Rich democracies, poor people how politics explain poverty
This book highlights that among affluent Western societies there is immense cross-national and historical variation in poverty, and seeks to determine what makes poverty so entrenched in some affluent democracies when it is a solvable problem in others
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2009, c2009
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book highlights that among affluent Western societies there is immense cross-national and historical variation in poverty, and seeks to determine what makes poverty so entrenched in some affluent democracies when it is a solvable problem in others |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 268 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199870066 0199870063 |