Poverty And Social Deprivation In The Mediterranean

Author : Maria Petmesidou,Christos Papatheodoru
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848137554

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Poverty and Social Deprivation in the Mediterranean by Maria Petmesidou,Christos Papatheodoru Pdf

In the growth of regional identities worldwide, the Mediterranean Basin is emerging as an entity in its own right. This book, a unique collaboration among social scientists around the entire Mediterranean littoral, covers Southern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Near East. Leading economists, sociologists and social policy experts document with new and up-to-date empirical material the changing profiles of poverty and social deprivation. The result is a thought-provoking comparison of the extent, severity and structural causes of poverty and social inequality, and the huge diversity of public responses to the challenges they pose.

Author : Valerie Berenger,Florent Bresson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461452638

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Poverty and Social Exclusion around the Mediterranean Sea by Valerie Berenger,Florent Bresson Pdf

The events taking place in several of South Mediterranean countries since December 2010 show that multiple deprivations may be powerful drivers of political instability. Though improvements of the living conditions have been regularly principal demands along with civil and political liberties in the demonstrations, one of the main striking facts about this so-called “Arab Spring” is that poverty had not been given the same emphasis in southern Mediterranean countries during the last decades as in other areas of the developing and emerging world. Although the growing recognition that poverty is a multidimensional concept, studies of poverty in South Mediterranean countries have often been dominated by a monetary approach. However, there is a growing evidence that it is suitable to go beyond the money-metric measures of poverty and to supplement its results with other approaches that adopt a broader definition of well- being. Though poverty is only one of many causes of this “Arab Spring,” we argue that it is a key feature to understand these historic events and that it is necessary to draw a detailed picture of poverty and social exclusion for each one of these countries. Moreover, if the Union for the Mediterranean succeeds in fostering economic cooperation within the Mediterranean area, the focus on the population’s well-being of its southern members will deserve scrutiny in the next few years to understand the forces that will drive the Euro-Mediterranean relationships, in particular for migration issues. This book brings together recent advances on the measurement of poverty with empirical applications on South-Mediterranean countries. It introduces new tools for analyzing poverty and shows that the linkages between income and well-being are not straightforward and hinge on many determinants. It shows that the efficiency of poverty reducing policies should also be assessed on the basis of the satisfaction of non-income needs like health, education or participation in social life.

Author : Karima Korayem,Maria Petmesidou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029137564

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Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Mediterranean Area by Karima Korayem,Maria Petmesidou Pdf

Author : Eleni Apospori,J. Millar
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026599667

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The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe by Eleni Apospori,J. Millar Pdf

Issues of poverty and social exclusion are high on the European policy agenda. This book reports findings from a study funded by the European Commission, using data from the European Community Household Panel, with a multi-dimensional approach to international comparisons of poverty and social exclusion.

Author : Matt Barnes
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025946224

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Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe by Matt Barnes Pdf

This book explores the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in six European Union countries: Austria, Germany, Greece, Norway, Portugal and the UK, focusing on groups who are considered at risk.

Author : D. Russell Crane,Tim B. Heaton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-19
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781452214566

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Handbook of Families and Poverty by D. Russell Crane,Tim B. Heaton Pdf

"Edited by two well-known family researchers at Brigham Young University, this meticulously researched compendium is a trove of useful information on areas where poverty and family issues intersect. This volume should be the first stop for anyone beginning research on poverty and families." —CHOICE The Handbook of Families and Poverty covers hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty. Contributors, bringing multiple perspectives to bear, aim to show alternatives to welfare in subgroups facing specific challenges that are currently not adequately addressed by the welfare system. Readers will appreciate the insightful summaries of research involving poverty and its relationship to couple, marital, and family dynamics. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive view of the issues surrounding families and poverty so that readers may benefit from the findings and insights of their peers in other relevant fields, with the hope that better understanding will bring better solutions. Includes several chapters on application/intervention and theoretical issues Contains writings by contributing authors who are respected experts from a broad range of disciplines and perspectives, including business; child development; family studies; psychology; public policy; social work; and sociology.

Author : David Downes,Paul Rock,Christine Chinkin,Conor Gearty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134005956

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Crime, Social Control and Human Rights by David Downes,Paul Rock,Christine Chinkin,Conor Gearty Pdf

A book of essays in Stanley Cohen's honor that examines the main themes he has explored and developed, which are: crime, social control, and human rights.

Author : Copur, Zeynep
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466674851

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Handbook of Research on Behavioral Finance and Investment Strategies: Decision Making in the Financial Industry by Copur, Zeynep Pdf

In an ever-changing economy, market specialists strive to find new ways to evaluate the risks and potential reward of economic ventures by assessing the importance of human reaction during the economic planning process. The Handbook of Research on Behavioral Finance and Investment Strategies: Decision Making in the Financial Industry presents an interdisciplinary, comparative, and competitive analysis of the thought processes and planning necessary for individual and corporate economic management. This publication is an essential reference source for professionals, practitioners, and managers working in the field of finance, as well as researchers and academicians interested in an interdisciplinary approach to combine financial management, sociology, and psychology.

