Poverty & unemployment books

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The Runaway Daughter: A gripping northern saga of family and hope

The Runaway Daughter: A gripping northern saga of family...

Author: Libby Ashworth
ISBN: 9781800326590
Format: Paperback
$25.85

A family torn apart. A daughter determined to stay together.When the parish guardians send Lydia, daughter of convict...  Read More >>

Men, Families, and Poverty: Tracing the Intergenerational Trajectories of Place-Based Hardship

Men, Families, and Poverty: Tracing the Intergenerational...

Author: Kahryn Hughes ,  Anna Tarrant
ISBN: 9783031249211
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Through qualitative secondary analysis of four linked datasets from research within low-income families over a twenty-year...  Read More >>

Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor

Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the...

Author: Katherine S. Newman ,  Elisabeth S. Jacobs
ISBN: 9780520379107
Format: Hardback
$49.95

This timely investigation reveals how sustained tight labor markets improve the job prospects and life chances of...  Read More >>

Poverty, by America

Poverty, by America

Author: Matthew Desmond
ISBN: 9780593678541
Format: Paperback
$79.20

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making...  Read More >>

The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity

The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship...

Author: Mark Robert Rank ,  Barry Abrams
ISBN: 9798212550000
Format: Audio
$52.77

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the twenty-first century--why should...  Read More >>

The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity

The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship...

Author: Mark Robert Rank ,  Barry Abrams
ISBN: 9798212549998
Format: Audio
$52.77

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the twenty-first century--why should...  Read More >>

Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and...

Author: Lisa Dodson ,  Amanda Freeman
ISBN: 9798212556064
Format: Audio
$97.65

Many Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and...  Read More >>

Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and...

Author: Lisa Dodson ,  Amanda Freeman
ISBN: 9798212556071
Format: Audio
$110.85

Many Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and...  Read More >>

Undercurrent: A Cornish Memoir of Poverty, Nature and Resilience

Undercurrent: A Cornish Memoir of Poverty, Nature and...

Author: Natasha Carthew
ISBN: 9781399706483
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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Law and Precarity: Legal Consciousness and Daily Survival in Vietnam

Law and Precarity: Legal Consciousness and Daily Survival...

Author: Tu Phuong Nguyen (University of Adelaide)
ISBN: 9781009180474
Format: Hardback
$245.81

This book will be of interest to researchers and students of law and society, political economy, anthropology, and...  Read More >>

Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and...

Author: Lisa Dodson ,  Amanda Freeman
ISBN: 9798212556057
Format: Audio
$176.85

Many Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and...  Read More >>

The Poverty Paradox Lib/E: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity

The Poverty Paradox Lib/E: Understanding Economic Hardship...

Author: Mark Robert Rank ,  Barry Abrams
ISBN: 9798212549981
Format: Audio
$52.77

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the twenty-first century--why should...  Read More >>

Junge Wohnungslose: Eine Einfuhrung Fur Die Soziale Arbeit

Junge Wohnungslose: Eine Einfuhrung Fur Die Soziale...

Author: Claudia Daigler
ISBN: 9783170424098
Format: Paperback
$66.00

"Warum werden junge Menschen wohnungslos? Wo leben sie dann und warum sind sie ggf. in den gewahlten Unterschlupfmoglichkeiten...  Read More >>

A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality

A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality

Author: Michael Tåhlin
ISBN: 9781800378452
Format: Hardback
$297.56

Skills and inequality have long been a central theme in analyses of social structure and economic development. A...  Read More >>

Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation

Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation...

Author: Jacques Silber
ISBN: 9781800883444
Format: Hardback
$711.56

Currently, works on poverty constitute only a small part of contemporary economic research; however, the field of...  Read More >>

Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work

Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market Policies...

Author: Jo Ingold (Before Leeds University) ,  Patrick McGurk (Queen Mary University of London)
ISBN: 9781529222999
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Active labour market policies aim to assist people not in work into work through a range of interventions including...  Read More >>

Glasgow Boy's Walk of Life

Glasgow Boy's Walk of Life

Author: Patrick Munro
ISBN: 9781802279771
Format: Paperback
$34.29

"Experience an inspiring journey through poverty, abuse, survival, and enlightenment in the tough East End of Glasgow...  Read More >>

Who Cares?: Life on Welfare in Australia

Who Cares?: Life on Welfare in Australia

Author: Eve Vincent
ISBN: 9780522878950
Format: Paperback
$33.00

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Rural Poverty Today: Experiences of Social Exclusion in Rural Britain

Rural Poverty Today: Experiences of Social Exclusion...

Author: Mark Shucksmith (Newcastle University) ,  Jayne Glass (NEW: Uppsala Universitet OLD: Rural Policy Centre at SRUC)
ISBN: 9781447367123
Format: Hardback
$185.00

Many people living in rural areas face hardship but the UK's welfare system is poorly adapted to meet their needs,...  Read More >>

Poverty, by America

Poverty, by America

Author: Matthew Desmond
ISBN: 9780593239919
Format: Hardback
$73.92

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making...  Read More >>

The West Coast Crisis: Drugs, Homelessness, and Despair in Modern America

The West Coast Crisis: Drugs, Homelessness, and Despair...

Author: Kyle Combs
ISBN: 9798387471995
Format: Paperback
$39.60

In this thought-provoking book, Kyle Combs delves into the complex and often misunderstood relationship between...  Read More >>

The Hidden Injuries of Class

The Hidden Injuries of Class

Author: Richard Sennett ,  Jonathan Cobb
ISBN: 9781839767951
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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America Together in 2024: A Petition for an Independent President

America Together in 2024: A Petition for an Independent...

Author: Kevin M Thelen
ISBN: 9798218027148
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Are you tired of anger, fear, and blame dividing American politics? In America Together 2024, Kevin Thelen approaches...  Read More >>

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