Persistent poverty in the Netherlands / Floris Noordhoff.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Noordhoff, Floris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Netherlands.

Poverty.

Poor--Netherlands.

Poor.

Public welfare--Netherlands.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Vossiuspers UvA, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Study on poverty and it's debate in the Netherlands. Floris Noordhoff intends to surpass the dichotomy between structuralist/individualist explanations of poverty and how poverty perpetuates itself over time.

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Poverty and social exclusion in the Netherlands; 2. Methodology and description of research group; 3. Conversion strategies to conquer labor market positions; 4. Close Encounters of the Bureaucratic Kind; 5. Sympathizing, fear and loathing in the neighborhood; 6. Bonds in everyday life: The weakness of weak ties; 7. The informal economy: morality, social capital and markets; 8. Persistent poverty in the Netherlands: summary and conclusion; 9. Epilogue: poverty in contemporary context; Appendices; References; Summary in Dutch; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Thesis (doctoral)--Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-99104-X

9786611991043

90-485-0201-2

OCLC:

437106935