Poverty and precarity Books
Harvard University Press Cultures of Charity
Book SynopsisRenaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women’s shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans.Trade ReviewThis sweeping exploration of early modern poor relief shows how Bologna became a model for other cities in meeting the challenge of female poverty across the life cycle. By putting gender squarely at the center of analysis, Terpstra brilliantly illuminates how widespread concerns for poor women and girls sparked innovative networks of care aimed at both charity and discipline. -- Sharon Strocchia, Emory UniversityTerpstra's intimate and human study of Bologna's attempts to deal with the life cycle of poverty—especially that of women—provides a virtual comparative history of the troubled relationship between rich and poor in early modern Europe. This is the new social and cultural history at its best—rich with significant findings, livened with everyday human details, and sensitively evoked by a master historian. -- Guido Ruggiero, University of Miami
£45.01
Harvard University Press Dubious Conceptions
Book SynopsisThis powerful book takes us behind the stereotypes, the inflamed rhetoric, and the flip media sound bites to show us the complex reality and troubling truths of teenage mothers in America today.Trade ReviewA very important work...Luker makes a compelling case that the familiar portrait [of teen-age mothers] we have been shown so often is the reflection of a public mood rather than a demographic reality...It has always been the case that our national problem is not teen-age childbirth or single-parent families but poverty itself...To continue to insist otherwise after publication of this wise, thoughtful book is to be either obdurately ill informed or ruthlessly ideological in the face of compelling evidence to the contrary. -- Kai Erikson * New York Times Book Review *This is a book of immense scholarship which is also a compelling and accessible read. Luker examines the current social policy obsession with the "problem" of teenage pregnancy within the U.S....Introducing the stories of many young women who have been...demonized, Luker sensitively and sympathetically explores the realities of their lives. She shows that welfare reform and family policy should take account of the realities of life for women on the margins, and not seek to blame and punish them for society's ills. * Race Relations Abstracts *[An] insightful, scholarly, and wonderfully readable analysis of Americans' misconceptions about teenage pregnancy and the impact of these beliefs on public policy...[Luker's] fresh perspective on the issue of teenage pregnancy is an important contribution to the current debate over welfare reform. Commonsensical, timely, and very persuasive. * Kirkus Reviews *Dubious Conceptions is an extremely readable, interesting treatise on the history of adolescent sexuality in the United States and the genesis of the politicization of teenage pregnancy. -- Elizabeth M. Alderman, M.D. * Journal of the American Medical Association *[A] provocative critique of public thinking on early pregnancy and childbearing...Drawing on historical and social scientific evidence, [Luker] shows how both economic and cultural forces have contributed to the problems associated with early childbearing. -- Barbara Dafoe Whitehead * Commonweal *In the country I'd like to live in, the publication of Dubious Conceptions would be a transformative event. The book would dissolve prejudices and stimulate informed, positive public policies improving the lives--and lowering the birth rates--of thousands of poor, young, unmarried girls and women. In Dubious Conceptions, Kristin Luker's treatment of the subject of youthful single pregnancy is lucid, orderly, and heartfelt...[It] makes a strong presentation for several reasons, including, first of all, that it addresses and thoroughly undermines the most popular, seductive, and intractable myths associated with teen pregnancy: that "teen mothers" and "welfare mothers" are congruent categories, and that teenage pregnancy causes and perpetuates poverty in the United States. -- Rickie Solinger * Contemporary Sociology *Kristin Luker's new book offers a clearly written, much-needed survey of the recent academic literature on teenage motherhood, as well as an insightful overview of historical attitudes toward early childbearing and single mothers. -- Kim Phillips * In These Times *This thoughtful and well-written book reveals more clearly than any previous publication the extent of our misunderstanding of the problem of teen pregnancy. Dubious Conceptions provides the basis for a new and constructive national dialogue on the subject. It is by far the best social-policy book ever written on teenage childbearing in the United States. -- William Julius Wilson, Harvard University[A] stunning new account of how both liberals and conservatives "constructed" an epidemic of teenage pregnancy. Luker's meticulous research challenges the myth of an epidemic and concludes that it is poverty that causes teenage pregnancy and not the reverse. -- Ruth Rosen * Los Angeles Times *Table of Contents1. The Problem and Its Human Face 2. Bastardy, Fitness, and the Invention of Adolescence 3. Poverty, Fertility, and the State 4. Constructing an Epidemic 5. Choice and Consequence 6. Why Do They Do It? 7. Teenage Parents and the Future Appendix Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£32.36
Harvard University Press Battle for BedStuy
Book SynopsisIn the 1960s Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America’s largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments.Trade ReviewIn this engaging and powerful book, Michael Woodsworth recasts the War on Poverty as the fruit of a long community-based struggle against urban disinvestment and racism. By showing just how much of 1960s urban reform percolated up from the grassroots, Battle for Bed-Stuy offers fresh insight into the relationship between activism and policy and the promises and perils of place-based politics. -- Mason B. Williams, author of City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New YorkThis original and well-written account of postwar community activism makes an excellent and provocative case that Bed-Stuy, long overshadowed by Harlem, is a key site for understanding postwar African American history. -- Karen Ferguson, author of Top Down: The Ford Foundation, Black Power, and the Reinvention of Racial LiberalismAn impressive work that shows how local bureaucracies and energized political activists—in this case innovative African American residents and property owners—made the War on Poverty do what it was intended to do: reflect the interests of local people who knew Bed-Stuy was a community, not a so-called slum. -- Kent B. Germany, University of South Carolina[This book] will especially interest readers who want to understand the political economy of the war on poverty. Moreover, though Woodsworth’s book focuses on a single American neighborhood, it gives readers a look at the forces that led to failures, and successes, in combating poverty in many American cities during the post-war period. The book is very well written…Battle for Bed-Stuy is an excellent introduction to how the war on poverty played out in the largest ghetto in American's largest city. -- F. H. Smith * Choice *
£32.36
Princeton University Press Poverty and Discrimination
