Poverty

Contents. Contributors. Preface. 1 The meaning and measurement of poverty, Stewart MacPherson , Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia and Richard Silburn , University of Nottingham, UK. 2 Australia, David Cox , La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. 3 Canada, Hugh Shewell , University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. 4 Hong Kong, Stewart MacPherson , Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. 5 Ireland, Tim Callan , Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland and Brian Nolan , Economic and Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland. 6 Malta, Carmel Tabone , University of Malta, Msida, Malta. 7 Netherlands, Henk-Jan Dirven , Department of Socio-Economic Statistics, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Didier Fouarge , Tilburg University, Netherlands, and Ruud Muffels , Tilburg University, Netherlands. 8 Philippines, Karen E. Gerdes , Arizona State University, USA, and Kyle Lynn Pehrson , Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA. 9 United Kingdom, Richard Silburn , University of Nottingham, UK. 10 United States of America, James Midgley , University of California, Berkeley, USA, and Michelle Livermore , Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. 11 Zimbabwe, Edwin Kaseke , School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe. 12 Poverty in review, John Dixon , University of Plymouth, UK, and David Macarov , Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Index.