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Main description:
This book provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its importance to the health and quality of life for Canadians. The central issues include: definitions of poverty and means of measuring it in wealthy nations such as Canada; causes of poverty - both situational and societal; health and social implications of poverty for individuals, communities and society as a whole; and means of addressing the incidence of poverty and improving its effects.
Contents:
Part 1: Defining and Measuring Poverty in Canada; Part 2: The Experience of Poverty; Part 3: Poverty, Health and Quality of Life; Part 4: Public Policy and Poverty; Index.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press
Publication date: April, 2007
Pages: 425
Dimensions: 260.00 x 180.00 x 23.00
Weight: 710g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Public Health