Global child poverty and well-being

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84742-481-5
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 933 g

Child poverty is a central and present part of global life, with hundreds of millions of children around the world enduring tremendous suffering and deprivation of their most basic needs. Despite its long history, research on poverty and development has only relatively recently examined the issue of child poverty as a distinct topic of concern. This book brings together theoretical, methodological and policy-relevant contributions by leading researchers on international child poverty. With a preface from Sir Richard Jolly, Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, it examines how child poverty and well-being are now conceptualized, defined and measured, and presents regional and national level portraits of child poverty around the world, in rich, middle income and poor countries. The book's ultimate objective is to promote and influence policy, action and the research agenda to address one of the world's great ongoing tragedies: child poverty, marginalization and inequality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Minujin, Alberto

Nandy, Shailen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Mobilität
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Über Autor(innen)

Nandy, Shailen
Shailen Nandy is a member of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol.

Minujin, Alberto
Alberto Minujin works at the Global Policy Section in the Division of Policy and Planning of UNICEF Head Quarters (New York), working on social policy, poverty and human rights issues.

Alberto Minujin works at the Global Policy Section in the Division of Policy and Planning of UNICEF Head Quarters (New York), working on social policy, poverty and human rights issues.

Shailen Nandy is a member of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol.