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Resources, Deprivation, and Poverty

by Brian Nolan, Christopher T. Whelan. 264 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Brian Nolan, Christopher T. Whelan

Publisher:

   Clarendon Press

Place of Publication:

  Oxford  

Publication Year:

  1996
Subjects:   Income Distribution--Ireland, Poverty--Ireland--Evaluation, Economic Assistance, Domestic--Ireland
Table of contents
CONTENTS
List of Tables viii
1. Introduction 1
2. The Meaning and Measurement of Poverty 10
3. Income Poverty 39
4. Measuring Deprivation 61
5. Income, Resources, and Deprivation 93
6. Income, Deprivation, and Poverty 115
7. Class, Underclass, and Poverty 152
8. Implications for Conceptualizing and Measuring Poverty 179
9. Implications for Tackling Poverty 202
10. Conclusions 218
Appendices 231
References 241
Index 255
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