Lowest Rung - Voices of Australian Poverty

Informationen zum Autor Mark Peel is the author of Good Times, Hard Times and of A Little History of Australia. He teaches history at Monash University. Klappentext This original account of the impact of growing economic inequality upon the poorest segments of Australian society lets those most harshly affected by poverty reveal their fears! hopes and dilemmas. It is largely based on the author's conversations with hundreds of individuals living in three areas commonly described as "disadvantaged" in Queensland! New South Wales and Victoria. Zusammenfassung This 2003 book is a fascinating and moving portrait of the people who are suffering in a more divided and less egalitarian Australian society. It is based on the author's conversations with hundreds of people living in three areas commonly described as 'disadvantaged'- Inala in Queensland! Mount Druitt in New South Wales and Broadmeadows in Victoria. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: journeys; 1. Describing disadvantage; 2. Heroes; 3. Suffering; 4. Anger; 5. Loss; 6. Hope; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Peel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2003
• EAN: 9780521537599
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53759-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories