Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Preface iv
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. About the author viii
6. Understanding poverty
7. Defining poverty 3
8. Poverty in different societies 11
9. Understanding the figures 19
10. Poverty as material need
11. Concepts of need 29
12. Area deprivation 37
13. Poverty as economic position
14. Economic resources 45
15. Class 53
16. Poverty and social relationships
17. Social exclusion 65
18. Dependency 73
19. Poverty and politics 83
20. Poverty as a moral concept
21. The moral dimensions of poverty 93
22. The moral condemnation of the poor 101
23. Explanations for poverty
24. Why people are poor 111
25. Why poor countries stay poor 121
26. Responses to poverty
27. Responding to poverty 135
28. Policies for poverty 143
29. Notes 153
30. Index 173