Discover the essential insights into poverty with Ruth Lister's critically acclaimed book, now in its fully updated edition. This comprehensive exploration of poverty captures its multifaceted nature, making it a must-read for students, researchers, and activists alike. In today’s world, poverty is not just a lack of income; it encompasses powerlessness, insecurity, and the loss of dignity. Lister adeptly navigates through current debates on the definitions and measurements of poverty in industrialized societies, highlighting the importance of contextual understanding.

Through real-life accounts and discussions rooted in international development, this book delves deep into the cultural, relational, and symbolic dimensions of poverty. The author skillfully connects the dots between poverty, agency, human rights, and citizenship, advocating for a renewed politics of poverty aimed at creating redistribution and recognition.

Whether you are a student in social sciences or a policymaker seeking to understand contemporary poverty dynamics, this book will broaden your understanding significantly. With 256 pages packed with rich analysis and insights, Lister’s work stands as a pivotal resource in the ongoing conversation about poverty and social justice.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. This brand new edition is published by John Wiley & Sons (UK), ISBN: 9780745645971, year: 2020.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745645971
Year: 2020
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 256


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Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to the meaning and experience of poverty in the contemporary world.


The book opens with a lucid discussion of current debates around the definition and measurement of poverty in industrialized societies, before embarking on a multifaceted exploration of its varied interpretations. Drawing on thinking in the field of international development and real-life accounts, the book emphasizes key aspects of poverty such as powerlessness, lack of voice, insecurity, loss of dignity and respect.


Ruth Lister embraces the relational, cultural, symbolic as well as material dimensions of poverty, and makes important links between poverty and other concepts such as capabilities, agency, human rights and citizenship. She concludes by making the case for reframing the politics of poverty as a claim for redistribution and recognition. The result is a rich and insightful analysis, which deepens and broadens our understanding of poverty today. It will be essential reading for all students in the social sciences, as well as researchers, activists and policymakers.