Rich democracies, poor people : how politics explain poverty /

Brady, David,

Rich democracies, poor people : how politics explain poverty / David Brady. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - vi, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond individualism -- Rethinking the measurement of poverty -- Mythical and real patterns in poverty -- The welfare state and poverty -- The politics of poverty -- The poverty of liberal economics -- Structural theory and poverty -- Politicizing poverty.

9780195385878 (cloth : alk. paper) 019538587X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195385915 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0195385918 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Poverty.
Poverty--Government policy.
Welfare state.
Pobreza.
La pobreza--Política del gobierno.
Estado del Bienestar.

HC 79.6 / B812r 2009

339.46