Book SynopsisMany ideas about poverty and discrimination are nothing more than politically driven assertions unsupported by evidence. And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. In Poverty and Discrimination, economist Kevin Lang cuts through the vast literature on poverty and discrimination to determine what we actually know and how we know it. Using rigorous statistical analysis and economic thinking to judge what the best research is and which theories match the evidence, this book clears the ground for students, social scientists, and policymakers who want to understand--and help reduce--poverty and discrimination. It evaluates how well antipoverty and antidiscrimination policies and programs have worked--and whether they have sometimes actually made the problems worse. And it provides new insights about the causes of, and possible solutions to, poverty and discrimination. The book begins by asking, Who is poTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2007 Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Social Work, Association of American Publishers "This volume could be usefully employed as a textbook in upper-level undergraduate and more advanced courses in poverty and discrimination, as well as a reference work for specialists... Highly recommended."--Choice "Poverty and Discrimination is social science at its best. The issues are interesting, the analysis is first rate, the organization is excellent, and ... [the] data is exemplary."--Arnold Kling, EconLog "Kevin Lang has written a significant book that assesses recent developments in the study of poverty and discrimination, reviews the formal theories, and provides insight into their validity through statistical analysis; in essence, a book that addresses the basic issues of poverty and discrimination. It is an excellent text for economists, social scientists, and public policy makers."--Kathryn Goering Reid, Journal of Children and Poverty "Readers of the book will become better critics of statistical evidence used in policy debate sand more skeptical of strong claims about a policy's success (or failure). They also will more fully understand the difficulty of conducting highly credible policy research and crafting effective policies."--Rohert D. Plotnick, Industrial and Labor Relations Review "Lang has written an excellent book that can serve as a useful tool for researchers, students, and policymakers. The author clearly is an expert in the field who has thoroughly researched his topic."--Casey P. Homan, Monthly Labor ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1. The Content of This Book 2 2. Recent Developments in the Study of Poverty and Discrimination 4 3. The Object of This Book 8 4. Why Do Policy Analysts Disagree? The Limits of Statistical Arguments 10 5. Why Do Policy Analysts Disagree? The Role of Values 12 6. A Case Study: Retention in Grade 13 7. Concluding Remarks 17 8. Further Reading 18 9. Questions for Discussion 18 10. Appendix: A Quick Guide to Statistics 19 Part 1: POVERTY Chapter 2: Who Is Poor? 31 1. Evidence on the Importance of Relative Income 36 2. How the Government Measures Poverty 37 3. Valuing Nonmonetary Income 39 4. Over What Time Period Should We Measure Poverty? 40 5. Other Problems with the Official Measure 41 6. The National Academy of Sciences Report 42 7. Gathering the Data 42 8. Who Is Poor (By the Official Measure)? 43 9. Extreme Poverty 45 10. Homelessness 45 11. Hunger and Food Insecurity 48 12. Alternative Measures of Poverty 51 13. The Dynamics of Poverty 53 14. Why Does Poverty Last So Long for Some People? 56 15. Concluding Remarks 58 16. Further Reading 58 17. Questions for Discussion 59 18. Appendix: A Brief Note on Data 61 Chapter 3: The Evolution of Poverty Policy 63 1. Federal Poverty Programs, 1970-2000 63 2. Incentives under AFDC 66 3. The Earned Income Tax Credit 69 4. Cash or In-Kind Transfer: Which Is Better? 78 5. Concluding Remarks 81 6. Further Reading 81 7. Questions for Discussion 82 Chapter 4: Trends in Poverty 83 1. Trends Using the Official Measure 83 2. Trends in Poverty under Alternate Measures 86 3. Accounting for Trends 87 4. Concluding Remarks 102 5. Further Reading 103 6. Questions for Discussion 104 7. Appendix: Multivariate Analysis 104 Chapter 5: Labor Market Policies 108 1. Understanding Wage Inequality 108 2. Minimum Wage Laws 115 3. Living Wage Laws 120 4. Job Training Programs 121 5. Can Job Training Programs Reduce Poverty? 123 6. Evaluating the JTPA 125 7. Evaluating the Job Corps and Other Youth Programs 129 8. Training Programs and Tagging 133 9. Welfare to Work: Work First 134 10. Employer-Based Subsidies 136 11. Concluding Remarks 140 12. Further Reading 140 13. Questions for Discussion 140 14. Appendix: Adjusting for Program Nonparticipation 141 Chapter 6: Family Composition 143 1. Births to Single Mothers 144 2. Declining Marriage 146 3. Changing Social Attitudes 150 4. The Role of Welfare 156 5. Features of Welfare 158 6. Teenage Childbearing 161 7. Effects of Growing Up with a Single Parent 168 8. Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty 172 9. Policies Aimed at Infants and Toddlers 174 10. Preschool Programs 177 11. Programs for School-Age Children 182 12. Medicaid and SCHIP 190 13. Concluding Remarks 192 14. Further Reading 194 15. Questions for Discussion 196 Chapter 7: Concentrated Poverty 197 1. Life in High-Poverty Neighborhoods 198 2. Do Neighborhoods Matter? 198 3. The Gautreaux Program 201 4. Moving to Opportunity 202 5. Public Housing 203 6. Gangs 205 7. Community Development 206 8. Concluding Remarks 208 9. Further Reading 209 10. Questions for Discussion 210 Chapter 8: Education and Education Reform 211 1. Education and Earnings 212 2. Testing 213 3. Decentralization and School Quality 221 4. Using Tests to Increase School and District Accountability 236 5. Concluding Remarks 239 6. Further Reading 240 7. Questions for Discussion 241 Chapter 9: Welfare Reform 243 1. The Case for Reform 243 2. The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 245 3. Assessing the Effects of Welfare Reform 251 4. Effect on Welfare Receipt 252 5. Welfare Reform and Well-Being 254 6. Living Arrangements 258 7. Effects on Children and Adolescents 259 8. Concluding Thoughts 259 9. Further Reading 260 10. Questions for Discussion 261 Part 2: DISCRIMINATION Chapter 10: Discrimination: Theory 265 1. What Is Discrimination? 265 2. Theories of Discrimination: Prejudice 269 3. Prejudice in Imperfect Labor Markets 272 4. Transaction Costs Models 273 5. Statistical Discrimination 274 6. Self-Confirming Expectations 277 7. Concluding Remarks 280 8. Further Reading 281 9. Questions for Discussion 282 Chapter 11: Race Discrimination in the Labor Market 283 1. Trends in Black-White Earnings Differentials 283 2. Explaining the Decline in the Wage Gap 287 3. Evidence on Current Discrimination 293 4. Testing for Discrimination: Legal Perspectives 307 5. Affirmative Action in Employment 311 6. Affirmative Action in Public Employment 313 7. Concluding Remarks 314 8. Further Reading 315 9. Questions for Discussion 316 Chapter 12: Race Discrimination and Education 317 1. The Black-White Test Score Gap 317 2. Discrimination in Education 325 3. Affirmative Action in Education 330 4. Concluding Remarks 332 5. Further Reading 333 6. Questions for Discussion 333 Chapter 13: Race Discrimination in Customer Markets and the Judicial System 334 1. Housing 335 2. Discrimination in Other Markets 345 3. Discrimination in the Justice System 349 4. Concluding Remarks 351 5. Further Reading 352 6. Questions for Discussion 352 Chapter 14: Sex Discrimination 354 1. Theory 354 2. Is There Discrimination against Women in the Labor Market? 360 3. Discrimination, Marriage, and Children 364 4. Sexual Orientation 366 5. Trends in the Female/Male Wage Ratio 368 6. Comparable Worth 373 7. Concluding Remarks 375 8. Further Reading 377 9. Questions for Discussion 378 Chapter 15: Conclusion: An Agenda to Decrease Poverty and Discrimination? 379 1. The Value and Limits of Research 379 2. The Value and Limits of a Strong Labor Market 381 3. Family and Early Childhood Programs 383 4. Education 385 5. Addressing the Needs of High-Poverty Neighborhoods 385 6. Race Discrimination and Inequality 386 7. Addressing Inequality 387 8. Health Care 388 9. Concluding Remarks 388 Author Index 391 Subject Index 395
£74.80
Princeton University Press A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty
Book SynopsisWorld leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet, it persists. This book argues that the solution lies in the creation of a new institution, the World Development Corporation (WDC), a partnership of multinational corporations (MNCs), international development agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).Trade Review"A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty provides a valuable--and exceedingly readable--primer on corporate social responsibility as well as a compelling approach to the use of corporate wealth to benefit the world's poorest."--Joshua Rosenthal, International Law and PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Prologue 1 PART I: The Legitimacy Gap Chapter 1: Introduction 9 Chapter 2: The Legitimacy of Business 21 PART II: Reactions, Responses, and Responsibilities Chapter 3: NGOs and the Attack: Critics, Watchdogs, and Collaborators 45 Chapter 4: The Corporate Response 71 Chapter 5: International Development Architecture 90 Chapter 6: The Emerging International Consensus 117 PART III: Global Poverty Reduction and the Role of Big Business Chapter 7: The Options for Business Contributions 137 Chapter 8: A World Development Corporation 155 Notes 165 Bibliography 177 Index 185
£19.80
Princeton University Press American Hungers The Problem of Poverty in U.S.
