Charity and Poverty in Advanced Welfare States

by Francisco Perales, Cameron Parsell, Andrew Clarke

Book Overview

This book conceptualises the role of charity to people who are poor in wealthy countries and outlines a set of practical and conceptual ideas for how it could be reimagined.

Despite professionalised welfare states and strong economies, in many advanced industrialised nations, charity continues to play a major role in the lives of people who are poor. Extending what we know about how neoliberalism drives a decayed welfare state that outsources...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367713837
• ISBN13: 9780367713836
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"