Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Contested territory; Chapter 3 The study, the people and the methods; Chapter 4 The ‘breadwinners’; Chapter 5 ‘Fitting it all in’; Chapter 6 Joint decision-making?; Chapter 7 Community, kinship and housing; Chapter 8 Lone-parent households; Chapter 9 Conclusions: trapped in poverty?;
Bill Jordan Reader in Social Studies at Sheffield University., Simon James Senior Lecturer in Economics at Exeter University., Helen Kay Researcher for the Scottish Office., Marcus Redley Research Assistant at Exeter University.
"The book provides insight not only about poor households, but
about the methods used by social researchers to understand the
poor. . . . [they] have provided an in-depth, qualitative study of
households who have been the subject of intense scrutiny but a
remarkable lack of insight."
-"Journal of Economic Issues, 3/93
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