Understanding Poverty and Well-Being - Bridging the Disciplines

Informationen zum Autor Hulme, David; Toye, John Zusammenfassung Written by a multi-disciplinary team of contributors, the essays in this collection explore the different dimensions of well-being, poverty and inequality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Case for Cross-disciplinary Social Science Research on Poverty, Inequality and Well-being 2. Representing Poverty and Attacking Representations: Perspectives on Poverty from Social Anthropology 3. Pluralism, Poverty and Sharecropping: Cultivating Open-mindedness in Development Studies 4. Capabilities, Reproductive Health and Well-being 5. Development and Social Capital 6. Subjective Well-being Poverty vs. Income Poverty and Capabilities Poverty? 7. Poverty, Persistence and Transitions in Uganda: A Combined Qualitative and Quantitive Analysis 8. Consumption and Welfare in Ghana in the 1990s

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• Authors: David (EDT)/ Toye Hulme, David (University of Manchester Hulme, David Toye Hulme
• Assisted by: David Hulme (Editor), John Toye (Editor), Toye John (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2007
• EAN: 9780415464277
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46427-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Poverty & unemployment, Social discrimination & inequality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Poverty and precarity, Social discrimination and social justice