Down and Out: Poverty and Exclusion in Australia

Peter Saunders

doi:10.46692/9781847428400

Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners, this landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion.

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List of tables and figures
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Acknowledgments
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List of abbreviations
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one - Introduction and overview
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two - Income poverty
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three - Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty
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four - Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage
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five - Identifying the essentials of life
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six - Measuring deprivation
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seven - A new poverty measure
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eight - Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda
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nine - Identifying social exclusion
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ten - Conclusions and implications
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References
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-vi

List of tables and figures
pp vii-x

Acknowledgments
pp xi-xii

List of abbreviations
pp xiii-xiv

one - Introduction and overview
pp 1-16

two - Income poverty
pp 17-42

three - Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty
pp 43-64

four - Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage
pp 65-82

five - Identifying the essentials of life
pp 83-114

six - Measuring deprivation
pp 115-152

seven - A new poverty measure
pp 153-178

eight - Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda
pp 179-210

nine - Identifying social exclusion
pp 211-236

ten - Conclusions and implications
pp 237-252

References
pp 253-270

Index
pp 271-276

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