Down and out : poverty and exclusion in Australia /
Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners, this landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Studies in poverty, inequality, and social exclusion.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; one; Introduction and overview; two; Income poverty; three; Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and℗¡poverty; four; Experiencing poverty: the voices of℗¡poverty and disadvantage; five; Identifying the essentials of life; six; Measuring deprivation; seven; A new poverty measure; eight; Defining social exclusion and the℗¡social℗¡inclusion agenda; nine; Identifying social exclusion; ten; Conclusions and implications; References; Index.