Poverty [electronic resource] : an international glossary /
Spicker, Paul.
Álvarez Leguizamón, Sonia.
Gordon, David,1959-
Comparative Research Programme on Poverty.
International Social Science Council.
Credo Reference (Firm)
London, England : Zed Books,
2007
This second edition of this highly-successful glossary provides an exhaustive and authoritative guide to over 200 technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on poverty. It seeks to make researchers, students and policy makers aware of the multi-dimensional character of this social condition. The new edition includes a range of entries to keep pace with an expanding field of discourse, an expanded set of references and further perspectives from developing countries. A special effort has been made to incorporate non-Western approaches and concepts.
Cover; Contents; Editorial board; Contributors; About CROP; Introducing the glossary; Glossary; ABSOLUTE POVERTY; ADMINISTRATIVE POVERTY; AMENITIES; ARABIC (TRADITIONAL) DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY; AREA DEPRIVATION; ASSET VULNERABILITY FRAMEWORK; AUSTRALIAN DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY; AXIOM OF MONOTONICITY;  AXIOM OF TRANSFERS; BASIC INCOME; BASIC NEEDS; BASIC SECURITY (SECURITY OF EXISTENCE); BEGGING; BEVERIDGE SCHEME; BISMARCKIAN SOCIAL INSURANCE; BRAZILIAN DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY; BUDGET STANDARDS; CALORIE–INCOME ELASTICITY (CIE); CAPABILITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS; CHARITY
CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETYCHILD MALNUTRITION; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD POVERTY; CHINESE DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY; CHRONIC POVERTY; CLASS; COMMAND OVER RESOURCES; CONDITIONALITY; CONSENSUAL METHODS; CONSUMPTION; CONTEXTUAL POVERTY; CONVERSION CAPACITY; CULTURE OF POVERTY; CYCLE OF DEPRIVATION; DEPENDENCY; DEPENDENCY CULTURE; DEPENDENCY THEORY; DEPRIVATION; DESERVING POOR; DESTITUTION; DEVELOPMENT; DIRECT AND INDIRECT MEASURES OF POVERTY; DISABILITY AND POVERTY; DISADVANTAG
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"CROP; ISS."
Includes bibliographical references.
This second edition of this highly-successful glossary provides an exhaustive and authoritative guide to over 200 technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on poverty. It seeks to make researchers, students and policy makers aware of the multi-dimensional character of this social condition. The new edition includes a range of entries to keep pace with an expanding field of discourse, an expanded set of references and further perspectives from developing countries. A special effort has been made to incorporate non-Western approaches and concepts.
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