The Journal of Poverty is a multidisciplinary referred publication dedicated to exploring contemporary forms of poverty within a global and societal context. The journal examines poverty from the standpoints of numerous disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary fields, and professions such as education, social work, health and law.  The journal provides critical and scholarly perspectives regarding the structural causes of poverty, as well as the relationship of poverty and inequality to dominant economic, political, cultural and social institutions. The journal also examines moral and ethical issues related to poverty, for instance, human rights, social justice, governance and democracy.  The journal offers a forum for scholarship and research that examines the lived experiences of poverty and inequality by communities and their social and political struggles to secure rights and freedoms.  The journal examines poverty and inequality as it relates to topics such as:

•    Migration
•    Urbanization
•    Globalization
•    Population Displacement
•    Development
•    Health
•    Hunger
•    Social Welfare Policy
•    Education
•    Human Rights
•    Criminal Justice
•    Ecological and Environmental Destruction
•    Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality
•    Class
•    Governance