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Cambridge University Press Poverty Work and Freedom
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Cambridge University Press Poverty and Life Expectancy
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Cambridge University Press Law and Precarity
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Cambridge University Press Hierarchy of Needs and the Measurement of Poverty and Standards of Living
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Cambridge University Press Great Gatsby and the Global South
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Cambridge University Press Redefining Development
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Cambridge University Press Intersectional Advocacy
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Cambridge University Press Intersectional Advocacy
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Cambridge University Press Chilean Economic Development under Neoliberalism
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Cambridge University Press Chilean Economic Development under Neoliberalism
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Cambridge University Press Hierarchy of Needs and the Measurement of Poverty and Standards of Living
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Cambridge University Press Towards More Inclusive Varieties of Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Poverty in Latin America
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Cambridge University Press The Political Logic of Poverty Relief
Book SynopsisThe Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how elections shape social programs aimed at aiding the poor. They also assess whether voters reward politicians for targeted poverty alleviation programs.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: 1. Poverty relief in Latin America; 2. Poverty relief in Mexico - a geographic approach; 3. Political machines and vote buying; 4. Clientelism and the political manipulation of Pronasol; Part II: The consequences of clientelism and entitlements; 5. Improving communities - transfers and basic public services; 6. Saving lives - social programs and infant mortality rates; 7. Electoral pay-offs of antipoverty programs; Conclusion - the future of social protection.
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Cambridge University Press Charity in Saudi Arabia
Book SynopsisIn this innovative study of everyday charity practices in Jeddah, Nora Derbal employs a ''bottom-up'' approach to challenge dominant narratives about state-society relations in Saudi Arabia. Exploring charity organizations in Jeddah, this book both offers a rich ethnography of associational life and counters Riyadh-centric studies which focus on oil, the royal family, and the religious establishment. It closely follows those who work on the ground to provide charity to the local poor and needy, documenting their achievements, struggles and daily negotiations. The lens of charity offers rare insights into the religiosity of ordinary Saudis, showing that Islam offers Saudi activists a language, a moral frame, and a worldly guide to confronting inequality. With a view to the many forms of local community activism in Saudi Arabia, this book examines perspectives that are too often ignored or neglected, opening new theoretical debates about civil society and civic activism in the Gulf.Trade Review'Nora Derbal presents a fascinating study of civil society in the authoritarian context of Saudi Arabia - a topic that is very much under-researched. It's highly original, impressively written and meticulously detailed. This is truly a piece of social science at its absolute best.' Paul Aarts, University of Amsterdam'A ground-breaking study of Saudi charity organizations interwoven with history, contemporary developments, and gender analysis. Comprehensively and holistically researched, rich in statistics and personal lived experience, it is a compelling read for anyone interested in the inner workings of Saudi society and the economy outside of official institutions and narratives.' Natana Delong-Bas, Boston College'Nora Derbal's book is timely, well-written and based on extensive fieldwork in Saudi Arabia. It is a welcome addition to the literature that places civil society initiatives in Saudi Arabia, especially in the Hijaz, in a wider socio-political context and problematises simplistic notions of state-society relations and authoritarian rule.' Toby Matthiesen, Ca' Foscari University'a penetrating addition to the research literature on charity' Jonathan Benthall, Books of the Year 2022, Times Literary SupplementTable of Contents1. Introduction: Civil society theory, charity, and inequality in Saudi Arabia; 2. Meanings of welfare: The First Women's Welfare Association in Jeddah; 3. Managing poverty and national development: The Society of Majid bin ʿAbd al-ʿAziz for Development and Social Services; 4. Negotiating citizenship and belonging: The Young Initiative Group; 5. Fun, freedom, and personal growth amid rising repression: The Hikers; 6. Conclusion: Civil society activism and everyday Islam in Saudi Arabia.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Downeast
