TY - BOOK ID - 17092559 TI - A theory of poverty and social exclusion PY - 1996 SN - 0745616941 9780745616940 PB - Oxford Polity DB - UniCat KW - Poverty KW - Social choice KW - Social groups KW - Social isolation KW - Welfare economics KW - Social policy KW - Pauvreté KW - Choix collectif KW - Groupes sociaux KW - Exclusion sociale KW - Economie du bien-être KW - Politique sociale KW - Social problems KW - Poverty. KW - Social choice. KW - Social groups. KW - Social isolation. KW - Social policy. KW - Welfare economics. KW - Économie du bien-être UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17092559 AB - Bill Jordan seeks to fill a gap in social scientific theory by accounting for why a deterioration in the living standards of the worst-off members of societies tends to coincide with the resurgence of free-market utopianism as a political creed. This is an ambitious book which attempts to chart an entirely new course for studies of poverty and social exclusion. There is much to admire in this book. It takes a fresh and illuminating approach which enables a number of important points to be made about the choices facing both individuals and society as a whole. The global and European perspective adds depth to the argument and is also interesting in its own right. I would certainly recommend the book to anyone interested in moving beyond the rather tired circles of debates about poverty and/or social exclusion. ER -