Poverty
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
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Few issues have defined modern society as sharply as the persistent and pervasive reality of poverty — a condition that cuts across race, geography, and generation, reshaping communities and challenging the very foundations of democratic promise. Poverty, part of the acclaimed Penguin Modern Sociology Readers series edited by Jack L. Roach and Janet K. Roach, presents a carefully curated anthology of seminal sociological writings that chronicle the structures, causes, and human consequences of economic deprivation in the modern world. The collection assembles voices from leading scholars and thinkers, offering readers a rigorous, multi-faceted examination of poverty as a systemic social phenomenon rather than a matter of individual failing. Through incisive essays and groundbreaking research, it argues that poverty is not an accidental by-product of progress, but an engineered condition sustained by institutional inequality. The editors bring a sharp academic lens to a subject that demands both intellectual precision and moral urgency, situating poverty within broader frameworks of class, power, and social policy. The anthology's breadth — spanning empirical data, theoretical argument, and policy critique — makes it an essential reference for students of sociology, economics, and political science alike. The Penguin Modern Sociology Readers series was celebrated for making complex sociological discourse accessible without sacrificing academic rigour, and this volume is no exception. Whether encountered as a primer or a deeper investigation, Poverty leaves the reader with an unsettling question: if the mechanisms of poverty are so well understood, why does it endure?
Author: Jack L. Roach And Janet K. Roach
Format: Paperback
Genre: Society & culture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few issues have defined modern society as sharply as the persistent and pervasive reality of poverty — a condition that cuts across race, geography, and generation, reshaping communities and challenging the very foundations of democratic promise. Poverty, part of the acclaimed Penguin Modern Sociology Readers series edited by Jack L. Roach and Janet K. Roach, presents a carefully curated anthology of seminal sociological writings that chronicle the structures, causes, and human consequences of economic deprivation in the modern world. The collection assembles voices from leading scholars and thinkers, offering readers a rigorous, multi-faceted examination of poverty as a systemic social phenomenon rather than a matter of individual failing. Through incisive essays and groundbreaking research, it argues that poverty is not an accidental by-product of progress, but an engineered condition sustained by institutional inequality. The editors bring a sharp academic lens to a subject that demands both intellectual precision and moral urgency, situating poverty within broader frameworks of class, power, and social policy. The anthology's breadth — spanning empirical data, theoretical argument, and policy critique — makes it an essential reference for students of sociology, economics, and political science alike. The Penguin Modern Sociology Readers series was celebrated for making complex sociological discourse accessible without sacrificing academic rigour, and this volume is no exception. Whether encountered as a primer or a deeper investigation, Poverty leaves the reader with an unsettling question: if the mechanisms of poverty are so well understood, why does it endure?