Book SynopsisArgues that poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized.Trade Review"Jones persuasively argues that the time has come for literary theory to address the issue of poverty ... in US literature. Rather than focusing on the cultural identities of the underprivileged, the author calls for a 'theory of poverty' that will highlight and address the political and social injustices associated with the economically disadvantaged... Jones posits that the work of Herman Melville, Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, James Agee, and Richard White most accurately portrays and foregrounds poverty... His readings show how these writers succeeded in 'opening up the complexities and contradictions' of poverty, which contemporary literary theory fails to do. In short, Jones calls for a synthesis between discussion of race/gender/class and discussion of poverty, which often shapes identities within race, gender, and class categories."--B. M. McNeal, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, for CHOICE "Gavin Jones's American Hungers tackles a one-hundred-year period, treating a vast range of texts with great theoretical sophistication. This ambitious book aims to make poverty as powerful an analytical tool as race and gender have proven in recent critical history."--Michael Robertson, American Literature "Jones's readings are detailed and richly informed, and his discussions of the social-scientific background--the shift from moral to biological to psychological explanations of poverty--provide a valuable history, one that should interest critics regardless of their stance toward identity politics."--Twentieth Century Literature "The main and considerable strength of Jones's book is its theoretical contribution, which is located in the introduction. The body of the volume also makes intriguing, if not always completely persuasive, arguments."--Michael Tavel Clarke, American Quarterly "Gavin Jones's American Hungers is a major contribution to the critical debate about literary constructions of poverty in America across epochs; or rather, the book redefines the terms for this debate in such a way that establishes poverty as a valid subject of discussion in its own right, no longer a mere addition to class, race or gender criticism. Even though Jones writes only about five major texts of American literature, the scope of his presentation is impressive, with insights into cultural, economic, ideological, psychological, and ethical complexities... If poverty ever becomes a category capable of creating a distinct tradition of critical analysis, American Hungers will undeniably be one of the fundamental works of this tradition."--Marek Paryz, European Journal of American Studies "[A] commendable, daring attempt at providing an adequate theoretical framework for a cultural-sociological discourse on pauperism... Jones offers an insightful vision... [T]he book undoubtedly challenges our received views and notions... Engaging and polemical, its topicality cannot be overstated in the context of the current economic scene of a global market marred by recession."--Adriana Neagu, ABC Journal "American Hungers is a valuable, important, paradigm shifting book that should be read by everyone with an interest in American literature of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially by anyone claiming a critical interest in relations of class and power in American culture."--Carol Loranger, Studies in American Naturalism "Jones literary 'theory of poverty' must be considered one of the most groundbreaking and at the same time nuanced interventions into theories of class. His theory of poverty as a state of being dialectically shaped by economic, structural and non-material, individual conditions challenges us to recognize representations of poverty in their entire complexity. Implicitly only, he also challenges us to interrogate the complexities of poverty in the real world--and possibly act upon our insights."--Birte Christ, Journal of Literary Theory "Gavin Jones's provocative two-pronged thesis in American Hungers stands up admirably in both historical and contemporary contexts."--Robert M. Dowling, Modern PhilologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii INTRODUCTION: The Problem of Poverty in Literary Criticism 1 CHAPTER ONE: Beggaring Description: Herman Melville and Antebellum Poverty Discourse 21 Paradigms of Poverty and Pauperism 23 Literary Uses and Abuses of Poverty 28 The Ambivalence of Thoreau and Davis 32 Redburn and Israel Potter: Transatlantic Counterparts 38 Melville's Sketches of the Mid-1850s 46 Poor Pierre 52 Problems of Need in The Confidence-Man 59 CHAPTER TWO: Being Poor in the Progressive Era: Dreiser and Wharton on the Pauper Problem 62 Writing Poverty 65 The Persistence of Pauperism 72 What's the Matter with Hurstwood? 76 The Class That Drifts 80 Fear of Falling 85 The Feminization of Poverty 88 Poor Lily 92 Class and Gender 100 CHAPTER THREE: The Depression in Black and White: Agee, Wright, and the Aesthetics of Damage 106 Understanding the Depression 110 Agee's Uncertainty 116 Damage and Disadvantage 120 The Beauty and Erotics of Poverty 124 Race, Class, and Poor Richard 129 American Hunger 139 Delinquent Identity 144 CONCLUSION 148 Notes 155 Works Cited 201 Index 219
£28.50
Princeton University Press Guilty of Indigence
Book SynopsisIn the early twentieth century poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of China. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, this book examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fundamental problem."Trade Review"The book does a marvelous job of analyzing the discourse surrounding poverty in China. [I]t certainly belongs on the short list of pioneering studies ... that offer sophisticated analyses of the lives of illiterate, unprivileged men and women in Chinese cities in the decades before establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949."--Kristin Stapleton, American Historical Review "This book makes an important contribution to the field of modern Chinese history... Janet Y. Chen provides new insight into how the notion of poverty was redefined during this tumultuous and complicated period. Although the ideas and arguments are complex and sophisticated, this is a clearly argued and crisply written book, one that could be easily used in part or in whole in an upper division undergraduate course."--Hong-Ming Liang, Historian "This book is a veritable model of a social history monograph--one that aspiring PhD students would do well to emulate... It is unusual for a monograph so firmly placed within social history to be as attentive to the unenviable positions in which both weak governments and weak citizens found themselves, but in this Chen's work more than succeeds."--Julia C. Strauss, China JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii A Note on Conventions ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Between Charity and Punishment 13 Chapter 2: "Parasites upon Society" 46 Chapter 3: "Living Ghosts" during the Nanjing Decade 86 Chapter 4: Beggars or Refugees? 128 Chapter 5: Keeping Company with Ghosts 173 Epilogue 213 Notes 233 Glossary 279 Bibliography 283 Index 303
£49.30
Princeton University Press Climbing Mount Laurel The Struggle for
