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This handbook provides a comprehensive and comparative review of poverty and inequality in developing and developed countries from demographic, sociological, and political perspectives. It discusses, among others, the basics of poverty and inequality, issues of poverty and inequality among race/ethnic and sexual minority subpopulations, social processes, country and comparative perspectives, child poverty, and anti-poverty policies. It also touches on regional disparities.
There has been rapid decline in poverty and inequality in China, East Asian and Pacific countries. Declines have also occurred in South Asia. But in Sub-Saharan Africa, poverty and inequality have risen in some countries, while in other regions, such as transition economies in Europe and Central Asia, only modest changes have occurred. This handbook provides a great reference for demographers, social scientists, policy makers and NGOs.
List of contents
Part 1. Introduction.- 1. Introduction to the International Handbook of the Demography of Poverty and Inequality (Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Joachim Singelmann).- Part 2. Basics of Poverty and Inequality.- 2. Definitions and Measurement in Comparative Perspective (Joachim Singelmann).- 3. Global and Regional Poverty Trends (Joachim Singelmann).- Part 3. The Demography of Poverty and Inequality.- 4. The Family Revolution: Changing Family Structure and Poverty in the United States (Daniel T. Lichter and Brian C. Thiede).- 5. Latino Poverty in the United States Rogelio Sáenz and Christina Quintanilla-Muñoz.- 6. African Americans, Inequality and Poverty in the United States (Danny E. Malone, Jr.).- 7. Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Lesbian and Gay Male Populations (Ceylan Engin, Ladin Toplu, Wanjun Chen, Amanda K. Baumle, and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.).- 8. Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Transgender and Nonbinary Populations (Mary Ann Davis, D'Lane R. Compton, and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.).- Part 4. Policies to Reduce Poverty and Inequality.- 9. International Migration, Inequality and Poverty (Susan Brown).- 10. Poverty and Disabilities in the Context of the Great Recession (Richard Harris, Joachim Singelmann and Daniela Krotzer).- 11. Educational Expansion, Poverty, and Inequality: Perspectives on Complex Interconnections (Mark J. Schafer).- 12. COVID, Vulnerability, and Financial Well-Being among Low Income Households (Carson Mencken, Mackenzie Brewer and Jodien Matos Johnson).- 13. Women Veterans, Poverty, and Homelessness (Lily Casura and Richard Harris).- 14. Poverty, Precarious Employment and Poor Child Outcomes (Jianghong Li and Wen-Jui Han).- 15. Urban Development Policies and Poverty (Monica Cruz).- Part 5. Poverty and Inequality: Country Perspectives.- 16. Poverty and Inequality in the Federal Republic of Germany (Martin Kronauer and Jan Goebel).- 17. Poverty in China (Demetrea Nicole Farris and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.).- 18. Mitigating Child Poverty in Australia (Alfred M. Dockery, Alan S. Duncan, and Christopher Twomey).- Part 6. Conclusion.- 19. Discussion of Policy Recommendations and Their Implications (Joachim Singelmann and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.).
About the author
Joachim Singelmann is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Demography at the University of Texas at San Antonio, from where he retired in 2021. Prior to joining UTSA in 2011as chair of Demography, he served as the David J. Kriskovich Distinguished professor of Sociology and Director of the Louisiana Population Data Center at Louisiana State University. His areas of research include economic sociology and demography with emphasis on inequality between social classes, men and women, race and ethnic groups, and urban vs. rural settings. His previous positions were in the Population Division of the United Nations, and faculty appointments at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany, the University of California San Diego, and Vanderbilt University. He was a visiting fellow at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), a well-known social science research center. He published five books, and his articles have appeared in the leading U.S., European, and Latin American social science journals.
Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Ph.D. is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University, College Station, USA. He retired from Texas A&M in May 2019. Prior to his retirement he also held the positions of Adjunct Professor of Demography, People’s (Renmin) University of China; Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Fuzhou University; and Adjunct Professor of Demography, Nanjing Normal University. In his 49+ years as a sociology faculty member at University of Texas at Austin (1970-1988), Cornell University (1988-1992) and Texas A&M University (1992-2019), he chaired the doctoral committees of 65 graduate students. During his career he taught demography and statistics classes to around 1,000 graduate students and around 5,000 undergraduate students. He has published 22 books and over 380 journal articles, book chapters and related reports.
