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Rich democracies, poor people : how politics explain poverty /

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This book highlights that among affluent Western societies, there is immense cross-national and historical variation in poverty, and seeks to determine what makes poverty so entrenched in some affluent democracies when it is a solvable problem in others.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brady, David, 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Poverty.
Poverty > Government policy.
Welfare state.
Poverty
Pauvreté.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale.
État providence.
poverty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Poverty > Government policy
Welfare state
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book highlights that among affluent Western societies, there is immense cross-national and historical variation in poverty, and seeks to determine what makes poverty so entrenched in some affluent democracies when it is a solvable problem in others.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199736676
0199736677
9780195385878
019538587X
9780195385915
0195385918
9780199870066
0199870063