Resources, Deprivation, and Poverty

by Whelan Nolan and Brian Nolan

The core issue of this book is how to define and measure poverty in relatively rich countries in a way which is valid, meaningful in the context, and valuable for policy-making. The authors concentrate on the identification of the poor, rather than the subsequent aggregation of the statistics to derive an overall index of poverty--which is the focus of most recent literature. They show that poverty in developed countries cannot be understood and measured...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198287852
• ISBN13: 9780198287858
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"