TY - BOOK AU - Lister, R. TI - Poverty SN - 9780745625638 AV - DUCE HC79.P6.L57 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge PB - Polity Press KW - Poverty N1 - Includes bibliographical reference and index N2 - The book opens with a lucid discussion of current debates around the definition and measurement of poverty in industrialized societies, before embarking on a thought-provoking and multi-faceted exploration of its conceptualization. It draws on thinking in the field of international development and real life accounts to emphasize aspects of poverty such as powerlessness, lack of voice, loss of dignity and respect ER -