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Calcutta Poor: Inquiry into the Intractability of Poverty

Calcutta Poor: Inquiry into the Intractability of Poverty

Hardcover

AnthropologyGeneral SociologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 1563249812
ISBN13: 9781563249815
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 31 1996
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.27 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
This work shows how the poor survive in Calcutta where over half the population live in slums. It argues that since the major cities in India are half slum already, policies should accept that the poor are a part of the urban population and help them in finding the solution to improve their lives.

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