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Poverty and social security : concepts and principles / Paul Spicker.

By: Spicker, Paul.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993Description: x, 198 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415059356; 0415059364 .Subject(s): Social security -- Great Britain | Poor -- Great BritainDDC classification: 362.580941
Contents:
Part I: Poverty -- Introduction -- The nature of poverty -- Operationalisation of the concept -- Concepts of poverty -- Understanding poverty: describing the circumstances of poor people -- Causes and responses -- Part II: Social security as a response to poverty -- Strategies for the relief of poverty -- The aims of social security -- Patterns of social security provision -- Social security benefits -- The principal contingencies -- Social security systems and the relief of poverty.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 362.580941 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015916
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Explores the disparate nature of poverty, the ways in which it can be understood in practice, and the kind of actions available to those professionals who must deal with it.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and indexes.

Part I: Poverty -- Introduction -- The nature of poverty -- Operationalisation of the concept -- Concepts of poverty -- Understanding poverty: describing the circumstances of poor people -- Causes and responses -- Part II: Social security as a response to poverty -- Strategies for the relief of poverty -- The aims of social security -- Patterns of social security provision -- Social security benefits -- The principal contingencies -- Social security systems and the relief of poverty.

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