Book SynopsisUnder the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Mount Laurel was the town at the center of the court decisions. As a result, MTrade ReviewCo-winners of the 2014 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2013 Paul Davidoff Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning "Upscale Mount Laurel loomed large in the New Jersey State Supreme Court's key fair housing decisions in 1975 and 1983. But the housing itself wasn't built until all of 2001. For years, locals protested hard that home values would fall and crime rates would rise. Douglas S. Massey and four other authors ... meticulously document how this wasn't the case at all."--Katharine Whittemore, Boston Globe "Sociologist Massey and his coauthors tell a remarkable story about the Ethel Lawrence Homes (ELH) project, an affordable housing project for low- and moderate-income minority residents in an affluent white suburb in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey... They argue that the development of affordable housing projects for low-income minorities in affluent suburbs is an effective means to reduce race and class segregation, increase social mobility, reduce dependency, create better human capital, and achieve family well-being. A significant contribution to urban community studies and the literature on social policy related to housing in the metropolitan U.S."--Choice "Climbing Mount Laurel should be on every planner's bookshelf for two key reasons. First, the book will likely serve as a fine, detailed study of a successful affordable housing project. Second, Climbing Mount Laurel can serve as a source of inspiration that economic and racial integration is possible in suburbia, but only when planners and developers pay attention to the big and little details."--Stuart Meck, Journal of American Planning Association "Massey and his coauthors provide a concise, effective overview of exclusionary practices and their effects on residential segregation."--John R. Logan, American Journal of Sociology "Climbing Mount Laurel is a welcome addition to the literature on housing mobility programs and neighborhood effects. Its methodological rigor and ability to avoid the pitfalls of spatial determinism are some of its key strengths, and the book should be of interest to scholars and practitioners of affordable housing, planning law, and program evaluation."--Aretousa Bloom, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "Impeccable... Climbing Mount Laurel exemplifies social science at its finest--conclusively demonstrating through precise, thorough, thoughtful, and thought-provoking analysis how, for tens of millions of Americans, the path to the American Dream begins and ends at home."--Mark Rubinfeld, Journal of American CultureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii Chapter 1. Location Cubed: The Importance of Neighborhoods 1 Chapter 2. Suburban Showdown: The Mount Laurel Controversy 32 Chapter 3. Field of Dreams: Ethel Lawrence Homes Come to Mount Laurel 51 Chapter 4. Rhetoric and Reality: Monitoring Mount Laurel 64 Chapter 5. Neighborly Concerns: Effects on Surrounding Communities 80 Chapter 6. All Things Considered: Neighbors' Perceptions a Decade Later 100 Chapter 7. Greener Pastures: Moving to Tranquility 121 Chapter 8. Tenant Transitions: From Geographic to Social Mobility 147 Chapter 9. Affordable Housing: Suburban Solutions to Urban Problems 184 Appendices 197 References 245 Index 261
£36.00
Princeton University Press Guilty of Indigence The Urban Poor in China
Book SynopsisIn the early twentieth century, a time of political fragmentation and social upheaval in China, poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of the country. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, Guilty of Indigence examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting toTrade Review"The book does a marvelous job of analyzing the discourse surrounding poverty in China. [I]t certainly belongs on the short list of pioneering studies ... that offer sophisticated analyses of the lives of illiterate, unprivileged men and women in Chinese cities in the decades before establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949."--Kristin Stapleton, American Historical Review "This book makes an important contribution to the field of modern Chinese history... Janet Y. Chen provides new insight into how the notion of poverty was redefined during this tumultuous and complicated period. Although the ideas and arguments are complex and sophisticated, this is a clearly argued and crisply written book, one that could be easily used in part or in whole in an upper division undergraduate course."--Hong-Ming Liang, Historian "This book is a veritable model of a social history monograph--one that aspiring PhD students would do well to emulate... It is unusual for a monograph so firmly placed within social history to be as attentive to the unenviable positions in which both weak governments and weak citizens found themselves, but in this Chen's work more than succeeds."--Julia C. Strauss, China JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii A Note on Conventions ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Between Charity and Punishment 13 Chapter 2: "Parasites upon Society" 46 Chapter 3: "Living Ghosts" during the Nanjing Decade 86 Chapter 4: Beggars or Refugees? 128 Chapter 5: Keeping Company with Ghosts 173 Epilogue 213 Notes 233 Glossary 279 Bibliography 283 Index 303
£999.99
Princeton University Press In Harms Way The Dynamics of Urban Violence
Book SynopsisArquitecto Tucci, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, is a place where crushing poverty and violent crime are everyday realities. Homicides--often involving young people--continue to skyrocket, and in the emergency room there, victims of shootings or knifings are an all-too-common sight. In Harm's Way takes a harrowing look at daily life in ArquitectoTrade ReviewWinners of the 2016 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association "An important ethnography that, with a focus on social relations and not on individuals, meaningfully advances our understandings of violence and the lives of impoverished dwellers. As with good books, this one also inspires reflection and questions, perhaps for future research."--Cecilia Menjivar, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 El Barrio and La Feria: Daily Life at the Urban Margins 30 Chapter 2 Born amid Bullets: Concatenated Violence(s) 66 Chapter 3 The State at the Margins 108 Chapter 4 Ethics and Politics amid Violence 135 Conclusion: Toward a Political Sociology of Urban Marginality 161 Acknowledgments 181 Methodological Appendix 185 Notes 197 Bibliography 207 Index 239
£31.50
Princeton University Press Poverty Traps
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The collection is a thought-provoking book that provides a comprehensive examination of persistent poverty in both the United States and developing counties... Poverty Traps should be read by any economist, social scientist, policymaker, or anyone else interested in the study of persistent poverty."--William Levernier, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction by Samuel Bowles, Steven N. Durlauf, and Karla Hoff 1 Part One: Threshold Effects 15 Chapter 1: The Theory of Poverty Traps What Have We Learned? by Costas Azariadis 17 Part Two: by Institutions 41 Chapter 2: The Persistence of Poverty in the Americas The Role of Institutions by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff 43 Chapter 3: Parasites by Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene, and Ragnar Torvik 79 Chapter 4: The Kin System as a Poverty Trap? byKarla Hoff and Arijit Sen 95 Chapter 5: Institutional Poverty Traps by Samuel Bowles 116 Part Three: Neighborhood Effects 139 Chapter 6: Groups, Social Influences, and Inequality by Steven N. Durlauf 141 Chapter 7: Durable Inequality Spatial Dynamics, Social Processes, and the Persistence of Poverty in Chicago Neighborhoods by Robert J. Sampson and Jeffrey D. Morenoff 176 Chapter 8: Spatial Concentration and Social Stratification Does the Clustering of Disadvantage "Beget " Bad Outcomes?? by Michael E. Sobel 204 Contributors 231 Index 233
£22.50
Princeton University Press In Harms Way The Dynamics of Urban Violence