Book SynopsisIn Downeast, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one of the most challenging and geographically isolated regions on the Eastern seaboard. Their stories reveal surprising truths about rural America and offer hope for its future. “It’s almost impossible not to care about these fierce young women and cheer for their hard-won successes” (Kirkus) in this “heartfelt portrait” and “worthy tribute” (Publishers Weekly).Nestled in Maine’s far northeast corner, Washington County sits an hour’s drive from the heart of famed and bustling Acadia National Park. Yet it’s a world away. For Willow, Vivian, Mckenna, Audrey, and Josie—five teenage girls caught between tradition and transformation in this remote region—it is home. Downeast follows their journeys of heartbreak and hope in uncertain times, creating a nuanced a
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Penguin Books Ltd The Classic Slum Salford Life in the First
Book SynopsisA study which combines personal reminiscences with careful historical research, the myth of the ''good old days'' is summarily dispensed with; Robert Roberts describes the period of his childhood, when the main affect of poverty in Edwardian Salford was degredation, and, despite great resources of human courage, few could escape such a prison.Table of Contents1 Class Structure2 Possessions3 Manners and Morals4 Governors, Pastors and Masters5 The Common Scene6 Food, Drink and Physic7 Alma Mater8 Culture9 The Great Release10 High Days and AfterAppendices1 Conducted Tour2 Snuffy3 Bronze MushroomsSelect BibliographyIndexIllustrationsThe photographs, which have not been published before, were taken around the early 1900s by a Worsley man, Samuel Coulthurst, who went about Salford dressed as a rag and bone merchant with his camera concealed on a handcart.1. Corner shop2. A muffler–white, if possible, for the Lord's day3. Some were too poor to buy at the old clothes shops4. General dealer5. The clothiers6. Women of the time I7. Women of the time II8. Water for the wheel: a knife and scissors grinder9. Hawkers at rest10. 'The short way out of Manchester'11. A barrel organ called Tuesdays and Saturdays12. Theatre by the market13. Boys haggling at the hen market
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Penguin Putnam Inc Tales of Two Americas
Book SynopsisThirty-six major contemporary writers examine life in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself. From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only the American Dream but our very lives. In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world’s most exciting writers
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MIT Press Ltd The Myth That Made Us
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WW Norton & Co The Art of Freedom Teaching the Humanities to the
Book SynopsisA conversation in a prison cell sparks an ambitious undertaking to attack the roots of long-term poverty.Trade Review"Earl Shorris was the most authentic and radical of educators: he thought the poor were human, entitled to know as much as anyone else. Told with verve and humor, this memoir might inspire a revolution." -- John R. MacArthur, president and publisher, Harper’s"To read The Art of Freedom is to learn what should be the first and fundamental purpose of an American education. More instructive than any academic analysis or government policy paper, Earl Shorris’s book furnishes both the how and the why to empower the nation’s public schools." -- Lewis Lapham, editor, Lapham’s Quarterly"Earl Shorris was one of a kind and his story should inspire us all." -- Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus, The Nation"Shorris demonstrated, in 17 short years, that well-designed and well-taught courses can ‘pierce the structure of the surround of force’ that holds poor people down. Many changes must be made before the culture of the streets becomes a culture of learning. But Earl Shorris has earned the right to rest in peace." -- Glenn C. Altschuler - San Francisco Chronicle
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Penguin Putnam Inc Hand to Mouth
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Pluto Press Footwork
Book SynopsisAn original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour cityTrade Review'A rare glimpse into the physical world and urban spaces of rough sleepers who live in the city though often unacknowledged. A sensitive and evocative account' -- Professor Setha Low, City University of New York'A brilliant, insightful and at times very funny portrait of hidden lives and those who care for them. This is a beautifully written and erudite book about city life that exudes a deep but irreverent sense of humanity' -- Les Back, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London'Combines extensive ethnographic research and scholarship, poetic writing and remarkable empathy to illuminate the lives of those who survive and sleep on city streets and to show brilliantly the mobile, skilful, humane ways in which care and outreach workers seek relate to and help them' -- Professor Harry Ferguson, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1. Sleepwalking City 2. Lost and Found 3. First Aid 4. Round About 5. The Line Inside 6. Leftovers 7. Coming Across 8. Learning to See 9. Change Blind Epilogue Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press In Their Place
