Urban poverty in Bangladesh
Subtitle: slum communities, migration and social integrations
By: Shahadat Hossain
Series: Library of development studies -- 3; Library of development studies (London, England) -- 3.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781848854703
Subjects: Social conditions; Urban Sociology; Poverty
Description: "The analysis of urban poverty has traditionally been dominated by economic approaches, often neglecting the social questions arising from poverty. This book seeks to redress the balance and is based on both quantitative and qualitative data collected from different slums in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Shahadat Hossain shows that the slum communities experience the highest level of poverty and marginality in the city. They remain very much dependent on their families and social networking in their struggle to adapt to urban life. This book will be invaluable for those working in the areas of urban studies, development studies, Asian studies, sociology and social policy studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of Dhaka City: its nature, growth and poverty; title: Migration, poverty and marginality in urban contexts; title: Theorizing urban poverty and marginality; title: Features of urban poverty in Dhaka slums; title: The social life of slum communities in Dhaka City; title: Poor migrants and social integration into the city.