Author : Abdullah BALCIOĞULLARI,Özlem AYDOĞMUŞ ÖRDEM
Publisher : Akademisyen Kitabevi
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9786052586129

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Social Sciences II by Abdullah BALCIOĞULLARI,Özlem AYDOĞMUŞ ÖRDEM Pdf

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1699 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522573128

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Socio-Economic Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

The social and economic systems of any country are influenced by a range of factors including income and education. As such, it is vital to examine how these factors are creating opportunities to improve both the economy and the lives of people within these countries. Socio-Economic Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a critical look at the process of social and economic transformation based on environmental and cultural factors including income, skills development, employment, and education. Highlighting a range of topics such as economics, social change, and e-governance, this multi-volume book is designed for policymakers, practitioners, city-development planners, academicians, government officials, and graduate-level students interested in emerging perspectives on socio-economic development.

Author : Gaisbauer, Helmut,Schweiger, Gottfried
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447341314

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Absolute Poverty in Europe by Gaisbauer, Helmut,Schweiger, Gottfried Pdf

Engaging systematically with severe forms of poverty in Europe, this important book stimulates academic, public and policy debate by shedding light on aspects of deprivation and exclusion of people in absolute poverty in affluent societies. It examines issues such as access to health care, housing and nutrition, poverty related shame, and violence. The 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.

Author : Andrew Martin Fischer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786990464

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Poverty as Ideology by Andrew Martin Fischer Pdf

Winner of the International Studies in Poverty Prize awarded by the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and Zed Books. Poverty has become the central focus of global development efforts, with a vast body of research and funding dedicated to its alleviation. And yet, the field of poverty studies remains deeply ideological and has been used to justify wealth and power within the prevailing world order. Andrew Martin Fischer clarifies this deeply political character, from conceptions and measures of poverty through to their application as policies. Poverty as Ideology shows how our dominant approaches to poverty studies have, in fact, served to reinforce the prevailing neoliberal ideology while neglecting the wider interests of social justice that are fundamental to creating more equitable societies. Instead, our development policies have created a 'poverty industry' that obscures the dynamic reproductions of poverty within contemporary capitalist development and promotes segregation in the name of science and charity. Fischer argues that an effective and lasting solution to global poverty requires us to reorient our efforts away from current fixations on productivity and towards more equitable distributions of wealth and resources. This provocative work offers a radical new approach to understanding poverty based on a comprehensive and accessible critique of key concepts and research methods. It upends much of the received wisdom to provide an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers across the social sciences.

Author : Alberto Cimadamore,Gabriele Koehler,Thomas Pogge
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783606214

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Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals by Alberto Cimadamore,Gabriele Koehler,Thomas Pogge Pdf

As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) pass their 2015 deadline and the international community begins to discuss the future of UN development policy, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals brings together leading economists from both the global North and South to provide a much needed critique of the prevailing development agenda. By examining current development efforts, goals and policies, it exposes the structurally flawed and misleading measurements of poverty and hunger on which these efforts have been based, and which have led official sources to routinely underestimate the scale of world poverty even as the global distribution of wealth becomes ever more imbalanced.

Author : Einar Braathen,Julian May,Marianne Ulriksen,Gemma C. Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783605590

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Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries by Einar Braathen,Julian May,Marianne Ulriksen,Gemma C. Wright Pdf

This collection offers a timely reassessment of viable ways of addressing poverty across the globe today. The profile of global poverty has changed dramatically over the past decade, and around three-quarters of the poor now live in middle income countries, making inequality a major issue. This requires us to fundamentally rethink anti-poverty strategies and policies, as many aspects of the established framework for poverty reduction are no longer effective. Featuring contributions from Latin America, Africa and Asia, this much-needed collection answers some of the key questions arising as development policy confronts the challenges of poverty and inequality on the global, national and local scale in both urban and rural contexts. Providing poverty researchers and practitioners with valuable new tools to address new forms of poverty in the right way, Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries shows how a radical switch from aid to redistribution-based social policies is needed to combat new forms of global poverty.

Author : Julio Boltvinik,Susan Archer Mann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783608454

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Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the Twenty-First Century by Julio Boltvinik,Susan Archer Mann Pdf

Peasants are a majority of the world's poor. Despite this, there has been little effort to bridge the fields of peasant and poverty studies. Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the Twenty-first Century provides a much-needed critical perspective linking three central questions: Why has peasantry, unlike other areas of non-capitalist production, persisted? Why are the vast majority of peasants poor? And how are these two questions related? Interweaving contributions from various disciplines, the book provides a range of responses, offering new theoretical, historical and policy perspectives on this peasant 'world drama'. Scholars from both South and North argue that, in order to find the policy paths required to overcome peasants' misery, we need a seismic transformation in social thought, to which they make important contributions. They are convinced that we must build upon the peasant economy's advantages over agricultural capitalism in meeting the challenges of feeding the growing world population while sustaining the environment. Structured to encourage debate among authors and mutual learning, Peasant Poverty and Persistence takes the reader on an intellectual journey toward understanding the peasantry.