Book SynopsisA radical geography of the representation of impoverished communities in BritainTrade Review'Poverty is such a strong word and is not used as much as it needs to be. I am very grateful that this book does not shy away from those difficult words and also those difficult conversations about poverty in Britain today' -- Lisa Mckenzie, author of Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain'Forensically maps the 'Othering' of poor people, charting the stigmatisation, exoticisation, spatial marginalisation and even aestheticisation of their neighbourhoods' -- Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group'Stephen Crossley has become one of the leading critical voices in the debate on poverty and inequality in the UK, and this remarkable and elegant book is a superb illustration of why his voice is so important' -- Tom Slater, Reader in Urban Geography, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Series Preface 1. Introduction: The Spaces of Others 2. Swamps and Slums: Exoticising the Poor 3. Tales of Two Cities 4. Neighbourhood Effects or Westminster Effects? 5. Streetwise? 6. The Heroic Simplification of the Household 7. Piles of Pringles and Crack: Behind Closed Doors 8. Less Public, More Private: The Shifting Spaces of the State 9. Studying Up Notes Index
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Pluto Press Ground Down by Growth
Book SynopsisHow do India’s ‘untouchables’ and 'tribals' fit into the global economy?Trade Review'An exceptional book coming from researchers who lived with the most marginalised people to present the India of dislocation and despair' -- Anand Teltumbde, writer, civil rights activist and Senior Professor of Business Management, IIIT Hyderabad'Explodes the myth of the modernising power of capitalism. This sensitive and acute analysis shows that, far from doing away with inherited inequalities of power, Indian capitalism uses and intensifies them' -- Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi'A kaleidoscopic view of how established social forms morph and realign to produce deepening inequality and persistent, patterned disadvantage. Super-rich material and compelling analysis' -- Tania Murray Li, Anthropology, University of Toronto'Highly recommended for its careful attention to ethnographic detail, its systematically comparative approach and its grasp of political economy' -- Journal of Contemporary Asia'Undoubtedly a high quality contribution to the field of anthropological research' -- International Labour ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Preface Preface by Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 1. Tribe, Caste and Class - New Mechanisms of Exploitation and Oppression - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 2. Macro-economic Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in India - K.P. Kannan 3. Tea Belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala - Jayaseelan Raj 4. Cuddalore, Chemical Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu - Brendan Donegan 5. Bhadrachalam Scheduled Area, Telangana - Dalel Benbabaali 6. Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh - Richard Axelby 7. Narmada Valley and Adjoining Plains, Maharashtra - Vikramaditya Thakur 8. The Struggles Ahead - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche Appendix: Tables and Figures Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
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Pluto Press Organizing Insurgency
Book SynopsisThe Global South is the epicentre of workers’ struggles todayTrade Review'In these depressing times, when the neoliberal consensus has acquired an aura of inevitability akin to the Laws of Physics, it is a breath of fresh air to read serious scholarship that challenges this consensus' -- Norman Finkelstein'The rising anti-imperialist struggles in both the underdeveloped and developed countries are signalling the resurgence of the world proletarian-socialist revolution. Immanuel Ness makes a just call for forging a global workers' movement by reinvigorating and further developing the trade union movement, the workers' parties and political movements to fight for the rights and interests of the working class and the rest of the suffering people' -- Professor Jose Maria Sison, Chairperson Emeritus of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines and Co-Founder of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines'Important' -- Richard Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst'Timely and relevant. The theoretical framing around political organisation of the working class for social transformation is much-needed. Its energetic, provocative scholarship