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001			on1162195023
003			OCoLC
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008			210616s2021 enka b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2020024398
020			_a9780745645971 (paperback)
020			_a0745645976 (paperback)
020			_a9780745645964 (hardback)
020			_a0745645968 (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1162195023
050			_aHC79.P6 _bL54 2021
082	0	0	_a362.5 _223
100	1		_aLister, Ruth, _d1949-
245	1	0	_aPoverty / _cRuth Lister.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aCambridge, U.K. : _bPolity Press, _c2021.
300			_axiv, 313 p. : _bill.
490	1		_aKey concepts series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aMachine generated contents note: Concepts, definitions and measures -- Why concepts matter -- Chapters and themes -- 1. Defining Poverty -- Approaches to defining poverty -- Beyond the absolute -- relative dichotomy -- Conclusion -- 2. Measuring Poverty -- `Why?' and `how?' questions -- `What?' questions -- `Who?' questions -- Conclusion -- 3. Inequality, Social Divisions and the Differential Experience of Poverty -- Inequality, social class and polarization -- The experience of poverty -- Gender -- `Race' and ethnicity -- Disability -- Age -- Geography -- Conclusion -- 4. Discourses of Poverty: From Othering to Respect -- Othering and the power of discourse -- Rooted in history -- Labelling in the late twentieth and the twenty-first century -- The `p' words -- Representations of poverty -- Stigma, shame and humiliation -- Dignity and respect -- Conclusion -- 5. Poverty and Agency: From Getting By to Getting Organized -- Agency -- Getting by -- Getting (back) at -- Getting out -- Getting organized -- Conclusion -- 6. Poverty, Human Rights and Citizenship -- Human rights -- Citizenship -- Voice -- Power not pity' -- Conclusion -- Key themes -- Research, policy and practice -- A politics of redistribution and recognition&respect.
520			_a"The essential introduction to a persistent social ill"--
650		4	_aPoverty.
830		0	_aKey concepts series.
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c2915 _d2915