The SAGE encyclopedia of world poverty / Mehmet Odekon, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Odekon, Mehmet, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Standardized Title:

Encyclopedia of world poverty.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Encyclopedias.

Poverty.

Poor--Encyclopedias.

Poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Encyclopedia of world poverty

World poverty

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE Reference, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty', second edition addresses the persistence of poverty across the globe while updating and expanding the landmark work, 'Encyclopedia of World Poverty', originally published in 2006 prior to the economic calamities of 2008. There are 775 evaluated and updated and 175 entirely new entries, as well as an updated chronology, resource guide, glossary, and thorough new index.

Contents:

Half Title; Publisher Note; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Reader's Guide; About the Editor; List of Contributors; Title; A; Aboriginal Health; Absenteeism and Child Poverty; Access-to-Enterprise Zones; Achievement Gap; Adams, John (Administration); Adams, John Quincy (Administration); Adjustment Programs; Adolescent Girls Initiative; Adult Literacy Programs; Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare); Afghanistan; Africa Faith and Justice Network; African Development Foundation; Age Discrimination; Agricultural Technology; Agriculture; Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage

Aid to Families with Dependent ChildrenAlabama; Alaska; Albania; Algeria; Alliance for Excellent Education; Alliance for International Women's Rights; Almshouses; American Friends Service Committee; American Graduate; American Samoa; Ancient Thought; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Antipoverty Programs, Asset-Based; Antipoverty Programs, Community-Based; Antipoverty Programs, Means-Tested Government; Antipoverty Programs, Rural; Antipoverty Programs, Urban; Apartheid; Aquinas, Thomas; Arab Definition of Poverty; Area Deprivation; Argentina; Arizona; Arkansas; Armenia

Arthur, Chester (Administration)Australia; Australian Definition of Poverty; Austria; Axiom of Monotonicity and Axiom of Transfers; Azerbaijan; B; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Bankruptcy; Barbados; Basic Income; Basic Needs; Basic Security; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Bellamy, Edward; Benin; Beveridge Scheme; Bhutan; Big Brothers Big Sisters; Bioversity International; Black, Hugo L.; Bolivia; Bolsa Familia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brandeis, Louis D.; Brazil; Brazilian Definition of Poverty; Brotherhood of St. Laurence; Brunei Darussalam; Bryan, William Jennings

Buchanan, James (Administration)Bulgaria; Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Bush, George H. W. (Administration); Bush, George W. (Administration); C; California; Calvin, John; Cambodia; Cameroon; Campus Compact; Canada; Cape Verde; Capitalism; CARE; Carnegie, Andrew; Carter, Jimmy (Administration); Cash and In-Kind Transfers; Catastrophic Health Expenditure; Catholic Campaign for Human Development; Center for American Progress; Center for the Study of Urban Poverty; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Center on Hunger and Poverty; Central African Republic; Chad

Chained Consumer Price Indexcharity: water; Charity Organization Society; Child Care; Child Immunization and Vaccination; Child Malnutrition; Child Mortality; Child Soldiers; Child Trafficking; Child Welfare League of America; ChildLine; Childreach International; Children; Children Out of School; Children's Aid Society; Children's Defense Fund; Children's Hunger Relief; Chile; China; Chinese Definition of Poverty; Christian Antipoverty Campaigns; Christian Community Health Fellowship; Christmas Seals; Church of England; Church World Service; Civic Society; Class Analysis of Poverty

Class Structure

Notes:

Earlier edition published in 2006 as: Encyclopedia of world poverty.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781506301280

1506301282

9781785397370

1785397370

9781506336404

150633640X

9781483345710

1483345718

9781483345727

1483345726

OCLC:

919582408