Understanding Poverty /

Alcock, Peter, 1951-

Understanding Poverty / Pete Alcock. - 3rd ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. - xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.

Alcock covers all aspects of poverty, including an analysis of the debates about its causes and possible solution. This third edition incorporates developments in research and policy since the election of the Labour government in 1997. It also includes new material on UK policy development.

9781403940933 (pbk.) : £18.99 9781403940926 (hbk.) : £55.00


Poverty--Great Britain.
Society.

HC260.P6

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