Bringing Politics Back into Poverty Analysis

Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Harriss, John ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Objective facts; Poverty assessment; Poverty dynamics; Poverty research; Predictive theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919664415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557547.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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