Poverty, Ethnicity, and Gender in Eastern Europe During the Market Transition
Contributors: Rebecca Jean Emigh (Editor); Ivan Szelenyi (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: November 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780275968816
Subjects: Development economics; Ethnic studies; European studies; Gender studies; Poverty; Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions; Business & Economics; Sociology; History: World; Eastern Europe; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Development - Economic Development; Minority Studies - General; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Economic Conditions; 1989-; Europe, Eastern; Social conditions
First sentence: Quite understandably-and quite correctly-poverty is usually studied as a persistent, unchanging social problem that, hopefully, can be ameliorated through specific social policies.