Poverty and Policy in Canada

This book provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its importance to the health and quality of life for Canadians. Central issues include: definitions of poverty and means of measuring it in wealthy nations such as Canada; causes of poverty -- both situational and societal; health and social implications of poverty for individuals, communities and society as a whole; and means of addressing the incidence of poverty and improving its effects.

Part 1: Defining and Measuring Poverty in Canada; Part 2: The Experience of Poverty; Part 3: Poverty, Health and Quality of Life; Part 4: Public Policy and Poverty; Index.