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinners of the 2016 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association "An important ethnography that, with a focus on social relations and not on individuals, meaningfully advances our understandings of violence and the lives of impoverished dwellers. As with good books, this one also inspires reflection and questions, perhaps for future research."--Cecilia Menjivar, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 El Barrio and La Feria: Daily Life at the Urban Margins 30 Chapter 2 Born amid Bullets: Concatenated Violence(s) 66 Chapter 3 The State at the Margins 108 Chapter 4 Ethics and Politics amid Violence 135 Conclusion: Toward a Political Sociology of Urban Marginality 161 Acknowledgments 181 Methodological Appendix 185 Notes 197 Bibliography 207 Index 239
£20.90
Princeton University Press The Failed Welfare Revolution Americas Struggle
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 2009 Best Book Award in Political Sociology, American Sociological Association Co-Winner of the 2009 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Section on Sociology of Culture, American Sociological Association "[T]his monograph ... represents a substantial achievement and a major addition to the literature on America's welfare state."--Edward D. Berkowitz, Journal of American History "The Failed Welfare Revolution is a well-researched book that fills a significant gap in the literature on U.S. social policy. The theoretical perspective is innovative, and Steensland makes a strong case for the study of the role of ideas and culture in policymaking."--Daniel Beland, Political Science Quarterly "Brian Steensland's highly detailed account and analysis of guaranteed annual income (GAl) proposals during the Nixon and Carter administrations provides an important contribution to the research on social welfare policy in the United States, addressing a significant lacuna in this literature."--Kenneth Hudson, American Journal of Sociology "This scholarly book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in current debates about the merits of a guaranteed income policy. It is richly documented, draws effectively on theoretical ideas and transcends the limitations of many historical accounts by linking developments in the 1970s to current social welfare debates. An added bonus is the discussion of proposals by the Carter administration later in the decade to reformulate these ideas. The author's reflection on the role of cultural factors in social welfare thinking also makes a significant contribution and will hopefully facilitate future analyses that will explore the importance of culture in social policy."--James Midgley, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "The Failed Welfare Revolution is an interesting retelling and synthesis of what happened some 40 years ago, and anybody interested in the subject will find this work to be of value."--Ralf Hertwig, Monthly Labor Review "Steensland's precision in analyzing the guaranteed income debates throughout the book is impressive, as is his use of extensive original research from presidential archives. He has done a great service in so thoroughly deconstructing for the first time a neglected episode in the history of us (and Canadian) social policy."--Richard Pereira, Labour-Le Travail "[A] theoretically rich and historically detailed account of domestic policy centered on the 1970s."--Richard K. Caputo, Eastern Economic JournalTable of ContentsPreface ix Abbreviations xiii INTRODUCTION: Understanding the Failed Welfare Revolution 1 CHAPTER ONE: The Rise of Guaranteed Annual Income 28 CHAPTER TWO: Guaranteed Annual Income Goes Public 52 CHAPTER THREE: The Origins and Transformation of the Nixon Plan 79 CHAPTER FOUR: Nixon's Family Assistance Plan Stalls 120 CHAPTER FIVE: Defeat and Its Policy Legacy 157 CHAPTER SIX: Carter and the Program for Better Jobs and Income 182 CHAPTER SEVEN: Lost Opportunities, Consequences, and Lessons 219 CHAPTER EIGHT: Culture and Welfare Policy Development 232 Notes 247 References 283 Index 297
£27.00
Princeton University Press Climbing Mount Laurel
Book Synopsis"Exploring the impact of an affordable housing development in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, this book provides new and innovative methodologies for examining key theoretical and public policy issues that have been the subject of intensive debate."--Gregory Squires, George Washington University.sity.Trade Review"Winner of the 2013 Paul Davidoff Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning""Co-winners of the 2014 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Upscale Mount Laurel loomed large in the New Jersey State Supreme Court's key fair housing decisions in 1975 and 1983. But the housing itself wasn't built until all of 2001. For years, locals protested hard that home values would fall and crime rates would rise. Douglas S. Massey and four other authors . . . meticulously document how this wasn't the case at all."---Katharine Whittemore, Boston Globe"Sociologist Massey and his coauthors tell a remarkable story about the Ethel Lawrence Homes (ELH) project, an affordable housing project for low- and moderate-income minority residents in an affluent white suburb in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey. . . . They argue that the development of affordable housing projects for low-income minorities in affluent suburbs is an effective means to reduce race and class segregation, increase social mobility, reduce dependency, create better human capital, and achieve family well-being. A significant contribution to urban community studies and the literature on social policy related to housing in the metropolitan U.S." * Choice *"Climbing Mount Laurel should be on every planner's bookshelf for two key reasons. First, the book will likely serve as a fine, detailed study of a successful affordable housing project. Second, Climbing Mount Laurel can serve as a source of inspiration that economic and racial integration is possible in suburbia, but only when planners and developers pay attention to the big and little details."---Stuart Meck, Journal of American Planning Association"Massey and his coauthors provide a concise, effective overview of exclusionary practices and their effects on residential segregation."---John R. Logan, American Journal of Sociology"Climbing Mount Laurel is a welcome addition to the literature on housing mobility programs and neighborhood effects. Its methodological rigor and ability to avoid the pitfalls of spatial determinism are some of its key strengths, and the book should be of interest to scholars and practitioners of affordable housing, planning law, and program evaluation."---Aretousa Bloom, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare"Impeccable. . . . Climbing Mount Laurel exemplifies social science at its finest—conclusively demonstrating through precise, thorough, thoughtful, and thought-provoking analysis how, for tens of millions of Americans, the path to the American Dream begins and ends at home."---Mark Rubinfeld, Journal of American Culture
£23.75
Pluto Press The Warehouse
