Poverty in the midst of affluence (Record no. 33687)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | BD-SySUS |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789888180936 |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9789888208210 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MdBmJHUP |
| Transcribing agency | MdBmJHUP |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HD7061 |
| Item number | .G667 2013 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330.95125 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Goodstadt, Leo F., |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Poverty in the midst of affluence |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | how Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Leo F. Goodstadt. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Baltimore, Maryland : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Project Muse, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013 |
| Place of manufacture | (Baltimore, Md. : |
| Manufacturer | Project MUSE, |
| Date of manufacture | 2015) |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Hong Kong [China] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Hong Kong University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | [2013] |
| Place of manufacture | (Baltimore, Md. : |
| Manufacturer | Project MUSE, |
| Date of manufacture | 2015) |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 264 pages)) |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-260) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface -- Introduction : pain, panic and poverty -- Crisis economics : private profits, public pain -- The business of government : less politics, no welfare -- Housing: unending crisis -- Social reforms : too little, too late -- Social reforms : the new poverty -- The undeserving poor -- An absence of advocates : how the 'welfare' lobby -- Lost its voice -- Conclusions : history repeats itself -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years living conditions for the average family have deteriorated despite a robust economy, ample budget surpluses and record labor productivity. Successive governments have been reluctant to invest in services for the elderly, the disabled, the long-term sick, and the poor, while education has become more elitist. The political system has helped to entrench a mistaken consensus that social spending is a threat to financial stability and economic prosperity. In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, Leo Goodstadt traces how officials have created a "new poverty" in Hong Kong and argues that their misguided policies are both a legacy of the colonial era and a deliberate choice by modern governments -- not the result of economic crises. This book is highly relevant to the continuing debate about the efficiency of market forces in solving welfare "problems" and the claims put forward for the superiority of the private sector in meeting housing, health and educational needs. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on print version record. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Poverty |
| Geographic subdivision | China |
| -- | Hong Kong. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cost and standard of living |
| Geographic subdivision | China |
| -- | Hong Kong. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Hong Kong (China) |
| General subdivision | Economic conditions. |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Source of term | local |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Project Muse, |
| Relator term | distributor. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9888208217 |
| -- | 9789888208210 |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Project Muse. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Public note | Full text available: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789888180936/">https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789888180936/</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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