Down and out [electronic resource] : Poverty and exclusion in Australia
Saunders, Peter.
Bristol, U.K. ; Portland, Ore. : Policy Press,
2011.
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 exclusion.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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 exclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Australia -- Economic conditions.
Income distribution -- Australia.
Poverty -- Australia.
Poverty
Poor
Marginality, Social
Business & Economics
Economic History