Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice

Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice by Alan Walker

This important book brings together many of the leading contributors in the field and provides a compelling manifesto for change in social justice.

"This book deals in a scholarly but easily read way with many of the questions we are now debating..." David Donnison in Scottish Review
"Part biography, part manifesto, part a work of research and scholarship, this book is in a fascinating genre of its own. Based on the ideas of the late Peter Townsend, it makes an elegant and powerful contribution to debates of major contemporary importance." Colin Crouch, Warwick Business School
"Peter Townsend was the greatest British social scientist of the 20th Century. This book by leading experts, clearly explains Townsend's contribution to knowledge and how his ideas will influence research and policy in the future." David Gordon, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bristol

Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at the University of Sheffield, works across a broad field in social analysis, social policy and social gerontology.

Adrian Sinfield, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh, has worked on social security, poverty, unemployment and the social division of welfare.

Carol Walker, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Lincoln, works in the areas of poverty, social security, and the quality of life of people with learning difficulties and their family carers as they age.

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ISBN 13	9781847427144
ISBN 10	1847427146
Title	Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice
Author	Alan Walker
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Policy Press
Year published	2011-06-15
Number of pages	328
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