Loading the dice? : a study of cumulative disadvantage /
Brian Nolan and Christopher T. Whelan.
- Dublin : Oak Tree, 1999.
- xix, 127 p. : ill. 24 cm
At head of cover title: Combat Poverty Agency.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-127).
Concepts--Poverty and social class--Labour market status and experience--Labour market status and experience--Labour market marginalisation, urban concentration and cumulative disadvantage--Trends over time in poverty by location and tenure--Social exclusion, Psychological well-being and social integration.
By providing an analysis of the way in which disadvantages combine and interact, Loading the Dice? increases an understanding of the processes that lead to the extreme marginalisation experienced by certain groups in Irish society.
9781860761447 (pbk.) : £9.95 1860761445
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Household surveys--Ireland Social surveys--Ireland Poverty--Ireland People with social disabilities--Ireland Marginality, Social--Ireland Society. Social classes Poverty & unemployment