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Informationen zum Autor David Brady is Professor in the School of Public Policy, and Director of the Blum Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty at the University of California, Riverside. He is also affiliated with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, where he was Director of the Inequality and Social Policy department from 2012-2015. He is the author of Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty.Linda M. Burton is Dean of Social Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Sociology at Duke University. Klappentext The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars to provide their perspectives on the issue. Contributors engage in discussions about the leading theories and conceptual debates regarding poverty, the most salient topics in poverty research, and the far-reaching consequences of poverty on the individual and societal level. Zusammenfassung Despite remarkable economic advances in many societies during the latter half of the twentieth century, poverty remains a global issue of enduring concern. Poverty is present in some form in every society in the world, and has serious implications for everything from health and well-being to identity and behavior. Nevertheless, the study of poverty has remained disconnected across disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars to provide their perspectives on the issue. Contributors engage in discussions about the leading theories and conceptual debates regarding poverty, the most salient topics in poverty research, and the far-reaching consequences of poverty on the individual and societal level. The volume incorporates many methodological perspectives, including survey research, ethnography, and mixed methods approaches, while the chapters extend beyond the United States to provide a truly global portrait of poverty. A thorough examination of contemporary poverty, this Handbook is a valuable tool for non-profit practitioners, policy makers, social workers, and students and scholars in the fields of public policy, sociology, political science, international development, anthropology, and economics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Those Left Behind Carol Stack Chapter 1: Introduction David Brady and Linda M. Burton SECTION I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND ORIENTING QUESTIONS Chapter 2: Poverty Measurement Tim Smeeding Chapter 3: Structural Violence, Poverty and Social Suffering Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Paul Farmer Chapter 4: Capability Deprivation Rod Hick and Tania Burchardt Chapter 5: Ideologies and Beliefs About Poverty Matt Hunt and Heather Bullock Chapter 6: How Politics and Institutions Shape Poverty and Inequality David Brady, Agnes Blome and Hanna Kleider Chapter 7: Linking Poverty and Children's Development: Concepts, Models and Debates Vonnie McLoyd, Rosanne M. Jocson, and Abigail Williams SECTION II: CLASSIC DEBATES Chapter 8: Poverty Knowledge and the History of Poverty Research Alice O'Connor Chapter 9: The Discourse of Deservingness: Morality and the Dilemmas of Poverty Relief in Debate and Practice Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Elyse Kovalsky Chapter 10 Gender and Poverty Janet Gornick and Natascia Boeri Chapter 11 Life, Death, and Resurrections: The Culture and Poverty Perspective Jessi Streib, Juhi Verma, Whitney E. Welsh, and Linda M. Burton Chapter 12 The Historical Origins of Poverty in Developing Countries Sambit Bhattacharyya Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Poverty Anirudh Krishna, Public Policy, Duke University SECTION III: PLACE AND CONTEXT Chapter 14: People and Places Left Behind: Rural Poverty in t...
