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Members of the list may be interested in the following book just
published by The Policy Press, and the subject of articles in
yesterday's Observer and last Thursday's Guardian newspapers:
BREADLINE EUROPE
THE MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
Edited by David Gordon, School for Policy Studies, University of
Bristol and Peter Townsend, London School of Economics
'Breadline Europe' is the first book to examine poverty in Europe
within the international framework agreed at the 1995 World Summit on
Social Development. Its aim is to provide a scientific and
international basis for the analysis and reduction of poverty.
With contributions from leading European poverty researchers, it
demonstrates that there is far more important research into the problem
of poverty going on in many European countries than international
agencies and national goverments admit or even realise. Main themes are:
- the need for a scientific poverty line;
- the need for better theories distinguishing between poverty and
social exclusion;
- the need for better international social policy and for better
policy-related analyses of poverty.
For further details, a full list of contents and to view the press
release, please visit The Policy Press web site at:
www.policypress.org.uk. The Guardian article can be viewed on-line at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4148103,00.html
Breadline Europe is available from:
Marston Book Services, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4YN.
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 465500. Fax: +44 (0) 1235 465556. Email:
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Paperback - £17.99 (US$32.50, CDN$46.80) ISBN 1 86134 292 6
Hardback - £50.00 (US$90.00, CDN$130.00) ISBN 1 86134 293 4
Please add £2.50 post and packaging (UK); £3.00 (Europe); £5.00 (rest of
world); ($4.00 USA and Canada).
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