Poverty and Austerity Amid Prosperity: A Comparative Introduction Olsen Gregg M.
Poverty and Austerity Amid Prosperity: A Comparative Introduction Olsen Gregg M. In wealthy nations such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issues of poverty and homelessness have…
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Poverty and Austerity Amid Prosperity: A Comparative Introduction Olsen Gregg M.
In wealthy nations such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issues of poverty and homelessness have often been displaced or sidelined by the accelerating number of studies on income inequality and wealth disparity. Olsen refocuses our attention on rising levels of poverty and homelessness, suggesting what we can do to address these issues.Highlighting the important differences between Canada, the UK, and the US, this volume explores the broad and narrow ways that poverty and homelessness have been conceptualized, and how this has shaped the way they are defined, measured, and addressed in each country. In Poverty and Austerity amid Prosperity, Gregg M.
After a careful examination of poverty in these three countries, the volume draws comparisons with European nations that have been more successful in keeping issues relating to poverty under