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Man O’ Independent Mind: Darren McGarvey’s Poverty Safari

January 25, 2018 by Carol Craig 6 Comments

Man O’ Independent Mind: Darren McGarvey’s Poverty Safari

So much of McGarvey’s analysis comes from personal experience, not from theories and books…it has a freshness which reminds me of early Enlightenment thinkers: Carol Craig reviews Poverty Safari

Poverty Safari and the Glasgow Effect

November 9, 2017 by Gordon Munro Leave a Comment

Poverty Safari and the Glasgow Effect

‘Required reading for all those engaged in the fight against poverty’, Gordon Munro reviews Darren McGarvey’s book, Poverty Safari.

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