Publication details
Sociologie nerovnosti a chudoby
| Title in English | Sociology of Inequality and Poverty |
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| Year of publication | 1999 |
| Type | Monograph |
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| Description | The book focuses on the inequality and poverty in the modern societies. Reflecting changes in the society and new concepts of social polarisation (the underclass, marginality and social exclusion) author discusses issue of "what we mean by poverty" and "what its dimensions exist"; problems of measuring poverty and a assigning of poverty lines; problems of social groups which are attacked by poverty; problems of life strategies of poor people; issue of strategies of welfare state against poverty, especially the traditional and new responses to poverty (the provision of social security and means tested social assistance). |
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