Book SynopsisAmazon's despoticautomation and surveillance technologies may well be its downfallTrade Review'This accessible and richly detailed book brings together fascinating interviews with Italian Amazon workers, historical and economic analysis, and thoughtful critique' -- Lisa Nakamura, Lisa Nakamura, Director of the Digital Studies Institute and the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan'Delfanti has done here what more critics of Amazon should - listen carefully to the people whose work makes the corporation function. Those of us fighting for a better future than Amazon's dystopia have much to learn from this book' -- Dania Rajendra, Inaugural Director, Athena Coalition‘Takes us to the heart of Amazon’s empire and masterfully unpacks the intensive labor, hyper-surveillance, and gamification of work that warehouse laborers experience each day’ -- Veena Dubal, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law‘Deftly examines the dichotomy between Amazon's public personas and its union-busting, worker-surveilling behavior in fulfillment centers around the world’ -- ‘Engadget’Table of ContentsList of figures A note on methods Acknowledgments 1. Relentless 2. Work hard 3. Have fun 4. Customer obsession 5. Reimagine now 6. Make history Notes Index
£18.99
Pluto Press A Critical History of Poverty Finance
Book SynopsisA comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emergedTrade Review'Nick Bernards has crafted the definitive account of the history of poverty finance, skilfully revealing its entanglements with the uneven development of capitalism' -- Susanne Soederberg, Professor of Global Political Economy at Queen's University, Canada‘In this outstanding history of poverty finance, Nick Bernards show that financial exclusion persists not because of a lack of design or fancy technology but because the problem of uneven development is persistent and structural’ -- Andrew Leyshon, Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham'A much-needed book that should be read by anyone interested in the expansion of finance into everyday life. Rich with empirical details and comprehensive in its theoretical engagement with the interrelationship between finance and social justice, it throws into sharp relief how impoverished the conception of poverty reduction is when it relies on financial inclusion to improve welfare of people' -- Johnna Montgomerie, Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London'In this exemplary study, Nick Bernards shows why so many were seduced into wrongly believing that poverty finance might be the key to eradicating global poverty. In fact, its deployment was about advancing the narrow enrichment priorities of the powerful. A major contribution in the study of the politics of finance' -- Milford Bateman, author of 'Why Doesn't Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Acronyms Introduction Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism 1. A colonial problem 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance Part II. Making markets for poverty finance 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion Part III. Innovation to the rescue? 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance 7. Fintech and its limits Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£17.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Collateral Damage Social Inequalities in a
Book Synopsis* Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * This new book focuses on social inequality.Trade Review"Catalogues the almost irreparable damage and corruption visited on the fabric of humanity and its collective values of solidarity, as well as shared interests, by the practices of modern capitalism." Morning Star "A wise old man, raging against the rise of new evils and yet retaining a passion for a redemptive and transformative mission for sociology and its concerns, is something laudable." Times Higher Education Table of ContentsIntroduction: Collateral damage of social inequality 1 1 From the agora to the marketplace 10 2 Requiem for communism 27 3 The fate of social inequality in liquid modern times 40 4 Strangers are dangers . . . Are they indeed? 52 5 Consumerism and morality 72 6 Privacy, secrecy, intimacy, human bonds – and other collateral casualties of liquid modernity 83 7 Luck and the individualization of remedies 94 8 Seeking in modern Athens an answer to the ancient Jerusalem question 104 9 A natural history of evil 128 10 Wir arme Leut' . . . 150 11 Sociology: whence and whither? 160 Notes 173 Index 180
£45.00
Polity Press Collateral Damage
Book Synopsis* Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * This new book focuses on social inequality.Trade Review"Catalogues the almost irreparable damage and corruption visited on the fabric of humanity and its collective values of solidarity, as well as shared interests, by the practices of modern capitalism."Morning Star "A wise old man, raging against the rise of new evils and yet retaining a passion for a redemptive and transformative mission for sociology and its concerns, is something laudable."Times Higher EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction: Collateral damage of social inequality 1 1 From the agora to the marketplace 10 2 Requiem for communism 27 3 The fate of social inequality in liquid modern times 40 4 Strangers are dangers . . . Are they indeed? 52 5 Consumerism and morality 72 6 Privacy, secrecy, intimacy, human bonds – and other collateral casualties of liquid modernity 83 7 Luck and the individualization of remedies 94 8 Seeking in modern Athens an answer to the ancient Jerusalem question 104 9 A natural history of evil 128 10 Wir arme Leut' . . . 150 11 Sociology: whence and whither? 160 Notes 173 Index 180
£19.56
University of British Columbia Press Out of Milk
Book SynopsisOut of Milk reveals the experiences of mothers struggling to feed their children and the policy gaps that put babies at risk of going hungry in a high-income nation.Trade ReviewClearly and accessibly written, Out of Milk has obvious and immediate value as a resource for policy makers and presents an urgent appeal for governments to reassume their responsibility in supporting the social reproduction of the next generation of Canadian. -- Paolina Lu * Food, Culture, and Society *Table of ContentsForeword / Monika DuttIntroduction: The Invisibility of Infant Food Insecurity1 Doing Without: Household Food Insecurity and the Food Work of Mothers2 When Breastfeeding Works: A Food Security Measure 3 When Breastfeeding Fails: An Insecure Food System4 The Bottle for Baby: Formula Feeding in Food Insecure FamiliesConclusion: Implications for Research, Policy, and PracticeAppendix: Anatomy of the StudyNotes; Bibliography; Index
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press A Complex Exile
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University of British Columbia Press A Complex Exile
Book SynopsisA Complex Exile challenges the medicalization of homelessness, which emphasizes individual causes and solutions to homelessness, and argues that we must transform how we respond to homelessness in Canada. Trade ReviewErin Dej's essential work of non-fiction makes the connection clear between Canada's failed response to the homelessness epidemic and its role in perpetuating social exclusion. -- Yohani Mendes * THIS Magazine *Dej...offer[s] three key truths that the homelessness sector and anyone interested in the field would benefit from hearing. -- James Hughes * Literary Review of Canada *Table of Contents1 Exploring Exclusion among People Experiencing Homelessness 2 The Pillars of Exclusion: Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Criminalization in Canada3 Managing in Place: The Shelter as Neoliberal Total Institution4 Identity Management: Identity Making in the Context of Marginalization5 Taking the Blame: Responsibilizing Homelessness6 The Homeless Mental Health Consumer: Managing Exclusion through Redeemability7 Moving toward Inclusion Notes; References; Index
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Bootstraps Need Boots One Torys Lonely Fight to
