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Why fight poverty? / Julia Unwin ; cover design Kate Prentice.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Unwin, Julia.
- Series:
- Perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : London Publishing Partnership, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Poverty, and calls to end it, date back centuries. Even in prosperous modern times, despite the huge transformation of society, poverty has persisted. This book looks back at the struggle to end poverty and asks if it is worth it.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1; Introduction: why fight poverty?; Preface; Chapter 2; Does poverty matter?; Chapter 3; Why is there little public support for solving poverty?; Chapter 4; Is poverty inevitable?; Chapter 5; Conclusion: how can we fight poverty?; Endnotes; Blank Page
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 23, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781907994210
- 1907994211
- 9781907994227
- 190799422X
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