17. Urban poverty, race and space / William Julius Wilson

SECTION IV: CAUSES AND THE REPRODUCTION OF POVERTY

18. Single and cohabiting parents and poverty / Christina M. Gibson-Davis

19. Job-finding among the poor: do social ties matter? / Sandra Susan Smith

20. Education / Emily Hannum and Yu Xie

21. Employment and the working poor / Jérôme Gautié and Sophie Ponthieux

22. Great escapes and great divergences: growth, poverty and income inequality on a global scale / Robert H. Wade

23. Intergenerational mobility / Liana Fox, Florencia Torche, and Jane Waldfogel

24. Economic performance, poverty and inequality in rich countries / David Brady and Markus Jäntti

SECTION V: CONSEQUENCES

25. Material deprivation and consumption / Basak Kus, Brian Nolan, and Christopher T. Whelan

26. Hunger and food insecurity / Christopher B. Barrett and Erin C. Lentz

27. Poverty and crime / Patrick Sharkey, Max Besbris, and Michael Friedson

28. Poverty and Informal economies / Francois Bonnet and Sudhir Venkatesh

29. Social class, poverty and the unequal burden of illness and death / Ronald J. Angel

SECTION VI: POLICIES, SOLUTIONS, AND RESPONSES

30. Aid and global poverty / Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivray

31. The welfare states and poverty / Cheol-Sung Lee and In-Hoe Koo

32. Social policy, transfers, programs and assistance / Laura Lein, Sandra K. Danziger, H. Luke Shaefer, and Amanda Tillotson

33. Poor people's politics / Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite

34. Why and when do peasants rebel? / Guillermo Trejo

35. Unions and poverty / Jake Rosenfeld and Jennifer Laird

36. Housing programs / Peter A. Kemp

37. Microfinance and financial inclusion / Philip Mader

Conclusion: Toward a new paradigm for understanding poverty / Mark R. Rank.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199914050

0199914052

OCLC:

914326196

Publisher Number:

99969044497