| Poverty and Social Deprivation in the Mediterranean: Trends, Policies and Welfare Prospects in the New Millennium Contributor(s): Petmesidou, Maria (Editor), Franzoni, Juliana Martínez (Editor), Papatheodoru, Christos (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1842777572 ISBN-13: 9781842777572 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Leading economists, sociologists and social policy experts document with new and up-to-date empirical material the changing profiles of poverty and social deprivation in Southern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Near East. What emerges is a comparison of social trends shared across the region, as well as the huge diversity of public responses and policies to the challenges of poverty and social inequality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 362.509 |
| LCCN: 2006041786 |
| Series: International Studies in Poverty Research (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.56" W x 8.56" (1.18 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the growth of regional identities worldwide, the Mediterranean Basin is emerging as an entity in its own right. This book, a unique collaboration among social scientists around the entire Mediterranean littoral, covers Southern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Near East. Leading economists, sociologists and social policy experts document with new and up-to-date empirical material the changing profiles of poverty and social deprivation. The result is a thought-provoking comparison of the extent, severity and structural causes of poverty and social inequality, and the huge diversity of public responses to the challenges they pose. |
