Poverty / Ruth Lister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lister, Ruth, 1949- author.

Series:

Key concepts series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Physical Description:

xiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The essential introduction to a persistent social ill"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Concepts, definitions and measures

Why concepts matter

Chapters and themes

1. Defining Poverty

Approaches to defining poverty

Beyond the absolute

-relative dichotomy

Conclusion

2. Measuring Poverty

`Why?' and `how?' questions

`What?' questions

`Who?' questions

3. Inequality, Social Divisions and the Differential Experience of Poverty

Inequality, social class and polarization

The experience of poverty

Gender

`Race' and ethnicity

Disability

Age

Geography

4. Discourses of Poverty: From Othering to Respect

Othering and the power of discourse

Rooted in history

Labelling in the late twentieth and the twenty-first century

The `p' words

Representations of poverty

Stigma, shame and humiliation

Dignity and respect

5. Poverty and Agency: From Getting By to Getting Organized

Agency

Getting by

Getting (back) at

Getting out

Getting organized

6. Poverty, Human Rights and Citizenship

Human rights

Citizenship

Voice

`Power not pity'

Key themes

Research, policy and practice

A politics of redistribution and recognition&respect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lister, Ruth, 1949- Poverty

ISBN:

9780745645964

0745645968

9780745645971

0745645976

OCLC:

1162195023