Poverty & Unemployment Books

New and Published Books

1. Critical Perspectives in Rural Development Studies

   Edited by Saturnino Borras Jr.

   Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

   Agrarian transformations within and across countries have been significantly and dynamically altered during the past few decades compared to previous eras, provoking a variety of reactions from rural poor communities worldwide. The recent convergence of various crises – financial, food, energy and...

   Published July 6th 2010 by Routledge
2. Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond

   The War On "Illegals" and the Remaking of the U.S. – Mexico Boundary, 2nd Edition

   By Joseph Nevins

   This is a major revision and update of Nevins’ earlier classic and is an ideal text for use with undergraduate students in a wide variety of courses on immigration, transnational issues, and the politics of race, inclusion and exclusion. Not only has the author brought his subject completely up to...

   Published February 21st 2010 by Routledge
3. The Crisis of Rural Poverty and Hunger

   An Essay on the Complementarity between Market- and Government-Led Land Reform for its Resolution

   By M. Riad El-Ghonemy

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   M. Riad El-Ghonemy argues that if current trends in government-led and market based land reforms persist the rural poor population in developing countries will continue to rise. Based on nearly half a century of academic and field research this valuable work presents compelling evidence on...

   Published April 25th 2007 by Routledge
4. Inequality in the City

   Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century. For further information on this collection please email info.research@routledge.co.uk....

   Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge
5. Inequality in the City

   Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century. For further information on this collection please email info.research@routledge.co.uk....

   Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge
6. Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities

   By Ajit S. Bhalla, Shufang Qiu

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. The minorities in China constitute less than ten per cent of the entire population, yet they represent forty to fifty per cent of the absolute poor. This compelling book investigates the problem of poverty and inequality...

   Published March 12th 2006 by Routledge