
The Psychology of Poverty, Wealth, and Economic Inequality
By: Deborah Belle, Heather E. Bullock
Paperback | 5 January 2023
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This comprehensive textbook is among the first to examine poverty, wealth, and economic inequality from a psychological perspective. Written by two leading scholars in the field, it provides an intersectional analysis of the impact of economic inequality on cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, intergroup, physiological, and health outcomes. Students are introduced to the diverse methods used to study poverty, wealth, and economic inequality and the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, while the text focuses on solutions at the individual, community, and national levels to restore optimism and encourage action.
Chapter features include exercises and reflection questions that help students think critically about the implications of research findings for their own lives.
About the Authors
Deborah Belle is Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. Her books include Lives in stress: Women and depression; Children's social networks and social support; and The after-school lives of children: Alone and with others while parents work. She has been a William T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholar in the Mental Health of Children; Evelyn Green Davis Fellow in Psychology at the Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College; and Fellow of the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
Heather E. Bullock is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Blum Center on Poverty, Social Enterprise, and Participatory Governance at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her most recent book is Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty (with Mark Robert Rank and Lawrence M. Eppard). She received a 2019 American Psychological Association Presidential Citation for her contributions to the field of psychology related to social psychological dimensions of poverty and economic (in)justice. Before joining UCSC's faculty, she served as an APA/AAAS Congressional Fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Democratic Office.
Industry Reviews
'This authoritative text has everything - complete and clear coverage of the thorny dilemmas of American inequality, readable prose, and appealing format - with all the right resources: glossary, further readings, exercises, debates, and lots of visuals. And our guides are two wise and prolific psychological scientists at the center of the field.' - Susan Fiske, Princeton University
'As a social justice educator, I have long awaited a comprehensive textbook on poverty, wealth, and economic inequality. This text is not only truly comprehensive, it is also contemporary, inclusive, and intersectional. Beyond its utility as a resource for courses on social class, it also contains useful examples, measures, discussion questions, activities, and further resources for the classroom and beyond.' - Ryan M. Pickering, Allegheny College
ISBN: 9781108731829
ISBN-10: 1108731821
Published: 5th January 2023
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 414
Audience: College, Tertiary and University
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 18.8 x 24.5 x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.74
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- Non-FictionPsychologySocial Psychology
- Non-FictionSocial Services & Welfare
- Non-FictionSociology & AnthropologySociologySociology & Work & Labour
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureSocial Issues & ProcessesPoverty & Unemployment
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureSocial GroupsSocial Classes
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureSocial Issues & ProcessesHousing & Homelessness
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureSocial Issues & ProcessesSocial Discrimination & Inequality
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureSocial Issues & ProcessesSocial Mobility