Poverty and Deprivation in Europe

by Brian Nolan and Christopher T. Whelan

Research on poverty in rich countries relies primarily on household income to capture living standards and distinguish those in poverty, and this is also true of official poverty measurement and monitoring. However, awareness of the limitations of income has been heightening interest in the role that non-monetary measures of deprivation can play. This book takes as starting-point that research on poverty and social exclusion has been undergoing a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199588430
• ISBN13: 9780199588435
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"