with insightful case studies from across the South makes it essential reading for academics and activists alike' -- Anita Hammer, Senior Lecturer of Organisational Studies and Human Resources, University of Essex'A valuable book that addresses the necessity of revolutionary organization in times of socialist ideological resurgence. Essential reading to anyone wishing to understand the proletarianization of the Global South. Its in-depth examination of modern forms of imperialist exploitation and revolts contribute to comprehending areas rarely covered by mainstream social science' -- Ali Kadri, National University of Singapore'A rich combination of theoretical insights and valuable case-studies from the Global South - a much-needed reminder that the agenda of social transformation requires a strong and sustained political intervention to turn protests into a powerful movement' -- Prabhat Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University'Challenges the prevailing racializing perception of the Southern worker held in the North as powerless and without agency. 'Organizing Insurgency' is a must read for an understanding of imperialism, which has normalized a lack of awareness of the sustaining role of the southern agricultural and industrial workers in global capitalism' -- Himani Bannerji, York UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Forging a New Global Workers’ Movement 1 PART I - THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF LABOUR IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 1. The Labour Atlas: The Southern Working Class Holding Up the World 2. Workers’ Movements in the South: Inequality, Poverty, and Enduring Relevance of Rural Proletariat and Informal Sector Workers PART II - CASE STUDIES: RURAL AND INFORMAL LABOUR STRUGGLES 3. Primitive Steel Manufacturing for the Global Consumer Market: Capital, Super-exploitation, and Surplus Value in Wazirpur, India 4. The Enduring System of Global Agricultural Commodity Production and First World Commodity Extraction: The Case of Mindanao, the Philippines 5. Global Capitalism: Corporate Restructuring, Labour Brokering, and Working-class Mobilization in South Africa 6. Conclusion: Labour Struggles and Political Organization Notes Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Persistence of Poverty in the United States
Book SynopsisHaving been sobered by this thought, the student may ponder what more might conceivably be done to reduce the incidence of that endemic economic and social disease.-from the PrefaceTrade ReviewProviding an overview of the poverty problem in the US, Garth Mangum, Stephen Mangum and Sum discuss the extent of and recent trends in poverty. By carefully mining government statistics, they provide a detailed demographic and geographic profile of today's poor... Recommended. Choice 2004 Brief, and authoritative. Future Survey 2003 A coherent treatment of the facts and causes of, as well as the strategic solutions to, American poverty. The book is solidly grounded in a concise analysis and elegant presentation of poverty data. -- Gary Klass Perspectives on Political Science 2004 In a concise manner, the authors are able to illustrate the magnitude of poverty and offer some excellent alternatives for its alleviation. -- Roberto Pedace Journal of Economic Issues 2004 A slim, readable and informative work which provides a wealth of information about poverty in the United States. -- James Midgley Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 2004Table of ContentsThe rediscovery of poverty; A demographic profile of the nation's poor; The changing geography of poverty; The causes of poverty; Approaches and consequences of redefining poverty; Is poverty in the United States inescapable?
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Beacon Press The Cost of Being Undocumented
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Teachers College Press Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
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Teachers College Press Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
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The University Press of Kentucky Reformers to Radicals The Appalachian Volunteers
Book SynopsisThe Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the southeastern United States.
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Russell Sage Foundation Credit Where Its Due
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Georgetown University Press Searching for Americas Heart RFK and the Renewal
Book SynopsisFueled by a vision of economic justice he shared with Robert Kennedy, related here, this title advocates an active federal government in correcting inequities in American life. Based partly on initiatives begun by Kennedy, it advocates government support for school reform and more community-based economic development initiatives.
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Ignatius Press Happy are You Poor The Simple Life and Spiritual
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St Martin's Press Manifesto for a Moral Revolution
