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Poverty, deprivation and social work
- Editors:
- DAVIDSON Ralph, ERSKINE Angus
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 157p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Places poverty in its contemporary context. Examines poverty amongst three groups: mothers; older people; and black minority ethnic groups, and goes on to look at the implications of poverty for social work practice.
Women's issues in social policy
- Editors:
- MACLEAN Mavis, GROVES Dulcie
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 247p.tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers written from a feminist perspective. Issues looked at include women and poverty, women and transport, women and old age, and women and community care. Also contains a chapter reviewing recent debates about child care.
Cornwall: rural deprivation
- Author:
- LENNON Joy
- Publisher:
- Cornwall. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 55p.,tables,maps,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Truro
Attempts to highlight some of the main features of rural deprivation via an examination of people in 'special need' (including elderly people, low income families, households in debt, homeless people) and via specific issues relating to rural areas. These include transport, provision of health and social services, and housing.