Understanding Poverty
Pete Alcock ; Consultant editor, Jo Campling.
- 2nd ed.
- Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1997.
- xvi, 285p. ; 22 cm.
Previous ed.: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-282) and index.
Alcock covers all aspects of poverty, including an analysis of the debates about its causes and possible solution. This edition incorporates new debates on social exclusion, the underclass, poverty dynamics and local anti-poverty strategies.