Identifying the Poor - Papers on Measuring Poverty to Celebrate the Bicentenary of the Publication in 1797 of the 'State of the Poor' by Sir Frederick Morton Eden (Hardcover)

Poverty has long been recognized as a socio-economic problem. Objective analyses of a quantitative nature are a crucial prerequisite to understanding the nature of poverty, where social and personal sentiments play a role of their own, next to political considerations. One of the first comprehensive attempts to assess the nature of poverty with a view to alleviate its consequences was a three volume series by Sir Frederick Morton Eden in 1779 titled The State of the Poor. Next to an evaluation of Morton Eden's significance then and now, this book discusses how perceptions of poverty have developed since that time. A proper understanding of causes of poverty, indispensable for developing policies to alleviate it, requires a quantitative grasp on the subject that only statistics can provide. The present book provides eloquent proofs of this necessity, not from a single, static point of view, but from a variety of legitimate, but differing perspectives.

General

Imprint:	IOS Press,US
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1998
First published:	1998
Editors:	M. Ward • F.G. Pyatt
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-90-5199-451-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
LSN:	90-5199-451-6
Barcode:	9789051994513

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