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Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality
This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the conceptualisation and the latest developments in research about child poverty and inequality. Adopting a child rights framework, it demonstrates the importance of a multi-dimensional understanding of poverty specific to children for both research and policy-making.
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This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the conceptualisation and the latest developments in research about child poverty and inequality. Adopting a child rights framework, it demonstrates the importance of a multi-dimensional understanding of poverty specific to children for both research and policy-making.
Expert authors analyse inequalities, inequities, and poverty experienced by children. They cover key topics including the voices of children living in poverty, the use of machine learning and big data in research, and the emotional, physical and social dimensions of poverty experienced by children. Recognising the extensive links between child poverty and inequality in practice, the Handbook identifies how to overcome the current disconnect between research on the two topics. Drawing on empirical evidence, it explores how to create and enhance national and international policies to address, reduce, and ultimately eliminate child poverty and inequalities.
The Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality is an essential resource for students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including of development studies, the sociology of youth and childhood, and social policy in emerging countries. It is also a valuable read for policy-makers seeking to uphold and expand the rights of children.
Expert authors analyse inequalities, inequities, and poverty experienced by children. They cover key topics including the voices of children living in poverty, the use of machine learning and big data in research, and the emotional, physical and social dimensions of poverty experienced by children. Recognising the extensive links between child poverty and inequality in practice, the Handbook identifies how to overcome the current disconnect between research on the two topics. Drawing on empirical evidence, it explores how to create and enhance national and international policies to address, reduce, and ultimately eliminate child poverty and inequalities.
The Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality is an essential resource for students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including of development studies, the sociology of youth and childhood, and social policy in emerging countries. It is also a valuable read for policy-makers seeking to uphold and expand the rights of children.
Critical Acclaim
‘The Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality is a landmark. It provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, exhibits the state of knowledge, describes the history of the field and sets an agenda. It represents decades of committed research by leading child poverty researchers and professionals and contributions by emerging scholars. It will be an essential resource.’
– Sanjay G. Reddy, The New School for Social Research, USA
‘Children are often invisible victims of crises and underdevelopment. This comprehensive Handbook covers all the main topics on poverty and inequality in childhood, from concepts and measurements to policies and actions to effectively end child poverty.’
– Isabel Ortiz, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, USA
‘This is an essential Handbook for all those who recognize that children remain invisible in the economic policy debate and want to do something about it, both by improving the way in which we understand and measure child poverty, and by transforming political priorities and policies so that child poverty is effectively addressed in its complexity.’
– Leonardo Garnier, Minister of Education (2006-2014), Costa Rica
– Sanjay G. Reddy, The New School for Social Research, USA
‘Children are often invisible victims of crises and underdevelopment. This comprehensive Handbook covers all the main topics on poverty and inequality in childhood, from concepts and measurements to policies and actions to effectively end child poverty.’
– Isabel Ortiz, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, USA
‘This is an essential Handbook for all those who recognize that children remain invisible in the economic policy debate and want to do something about it, both by improving the way in which we understand and measure child poverty, and by transforming political priorities and policies so that child poverty is effectively addressed in its complexity.’
– Leonardo Garnier, Minister of Education (2006-2014), Costa Rica
