Theoretical and Empirical Insights into Child and Family Poverty

Chapter 1 Understanding Child and Family Poverty: An Introduction to Some Key Themes and Issues

Chapter 2 Child Poverty in the International Context

Chapter 3 Not Just Statistics: Making Children’s Poverty More Visible

Chapter 4 Child Poverty and Child Well-Being in International Perspective

Chapter 5 Why Are Poor Children Always with Us? Theory, Ideology and Policy for Understanding Child Poverty

Chapter 6 Disadvantage, Equity and Children’s Rights in Twenty-First Century Australasia

Chapter 7 Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Disadvantaged Situations

Chapter 8 Child Poverty in Germany: Conceptual Aspects and Core Findings

Chapter 9 Poor for How Long? Chronic Versus Transient Child Poverty in the United States

Chapter 10 Child Poverty Reduction in Brazil: Reversing Bismarck?

Chapter 11 Poverty and Social Exclusion of Children and Families in Italy and Europe: Some Comparisons

Chapter 12 Poverty in Italy and Generative Welfare Approach

Chapter 13 A Family-Centred Approach in Helping Poor Children in Hong Kong

Chapter 14 Young People at Risk of Lifelong Poverty: Youth Homelessness in Australia

Chapter 15 Poor Children, Poor Services, Poor Outcomes: Child Poverty and Its Impact on Referral and Placement in Public Care System in Hungary

Chapter 16 In What Ways Might Poverty Contribute to Maltreatment?

Chapter 17 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families in Australia: Poverty and Child Welfare Involvement

Chapter 18 Family Poverty: Reviewing the Evidence for an Integrated Community-Based Practice

Chapter 19 Reducing Poverty and Investing in Children and Families