Book SynopsisAn instant classic. Arianna HuffingtonWill inspire people from across the political spectrum. Jonathan HaidtLonglisted for the Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award, an essential shortlist of leadership ideas for everyone who wants to do good in this world, from Jacqueline Novogratz, author of the New York Times bestseller The Blue Sweater and founder and CEO of Acumen.In 2001, when Jacqueline Novogratz founded Acumen, a global community of socially and environmentally responsible partners dedicated to changing the way the world tackles poverty, few had heard of impact investingAcumen's practice of doing well by doing good. Nineteen years later, there's been a seismic shift in how corporate boards and other stakeholders evaluate businesses: impact investment is not only morally defensible but now also economically advantageous, even necessary. Still, it isn't easy to reach a success that includes profits as well as
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Henry Holt & Company Live to See the Day
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Women and Poverty
Book SynopsisWomen and Poverty analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women''s poverty. In doing so, the book provides a unique documentation of women''s experiences of poverty and classism at the individual and interpersonal levels. Provides readers with a critical analysis of the social and structural factors that contribute to women''s poverty Uses a multidisciplinary approach to bring together new research and theory from social psychology, policy studies, and critical and feminist scholarship Documents women''s experiences of poverty and classism at the interpersonal and institutional levels Discusses policy analysis for reducing poverty and social inequality Table of ContentsAbout the Author ix 1 Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis 1 2 Structural Sources of Women’s Poverty and Homelessness 16 3 Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy 40 4 Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring? 70 5 Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism 104 Co-authored with Wendy M. Limbert and Roberta A. Downing 6 Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise 140 References 159 Index 192
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Johns Hopkins University Press Poverty Inequality and Democracy
Book SynopsisOrenstein, Marc F. Plattner, Charles Simkins, Alejandro Toledo, Ilcheong YiTrade ReviewThis text is well-crafted and is a challenging, thoughtful, and provocative treatise on the topic... This book offers a welcome, fresh insight to the consequences of democratic transitions in a variety of regions. Book Bargains and Previews Starting from the phenomenon of growing inequality in much of the world, the book looks at the difference between poverty and inequality and the political effects of each of these on democracy, including the rise of authoritarian populism... Recommended for students of developing nations in general and Latin America in particular. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: What Are the Issues?Chapter 1. Dealing with InequalityChapter 2. Does Electoral Democracy Boost Economic Equality?Chapter 3. Why Democracies FailChapter 4. Latin America: Democracy with DevelopmentPart II: Latin America and Eastern EuropeChapter 5. The Latin American ExperienceChapter 6. Aiding Latin America's PoorChapter 7. Postcommunist Welfare StatesChapter 8. East-Central Europe's QuandaryChapter 9. How Regions DifferPart III: Africa and AsiaChapter 10. Growth Without Prosperity in AfricaChapter 11. South African DisparitiesChapter 12. Growth and Hunger in IndiaChapter 13. "Mixed Governance" and Welfare in South KoreaIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Rethinking Education and Poverty
Book SynopsisAlthough there is no simple solution to inequality, this book makes clear that education offers numerous exciting possibilities for progress.Table of ContentsPreface1. A Liminal Moment2. A Brief History of [Contemporary] Time3. Demographic Disruption4. Economic Disruption5. Cultural Disruption6. No Line on the Horizon7. Toward a New Marketplace8. Reimagine the Future9. BreakpointAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Poverty Welfare and Public Policy
Book SynopsisThis volume includes a selection of seminal articles on poverty andwelfate in the United States from the Journal of Policy Analysisand Management considered to be one of the leading forumsfor the exploration of poverty and welfare presented in asingle volume.Table of Contents1. American Poverty. The measure and meaning of poverty. How to Improve Poverty Measurement in the United States, Rebecca Blank (2008). Reconciliation of Income and Consumption Data in Poverty Measurement, Richard Bavier (2008). The Relationship Between Income and Material Hardship,James X. Sullivan, Lesley Turner, and Sheldon Danziger (2008). The Occurrence of Poverty Across the Life Cycle: Evidence from the PSID, Mark Rank and Thomas Hirschl (2001). A Re-Examination of Welfare States and Inequality