List of acronyms

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. List of tables x
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. List of acronyms xvii
7. Notes on contributors xix
8. Introduction 1
9. Principles
10. The concept and measurement of poverty 29
11. The international measurement of ‘absolute’ and ‘overall’ poverty: applying the 1995 Copenhagen definitions to Britain 71
12. The necessities of life 89
13. The concept and measurement of social exclusion 123
14. Processes
15. Does work pay? Employment, poverty and exclusion from social relations 163
16. Debt and financial exclusion 191
17. Social exclusion and local services 217
18. Crime, ‘disorder’, insecurity and social exclusion 249
19. Mental health, poverty and social exclusion 285
20. People
21. Children, poverty and social exclusion 315
22. Youth, poverty and social exclusion 347
23. Gender, poverty and social exclusion 375
24. Lone mothers, poverty and social exclusion 405
25. Pensioners, poverty and social exclusion 431
26. Conclusion 459
27. Index 471