Welfare Policy and Poverty
- ISBN-10
- 1904541631
- ISBN-13
- 9781904541639
- Category
- Ireland
- Pages
- 346
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Combat Poverty Agency
- Author
- Mel Cousins
Description
Evidence from the 1994 Living in Ireland Survey, Dublin: Oak Tree Press Central Statistics Office (2005a), ... C. T. (2006), Reconfiguring the Measurement of Deprivation and Consistent Poverty in Ireland, Dublin: ESRI Nolan, B. (2006a), ...
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