Book SynopsisIn this deeply personal memoir, Hugh Segal looks back on a life that took him from childhood poverty to the heights of Canadian politics and how these early experiences shaped his life-long advocacy for the poor.Trade ReviewBoot Straps Need Boots is a great Canadian memoir of a poignant Canadian experience recognizable to millions. And it is more than that. Segal recalls as a 12-year old the day Prime Minister Diefenbaker spoke to his school assembly. Diefenbaker had a way of mesmerizing schoolchildren. “The family table we call Canada is the finest table in the world,” said the Prime Minister. “There is space and food for all.” Here Segal comes to the point of Boot Straps, a plain argument for a national guaranteed income program. -- Holly Doan * Blacklock's Reporter *Segal’s book reflects the author’s deep understanding of his country. He has travelled widely, especially during his Senate years, talking to hundreds of people who share with him a lived experience of poverty. He lucidly explains the hardwired link between poverty and spiralling health-care costs. Cutting the first will mean dramatic reductions in the latter. -- Jamie Swift * The Kingston Whig-Standard *Table of ContentsForeword by Andrew CoynePreface1 The Cheery Edge of Poverty2 The Missing Toy Box 3 Happiness, Anger, Religion, and Hockey4 A Special Assembly at School5 Starting the Political Voyage6 Clear Choices Emerge7 Policy Linkages and a New Idea8 Sinews of Impunity9 Learning from the Best10 On the Davis Team11 From Public to Private and Back12 Learning from Mulroney13 The Battle in the Senate14 Testing a Better Way15 Courage and Fairness MatterAppendix; Selected Bibliography; Index
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Bootstraps Need Boots One Torys Lonely Fight to
Book SynopsisIn this deeply personal memoir, Hugh Segal looks back on a life that took him from childhood poverty to the heights of Canadian politics and how these early experiences shaped his life-long advocacy for the poor.Trade ReviewBoot Straps Need Boots is a great Canadian memoir of a poignant Canadian experience recognizable to millions. And it is more than that. Segal recalls as a 12-year old the day Prime Minister Diefenbaker spoke to his school assembly. Diefenbaker had a way of mesmerizing schoolchildren. “The family table we call Canada is the finest table in the world,” said the Prime Minister. “There is space and food for all.” Here Segal comes to the point of Boot Straps, a plain argument for a national guaranteed income program. -- Holly Doan * Blacklock's Reporter *Segal’s book reflects the author’s deep understanding of his country. He has travelled widely, especially during his Senate years, talking to hundreds of people who share with him a lived experience of poverty. He lucidly explains the hardwired link between poverty and spiralling health-care costs. Cutting the first will mean dramatic reductions in the latter. -- Jamie Swift * The Kingston Whig-Standard *Table of ContentsForeword by Andrew CoynePreface1 The Cheery Edge of Poverty2 The Missing Toy Box 3 Happiness, Anger, Religion, and Hockey4 A Special Assembly at School5 Starting the Political Voyage6 Clear Choices Emerge7 Policy Linkages and a New Idea8 Sinews of Impunity9 Learning from the Best10 On the Davis Team11 From Public to Private and Back12 Learning from Mulroney13 The Battle in the Senate14 Testing a Better Way15 Courage and Fairness MatterAppendix; Selected Bibliography; Index
£17.99
Cornell University Press Citizens Without Shelter
Book SynopsisOne of the most troubling aspects of the politics of homelessness, Leonard C. Feldman contends, is the reduction of the homeless to what Hannah Arendt calls "the abstract nakedness of humanity" and what Giorgio Agamben terms "bare life." Feldman...Trade ReviewCitizens without Shelter traces the development of homelessness policy by analyzing local regulations and their judicial challenges. Leonard Feldman argues that cities and the courts are now criminalizing the very activities that homeless citizens must carry out in order to live. He also explores the changing definitions of 'the public sphere,' 'citizenship,' and 'home' in political philosophy, and how the interaction among these definitions has had an impact on the evolution of homelessness regulations. * Political Science Quarterly *Feldman provides a thoughtful and nuanced examination of the cultural messages that undergird the wide range of arguments that structure both national and local debates in the United States over appropriate public responses to homelessness.... This extremely interesting work is highly recommended to anyone interested in the politics of homelessness or, more broadly, in the development of the 'frames' that both organize and become the grounds for contestation in public policy debates. -- D. R. Imig, University of Memphis * Choice *In Citizens without Shelter, Leonard Feldman writes about homelessness and about those who write about the homeless.... He argues—correctly, I believe—that the homeless typically are excluded from democratic politics. -- Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University * Perspectives on Political Science *
£42.30
Cornell University Press Needed by Nobody
Book SynopsisHomelessness became a conspicuous facet of Russian cityscapes only in the 1990s, when the Soviet criminalization of vagrancy and similar offenses was abolished. In spite of the host of social and economic problems confronting Russia in the demise of Soviet power, the social dislocation endured by increasing numbers of people went largely unrecognized by the state. Being homeless carries a special burden in Russia, where a permanent address is the precondition for all civil rights and social benefits and where homelessness is often regarded as a result of laziness and drinking, rather than external factors. In Needed by Nobody, the anthropologist Tova Höjdestrand offers a nuanced portrait of homelessness in St. Petersburg. Based on ethnographic work at railway stations, soup kitchens, and other places where the homeless gather, Höjdestrand describes the material and mental world of this marginalized population. They are, she observes, not needed in two senses. The state considTrade Review"Needed by Nobody is a wonderful book that has much to contribute to discussions in urban anthropology and sociology, Russian studies, homelessness, alcoholism, and psychology. I have enormous respect for the fieldwork that Tova Höjdestrand conducted for this admirable ethnography. I read every word with great interest." -- Dale Pesmen, author of Russia and Soul: An Exploration
£81.00
Cornell University Press The Experts War on Poverty
Book SynopsisIn the critically acclaimed La Fin de la Pauverté?, Romain D. Huret identifies a network of experts who were dedicated to the post-World War II battle against poverty in the United States. John Angell's translation of Huret's work brings to light for an English-speaking audience this critical set of intellectuals working in federal government...Trade Review"The Experts’ War on Poverty is a fascinating book. Romain Huret offers a refreshing perspective on a time when the U.S. and its economists cared a lot about poverty and inequality. This is a great combination of political, economic, and intellectual history." -- Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century"The Experts' War on Poverty details the behind-the-scenes federal bureaucrats who, before poverty was "rediscovered," were committed to making social policy a tool for equitable income distribution. Romain Huret offers a compelling take on the politics of drawing attention to inequality in the proverbial age of affluence." -- Alice O'Connor, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Social Science for What?"This unique book looks at experts who used empirical methods to measure the extent of poverty in America during the fifties and early sixties. Working in disparate places—foundations, government bureaus, and universities—they formed an intellectual network with considerable influence over the nation's approach to poverty. This carefully researched book adds a great deal to our understanding of the war on poverty and should command the attention of policy historians on both sides of the Atlantic." -- Edward Berkowitz, George Washington University, and coauthor of The Other WelfareTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: A Science of Poverty (1945-1963) 1. The Poverty Paradox 2. The Poverty Culture 3. The New Wisconsin Idea 4. Beyond the Affluent Society Part Two: From Science to War (1963-1974) 5. An Economist at War 6. A Pyrrhic Victory 7. Uncertainty of Numbers, Certainty of Decisions 8. A Doomed Alternative Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£42.30
