Absolute poverty in Europe : interdisciplinary perspectives on a hidden phenomenon / edited by Helmut P. Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger, Clemens Sedmak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaisbauer, Helmut P., editor.

Schweiger, Gottfried, editor.

Sedmak, Clemens, editor.

Series:

Policy Press shorts. Research.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Europe.

Poverty.

Poverty--Government policy--Europe.

Poor--Services for--Europe.

Poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 430 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book investigates different policy and civic responses to extreme poverty, ranging from food donations to penalisation and 'social cleansing' of highly visible poor and how it is related to concerns of ethics, justice and human dignity.

Contents:

Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Lists of tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; One. Introduction; Two. Dimension 1: The role of academic research in policymaking; Three. Researching impact; Four. Dimension 2: The nature of the underlying research and characteristics of the researchers; Five. Dimension 3: The nature and reach of impact; Six. Dimension 4: Taking the long view: looking back over 40 years of Social Policy; Seven. Summary and conclusions; Appendix; References; Index; Back cover.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4473-4131-7

1-4473-4133-3

1-4473-4129-5

OCLC:

1137799225