Childhood Poverty: Multidisciplinary Approaches (Palgrave Studies on Children and Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349339822 ISBN 13: 9781349339822

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Synopsis

Partof a three-volumemini series, this study focuses on children and poverty. It shows how poverty affectstheir development and their lives as children and how children and their families respond to these pressures. It follows two cohorts of children in poor communities in Vietnam, South Africa, Ethiopia, India, and Peru."

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Review:

'This is the first book reporting on a unique and exciting programme investigating the changing situation of poor children over time in four developing countries. As well as reporting on important methodological innovations and comparative quantitative analysis of the evolving situation across the four countries, this uplifting book should be read for its unprecedented insights into children's own experience, perspectives, understanding and aspirations.' Frances Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Development Economics and Director of CRISE, University of Oxford, UK

'This volume is bound to challenge the orthodoxy, while at the same time offering avenues for orthopraxy. It offers a welcome antidote against a common flaw in economic research, namely statistics without context. The reader will gain a better understanding of childhood poverty from the book's combination of different methods of analyses with innovative sources of information.' Jan Vandemoortele, formerly with UNICEF and UNDP; now independent researcher, writer and lecturer

'This volume, the first of what will surely be an important collection, gives an excellent look into the challenges faced by impoverished households and the resulting consequences on their children.' Kristian Estevez, Universitat de Barcelona

Book Description:

This unique volume brings together leading thinkers from a range of disciplines who present the most recent research from the Young Lives study of childhood poverty

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1349339822
• ISBN 13: 9781349339822
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Development Oxford Department Of International, Bourdillon Michael, Boyden Jo