in Rich Nations: How In-Kind Transfers and Indirect Taxes Change the Story, Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy Smeeding (2006). The demographics of poverty. For Richer or for Poorer: Marriage as an Anti-Poverty Strategy, Adam Thomas and Isabel Sawhill (2002). Black Employment Problems: New Evidence, Old Questions, Harry Holzer (1994). Declining Employment Among Young Black Less-Educated Men: The Role of Incarceration and Child Support, Harry Holzer, Paul Offner, and Elaine Sorensen (2005). Labor Market Experiences of Low-Income Black Women in Middle-Class Suburbs: Evidence from a Survey of Gautreaux Program Participants Susan Popkin, James Rosenbaum, and Patricia Meaden (1993). Moving Into and Out of Poor Urban Areas,Edward Gramlich, Deborah Laren, and Naomi Sealand (1992). 2. The Road to Welfare Reform. Welfare dependency. Determinants of Initial Entry onto Welfare by Young Women, Marieka Klawitter, Robert D. Plotnick, and Mark Evan Edwards (2000). The Interaction between Single Mothers' Living Arrangements and Welfare Participation," Rebecca London (2000). Moving Up, Moving Out, or Going Nowhere? A Study of the Employment Patterns of Young Women and the Implications for Welfare Mothers, LaDonna Pavetti and Gregory Acs (2001). Mandatory vs. voluntary programs. Welfare Reform and Mandatory Versus Voluntary Work: Policy Issue or Management Problem? Mary Jo Bane (1989). Should Workfare be Mandatory? What Research Says," Lawrence Mead (1990). Rejoinder to Mead, Laurence Lynn (1990). Can a Voluntary Welfare Program Change the Behavior of Welfare Recipients? New Evidence from Washington State's Family Independence Program (FIP)," Duane Leigh (1995). Four decades of experimentation. Fostering Research Excellence and Impacting Policy and Practice: The Welfare Reform Story, Judith Gueron (2003). Demonstration Evaluations and Cost Neutrality: Using Caseload Models to Determine the Federal Cost Neutrality of New Jersey's REACH Demonstration, Steven Garasky and Burt Barnow (1992). The Budgetary Implications of Welfare Reform: Lessons from Four State Initiatives," David Long (1988). 3. TANF and Its Aftermath. Did welfare reform "succeed"? Alternative Measures of Economic Success among TANF Participants: Avoiding Poverty, Hardship, and Dependence on Public Assistance, Maria Cancian and Daniel Meyer (2004). Why Welfare Reform Succeeded, Lawrence Mead (2007a). TANF's Results are More Mixed than is Often Understood, Sharon Parrott and Arloc Sherman (2007a). Response to Parrott and Sherman, Mead (2007b). Response to Mead, Parrott and Sherman (2007b). Welfare vs. work. Incentives, Challenges, and Dilemmas of TANF: A Case Study, Barbara Wolfe (2002). Does It Pay to Move From Welfare to Work?, Sheldon Danziger, Colleen M. Heflin, Mary E. Corcoran, Elizabeth Oltmans, and Hui-Chen Wang (2002). Does it Pay to Move From Welfare to Work? A Comment on Danziger, Heflin, Corcoran, Oltmans, and Wang, Robert Moffitt and Katie Winder (2005). Does It Pay to Move from Welfare to Work? Reply to Robert Moffitt and Katie Winder, Sheldon Danziger and Hui-Chen Wang (2005). Child support and father's work. Child Support Enforcement: Programs and Policies, Impacts and Questions, Maureen Pirog and Kathleen Ziol-Guest (2006). Effective Child Support Policy for Low-Income Families: Evidence From Street Level Research, Maureen Waller and Robert Plotnick (2001). 4. How Much Does Research Matter? Congress Writes a Law: Research and Welfare Reform, Haskins (1991). Expertise, Advocacy, and Deliberation: Lessons from Welfare Reform,Mary Jo Bane (2001). The Dissemination and Utilization of Welfare-to-Work Experiments in State Policymaking, David Greenberg, Marvin Mandell, and Matthew Onstott (2000). Conclusion. From the Great Society to Continuous Improvement Government: Shifting from ‘Does it Work?' to ‘What Would Make it Better?' Douglas Besharov.
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Herald Press (VA) Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End
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Basic Books Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long
Book SynopsisHow essential workers? fight for better jobs during the pandemic revolutionized US labor politicsThroughout the coronavirus pandemic, essential workers lashed out against low wages, long hours, and safety risks, attracting a level of support unseen in decades. This explosion of labor unrest seemed sudden to many. But Essential reveals that American workers had simmered in discontent long before their anger boiled over.Decades of austerity, sociologist Jamie K. McCallum shows, have left frontline workers vulnerable to employer abuse, lacking government protections, and increasingly furious. Through firsthand research conducted as the pandemic unfolded, McCallum traces the evolution of workers? militancy, showing how their struggles for safer workplaces, better pay and health care, and the right to unionize have benefitted all Americans and spurred a radical new phase of the labor movement. This is essential reading for understanding the past, present, and future of the working class.
