Rethinking Poverty : Assets, Social Exclusion, Resilience and Human Rights in Barbados.

Researchers have been grappling with finding an adequate means of defining poverty since the nineteenth century, yet no universal consensus exists today. Much of the debate has been concerned with whether poverty should be defined in absolute or relative terms. Today, most countries use income as a...

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Tác giả chính: Bailey, Corin
Tác giả khác: Barrow, Christine, Lashley, Jonathan
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Kingston : University of the West Indies Press, 2019.
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Mục lục:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. A Local Approach to Poverty Measurement
  • 2. Concepts and Context
  • 3. Social Exclusion in Barbados
  • 4. Voices of the Poor and Socially Excluded
  • 5. Resilience
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Description of the Interview Process
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index