Loading the dice? : a study of cumulative disadvantage / Brian Nolan and Christopher T. Whelan.

By:

Nolan, Brian, 1953-

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Dublin : Oak Tree, 1999.Description: xix, 127 p. : ill. 24 cmISBN:

9781860761447 (pbk.) :
1860761445

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.509415 NOL

LOC classification:

HM136

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	362.509415 NOL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		202188

At head of cover title: Combat Poverty Agency.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-127).

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.