The volumes of debate on poverty suggest that there is no unanimously agreed definition of poverty that can be applied for everyone. Poverty is a political and highly contested concept because what co
This book confronts one of the most enduring and controversial issues in education – the nexus between poverty and underachievement. The topic has become a key contemporary battleground in the struggl
Examining the relationship between social divisions and school, Smyth (education, U. of Ballarat and emeritus, Flinders U., Australia) and Wrigley (school improvement, Leeds Metropolitan U., England)
In Rethinking Poverty, James P. Bailey argues that most contemporary policies aimed at reducing poverty in the United States are flawed because they focus solely on insufficient income. Bailey argue
