The Escape from Poverty - Breaking the Vicious Cycles Perpetuating Disadvantage

The perpetuation of poverty across generations damages lives. Drawing on a wide variety of sources and academic disciplines, along with lived experiences, this book examines why poverty is continued across generations and what needs to be done to eradicate it. --

About the author

Olivier De Schutter is Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium and the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

Hugh Frazer is Adjunct Professor at Maynooth University, Ireland, a former Director of the Irish Government's Combat Poverty Agency and an expert on child poverty and European Union (EU) social policy.

Anne-Catherine Guio is Senior Researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and ensured the scientific coordination of the first two EU's Feasibility Studies for a 'European Child Guarantee'.

Eric Marlier is International Scientific Coordinator at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and manages the 38-country 'European Social Policy Analysis Network' funded by the EU.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Catherine Guio, Anne (The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)) Catherine Guio, Olivier De Schutter, Olivier (UCLouvain De Schutter, Olivier (UN Special Rapporteur De Schutter, Hugh Frazer, Hugh (Maynooth University Frazer, Anne-Catherine Guio, Anne-Catherine (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)) Guio, Eric Marlier, Eric (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)) Marlier
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2023
• EAN: 9781447370604
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-7060-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 467 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 328 g
• Illustrations: 1 Illustrations, black and white
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories