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Poverty Among Immigrant Children in Europe

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  1. A. S. Bhalla
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  2. Peter McCormick
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Child Poverty and Well-Being

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 1-23

  3. Immigrant Child Poverty in Europe

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 24-48

  4. The European Immigration Debate

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 49-64

  5. Immigrant Child Poverty in Switzerland

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 65-99

  6. Immigrant Child Poverty in France

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 100-124

  7. Housing Poor Immigrant Children in France

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 125-144

  8. Switzerland vs France: A Comparative Perspective

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 145-173

  9. Some Conclusions

    • A. S. Bhalla, Peter McCormick
    Pages 174-179

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 180-223
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The book presents an analysis of empirical data on immigrant child poverty in the context of a controversial debate on the European migration policy, with special reference to Switzerland and France. It presents an alternative approach based on child rights and social justice.

About the authors

DR. AJIT BHALLA a Visiting Professor at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, UK, was formerly Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK and Special Advisor to the President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa. Earlier he had a distinguished career in the United Nations Civil Service. He has held academic positions at Cambridge, Oxford, Yale and Manchester. He is the author/editor of 18 books. His recent publications include: Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World (also in Japanese); Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities; In Search of Roots and Royal Tombs of India.

PROFESSOR PETER MCCORMICK is Prince Franz-Joseph II and Princess Gina Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein, and former Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is Vice-President of the International Institute of Philosophy in Paris, Vice-President of the Scientific and Strategic Orientation Committee of the Collège de France, and Member of the Conseil de l'École de Doctorat at the Institut Catholique de Paris. A former Fulbright Scholar in Paris, Humbolt Scholar in Germany, Canadian Killam Scholar, and Visiting Scholar in Philosophy at Harvard, he holds a Doctorat d'État from the University of Paris. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.


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