This timely book takes a critical perspective to argue that urban poverty and health inequalities are intimately interconnected, and the increasing disparity between rich and poor will necessarily exacerbate health issues within urban communities.

Foreword

Chapter One: Introduction to urban poverty and health inequalities

Chapter Two: Greed verses need: historical tensions in responses to urban poverty

Chapter Three: Mediating urban poverty: From the war on poverty to poverty porn

Chapter Four: Experiences of urban poverty, penal welfare and ill health

Chapter Five: Homelessness: the sharp edge of urban poverty

Chapter Six: Addressing urban poverty and health inequalities

References

Subject Index

Author Index

Darrin Hodgetts is Professor of Societal Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. Prior to his current post, Darrin worked in Community Medicine at Memorial University, Canada, Psychology and Media at the London School of Economics, UK, and Community Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Darrin's research focuses on urban poverty, homelessness, and health inequalities.

Dr Ottilie Stolte teaches Social and Community Health Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Key research interests are poverty, homelessness, health inequalities, and injustice. In her research, Ottilie seeks to understand social psychological issues within the broader social, economic, political, and cultural contexts of people's everyday lives.