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Hachette Books Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to
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Vehicule Press Punching and Kicking: Leaving Canada's Toughest
Book SynopsisPeople don’t leave the Point, even if they move far away. Or at least that’s how it seems to journalist Kathy Dobson. Growing up in the 1970s in Point St. Charles, an industrial slum in Montreal, she sees how people get trapped in the neighborhood. In this sequel to the highly praised With a Closed Fist, Dobson shares her journey of trying to escape from what was once described as the toughest neighborhood in Canada. Kathy and her five sisters, raised by their single mother, deal with slum landlords, “pervy uncles,” and their father—a mostly absent police officer who does occasional work on the side for the local mob. As Kathy grows up and starts attending college outside the Point, she has to learn how to survive in a new environment where problems aren’t solved by a good punch to the head.
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Exile Editions Dignity in Exile
Book SynopsisSituated on a toxic leaf composting facility and the Portland International Airport is Dignity Village, the first city-recognized shantytown and a place the dejected, jobless, and impoverished outcasts of society call home. A powerful study of homelessness and the human spirit, this photo-ethnographic account follows the villagers for six months as they fight to overcome lives beleaguered with abuse, incarceration, addiction, mental health issues, and the stigma of poverty. The result is a stunning portraiture of the people who live there, explored through high-quality reporting, remarkable photography, and an honest visual representation of the flame of dignity that burns deep inside those in exile.
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Orbis Books (USA) Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to
Book SynopsisThere is growing popular fear over possible pesticide contamination of food and the microbiological safety of the food supply. This work explains why corporate agribusiness is a rising threat to farmers, the environment, and consumers. Ranging in subject from the politics of hunger to the new agricultural biotechnologies, the book addresses the reasons for the expansion of hunger despite the increase of world food supplies, and points the way toward organic, sustainable solutions to the problems of food supply and distribution.Table of ContentsThe agrarian origins of capitalism, Ellen Meiksins Wood; Liebig, Marx, and the depletion of soil fertility - relevance for today's agriculture, John Bellamy Foster, Fred Magdoff; agriculture and monopoly capital, William D. Heffernan; ecological impacts of industrial agriculture and the possibilities for sustainable farming, Miguel A. Altiery; the maturing of capitalist agriculture - farmer as proletarian, R.C. Lewontin; new agricultural biotechnologies - the struggle for democratic choice, Gerard Middendorf et al; global food politics, Philip McMichael; rebuilding local food systems from the grassroots up, Elizabeth Henderson; want amid plenty - from hunger to inequality, Janet Poppendieck, alternative agriculture works - the case of Cuba, Peter M. Rosset; the importance of land reform in the reconstruction of China, Willima Hinton; the great global enclosure of our times - peasants and the agrarian question at the beginning of the 21st century; farmworkers in the United States - from unionization to immigration, Linda C. Majka, Theo J. Majka
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our
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Steerforth Press Jennie's Boy: A Misfit Childhood on an Island of
Book Synopsis** Winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour **The sad, tender, and extremely funny memoir of a boyhood few thought he would survive, including the unforgettable mother and hilarious grandmother who raised himA book to be relished by lovers of such works as The Glass Castle, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, and Angela's AshesEverything readers love about consummate storyteller and beloved bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston's work is on full display in Jennie’s Boy: incredible characters, brilliant language, and a deep sense of place.Wayne Johnston’s family — his mother, father, and three brothers — were always on the move. The year he turned eight, the most memorable year of an unusual childhood, they found themselves occupying a wreck of a house in the community his mother Jennie was from: Goulds, Newfoundland was not so much a place as a scattering of homes along an unpaved road.Everyone knew him as “Jennie’s boy,” and his tiny, ferocious mother felt judged for Wayne’s sickly, skinny condition — he had to spend much of his time in a bed on wheels that was moved from room to room. While his brothers went off to school, Wayne passed his days with his witty, eccentric maternal grandmother, Lucy, whose son Leonard had died at the age of seven and whose photo stood alongside a statue of the Blessed Virgin. Jennie's Boy recalls a boyhood full of pain, laughter, tenderness, and the kind of wit for which Newfoundlanders are known. By that wit, and by their love for each other — so often expressed in the most unloving ways — he, and they, survived.
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