Poverty among immigrant children in Europe
By: A.S. Bhalla and Peter McCormick.
Contributors: McCormick, Peter
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780230221048
Subjects: Poverty -- Europe, Western; Immigrant children -- Europe, Western -- Social conditions; Immigrant families -- Europe, Western -- Economic conditions; Immigrant children -- Services for -- Europe, Western; Immigrant families -- Services for -- Europe, Western; Immigrants -- Government policy -- Europe, Western; Europe, Western -- Social policy
Description: "Why does child poverty exist in industrialized countries? In an attempt to answer this question, this book examines monetary and non-monetary poverty among immigrant children in Western Europe, with particular reference to France and Switzerland. Set within the context of the current controversial debate on European immigration policy, this book presents an analysis of empirical data on immigrant child poverty and discusses the suitability of existing approaches such as justice-as-fairness and capability, while providing an alternative approach based on child rights and social justice. The book examines the impact of low incomes of immigrant parents and their precarious legal status in the host country which handicaps them in education, employment and the housing market."--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-212) and indexes.