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Article: Poverty.(The Poverty Wars)(Book review)
- Article from:
- Social Policy Journal of New Zealand
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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POVERTY by Ruth Lister, Polity Press, 2004
THE POVERTY WARS by Peter Saunders, UNSW Press, 2005
Ruth Lister and Peter Saunders, in their respective books, discuss and debate the important issues around poverty--its conceptualisation and measurement, its causes and consequences, and whether poverty is a useful concept in developed countries.
Both authors have had a long history of research and writing in the area of social policy. Ruth Lister takes a sociological and gender perspective, and incorporates wider notions of social exclusion and citizenship, drawing on her experience with the Child Poverty Action Group (in the United Kingdom) and as a ...