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Peter Townsend

Born

in Middlesbrough, The United Kingdom

April 06, 1928

Died

June 07, 2009

Website

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Genre

Economics, Social Sciences

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Peter Brereton Townsend was a British sociologist who wrote widely on the economics of poverty and was co-founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. The Peter Townsend Policy Press Prize was established by the British Academy in his memory. Townsend was dedicated to studying "very carefully the life of the poorest and most handicapped members of society". [wikipedia]

After early years working for the independent research organisation - Political and Economic Planning (PEP) - and then research at the Institute of Community Studies (1954-57), Peter Townsend became Research Fellow and Lecturer at the London School of Economics (1957-63). He was then appointed Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex in 1963. Subsequently, he held posts ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 29 ratings · 2 reviews · 52 distinct works

	Inequalities in Health by Peter Townsend, Nick Davidson (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poverty in the United Kingdom: A Survey of Household Resources and Standards of Living 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Family Life of Old People really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Refuge it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Construir sociedades decentes: Replantear el papel de la seguridad social en el desarrollo by Peter Townsend, Laura Farhall (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader’s Digest Condensed Books 1983: The Girl In The White Ship, The Big Bridge, Magwitch, Stalking Point by Peter Townsend, Richard Martin Stern, Michael Noonan 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Concept of Poverty it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breadline Europe: The measurement of poverty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A poor future: Can we counter growing poverty in Britain and across the world? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peter Townsend reader by Peter Townsend, Alan Walker (Editor), Ruth Levitas (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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