Climate Change and Poverty - A New Agenda for Developed Nations

Climate change and poverty offers a timely new perspective on the ⿿ecosocial' understanding of the causes, symptoms and solutions to poverty and applies this to recent developments across a number of areas, including fuel poverty, food poverty, housing, transport and air pollution.

List of contents

Introduction; Part One: Rethinking Poverty: Concepts and Principles; Capabilities; Resources; Spaces; Times; Summary; Part Two: Ecosocial Policies; Energy & Fuel Poverty; Food and Food Poverty; Land: Housing & Urban Densities; Land: Transport, Flooding, Waste; Air & Water; Conclusion.

About the author

Tony Fitzpatrick is a Reader in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham. He is a past editor of the journal Policy & Politics and his recent publications include Welfare Theory (2nd edition, 2011), Understanding the Environment and Social Policy (2011) and The International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment (2014).

Summary

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Climate change and poverty offers a timely new perspective on the ‘ecosocial’ understanding of the causes, symptoms and solutions to poverty and applies this to recent developments across a number of areas, including fuel poverty, food poverty, housing, transport and air pollution.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Fitzpatrick, Tony (School of Sociology and Social Policy Fitzpatrick
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2014
• EAN: 9781447300878
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-0087-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education