{"product_id":"rethinking-poverty-9781447340607","title":"Rethinking Poverty","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nIn our society, a wealthy minority flourish, while around one-fifth experience chronic poverty and many people on middle incomes fear for their futures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nSocial policy has failed to find answers to these problems and there is now a demand for a new narrative to enable us to escape from the crisis in our society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nWith the aim of ending poverty, this book argues that we need to start with the society we want, rather than framing poverty as a problem to be solved. It calls for a bold forward-looking social policy that addresses continuing austerity, under-resourced organisations and a lack of social solidarity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nBased on a research programme carried out by the Webb Memorial Trust involving leading organisations, academics, community activists, children, and surveys of more than 12,000 people living in poverty, a key theme is power which shows that the way forward is to increase people’s sense of agency in building the society that they want.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barry Knight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280871567611,"sku":"9781447340607","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781447340607_c5240586-d87a-45fc-8c04-93cd9fc7261f.jpg?v=1772483758","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/rethinking-poverty-9781447340607","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}