books and informations

Good Books on "poverty" A SUBJECT (from amazon.com)

World Poverty (Just the Facts)

Poverty in the Roman World

Poverty: A History

	Jesus - Social Revolutionary? - In the context of a society that has become unbelievably rich, but where many feel uncomfortable at the levels of homelessness and poverty that continue to exist, Jesus: Social Revolutionary? is an attempt to open a debate about the meaning of faith and the obligations that belonging to the Christian community imposes on us. This book may seriously damage what is not infrequently considered to be Christian faith, lead you to a new sense of freedom, an increasing interest and wonder at the world around you,

Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

Social Justice in the Hebrew Bible (Religious orders)

The Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze Omnibus: (comprising) Poverty and Famines; Hunger and Public Action; India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity

	Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society (Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History) - Wealth and poverty are issues of perennial importance in the life and thought of the church. This volume brings patristic thought to bear on these vital issues. The contributors offer explanations of poverty in the New Testament period, explore developments among Christians in Egypt and Asia Minor and in early Byzantium, and connect patristic theology with contemporary public policy and religious dialogue. This volume inaugurates Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History,

	Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts - This slim volume presents a radical analysis of poverty that turns conventional understandings of the subject upside-down. Karelis, a philosophy professor at The George Washington University and former president of Colgate, begins with a brief overview of the received wisdom on and conventional arguments regarding poverty, which he argues have been shaped in large part by middle- and upper-class sensibilities of thrift, discipline and long-term thinking; as a result, public policy initiatives have proven largely ineffective.

African Poverty at the Millennium: Causes, Complexities, and Challenges

Rural Poverty: Special Causes and Policy Reforms (Studies in Social Welfare Policies and Programs)

Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 3 Volume Set

	The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life - O'Brien's wicked satire on the life of Irish peasant Bonaparte O'Coonassa was published in Gaelic in 1941 and translated into English in 1964. This edition contains illustrations by Ralph Steadman. A good companion to the MacNamara novel reviewed above. "O'Brien was one of the comic geniuses of the 20th century. . . . The Poor Mouth is wildly funny and Steadman's drawings catch the spirit.

	The Broken Biscuit: A True Story of Poverty, Tragedy, Love and Humour - The Broken Biscuit is a remarkable story of a remarkable woman told by her loving son, John Cowell. Winifred Cowell is a woman of true courage, generosity and spirit; a woman who throughout her life has pitted herself against poverty and hardship. In the vein of Angela's Ashes and A Child Called It, The Broken Biscuit is the heart-rending story of one woman's struggle and refusal to succomb to adversity—the beatings of a violent husband, the crippling poverty of age—to raise six children in the only way she knew how.

One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All

Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America

The Real Environmental Crisis: Why Poverty, Not Affluence, Is the Environment's Number One Enemy

	The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order - the author outlines the contours of a New World Order which feeds on human poverty and the destruction of the environment, generates social apartheid, encourages racism and ethnic strife and undermines the rights of women. The result as his detailed examples from all parts of the world show so convincingly, is a globalisation of poverty.

	Come The Morning (Landscapes of Childhood) - Ben Gibson arrives in Los Angeles on a Greyhound bus with his mother, sister and brother. They are looking for their father, who took off from El Paso several months before. Already poor, the family faces a series of misfortunes and ends up living on the streets. Their money stolen and their choices slim, they sleep in a series of fleabag hotels, street encampments, churches and, finally, the Salvation Army.

Handbook of Rural Studies

Slums of the World: The face of urban poverty in the new millennium?

Confronting the Crisis in Urban Poverty: Making Integrated Approaches Work (Urban Management Series)

	Rural Poverty Report - The report is easy to follow, touches on many issues in rural development, and provides good non-technical reference material for students of development economics. Journal of International Development A concise and very readable review of the evidence on why rural poverty persists ... There is an excellent overview of who the rural poor are, supported by tables summarising the findings of a large number of research studies. Development in Practice Interesting ... strongly recommended for every agricultural economist and economist interested in development and poverty. European Review of Agricultural Economics