Cornell University Press The Specter of the People
Book SynopsisCho analyzes the different experiences of poverty among laid-off urban workers and recent migrants, two groups that share a common economic duress in China's Rustbelt cities but who rarely unite as one class owed protection by the state.Trade Review"The specter of 'the people' is a welcome addition to the investigation of the ever-shifting status of the poor in China’s quickly changing political economy...[it] is an important contribution that adds new insights to an ongoing discussion about China’s poor, and the state policies that at varying times help, hinder, or simply ignore them." — Marc L. Moskowitz,Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteThis well-researched and very readable book has a number of strong points.... [It] is a great contribution to the understanding of contemporary China from aspects of everyday urban poverty and governance that will suit both academics and students specializing in anthropology and/or China studies. It will also be useful to those who are interested in life at the grassroots level in urban China. -- Jialing Luo * Asian Ethnology *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. In Search of "the People"2. Gambling on a New Home3. On the Border between "the People" and "the Population"4. The Will to Survive5. Inclusive Exclusion6. Dividing the PoorConclusionNotes References Index
£97.20
Cornell University Press Unknotting the Heart
Book SynopsisSince the mid-1990s, as China has downsized and privatized its state-owned enterprises, severe unemployment has created a new class of urban poor and widespread social and psychological disorders. In Unknotting the Heart, Jie Yang examines this understudied group of workers and their experiences of being laid off, counseled, and then reoriented to the market economy. Using fieldwork from reemployment programs, community psychosocial work, and psychotherapy training sessions in Beijing between 2002 and 2013, Yang highlights the role of psychology in state-led interventions to alleviate the effects of mass unemployment. She pays particular attention to those programs that train laid-off workers in basic psychology and then reemploy them as informal counselors in their capacity as housemaids and taxi drivers. These laid-off workers are filling a niche market created by both economic restructuring and the shortage of professional counselors in China, helping the government to defTrade ReviewWith this book, Yang makes an important contribution by exploring the subjectivities of unemployed workers in China and by making visible the often hidden ideological struggle between the state and the unemployed workers over the interpretation of dislocation and unemployment. -- Ofer Sharone * ILR Review *Unknotting the Heart offers invaluable information and insights into the lived experiences of laid-off workers and the state's responses in China. Being the first book-length ethnography on the recent rise of Western psychotherapy in China, it will be of great interest to scholars in China studies, medical anthropology, and psychology. -- Hsuan-Ying Huang * Pacific Affairs *
£97.20
Cornell University Press Citizens without Shelter
Book SynopsisOne of the most troubling aspects of the politics of homelessness, Leonard C. Feldman contends, is the reduction of the homeless to what Hannah Arendt calls "the abstract nakedness of humanity" and what Giorgio Agamben terms "bare life." Feldman...Trade ReviewCitizens without Shelter traces the development of homelessness policy by analyzing local regulations and their judicial challenges. Leonard Feldman argues that cities and the courts are now criminalizing the very activities that homeless citizens must carry out in order to live. He also explores the changing definitions of 'the public sphere,' 'citizenship,' and 'home' in political philosophy, and how the interaction among these definitions has had an impact on the evolution of homelessness regulations. * Political Science Quarterly *Feldman provides a thoughtful and nuanced examination of the cultural messages that undergird the wide range of arguments that structure both national and local debates in the United States over appropriate public responses to homelessness.... This extremely interesting work is highly recommended to anyone interested in the politics of homelessness or, more broadly, in the development of the 'frames' that both organize and become the grounds for contestation in public policy debates. -- D. R. Imig, University of Memphis * Choice *In Citizens without Shelter, Leonard Feldman writes about homelessness and about those who write about the homeless.... He argues—correctly, I believe—that the homeless typically are excluded from democratic politics. -- Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University * Perspectives on Political Science *
£22.39
Cornell University Press Needed by Nobody
Book SynopsisThis book offers a nuanced portrait of homelessness in St. Petersburg. Based on ethnographic work at railway stations, soup kitchens, and other places where the homeless gather, it describes the material and mental world of this marginalized population.Trade Review"Needed by Nobody is a wonderful book that has much to contribute to discussions in urban anthropology and sociology, Russian studies, homelessness, alcoholism, and psychology. I have enormous respect for the fieldwork that Tova Höjdestrand conducted for this admirable ethnography. I read every word with great interest." -- Dale Pesmen, author of Russia and Soul: An Exploration
£20.79
Cornell University Press Reckoning with Homelessness
Book SynopsisKim Hopper has dedicated his career to trying to address the problem of homelessness in the United States. In this powerful book, he draws upon his dual strengths as anthropologist and advocate to provide a deeper understanding of the roots of homelessness.Trade ReviewReckoning with Homelessness... has to be among the best-written, most elegantly expressed works of urban anthropology ever.... Hopper's ethnographic ramble through the makeshift haunts of the world's richest city is inevitably ironic, bitterly painful, unfailingly informative. * Social Service Review *A frequently cited authority on the subject... Hopper is well versed in public policy efforts and has distinctive views about their efficacy—or lack thereof. His impassioned arguments for reimagined efforts to address the plight of the homeless cannot be ignored. * Library Journal *For more than twenty years, Kim Hopper has probed the scope and causes of homelessness. He possesses the fine touch of an ethnographer.... He has a novelist's knack of evoking lives of gritty substance. But he also has a scientist's desire to know... and provides us an unusually rich thick description of the phenomenon. * America *Hopper continues to push the envelope in the study of homelessness and, by extension, in the field of anthropology and on all fronts of the endeavor: theory, method, and politics. His work contains instances of brilliance as he offers his rich insight on the whole enterprise of poverty, homelessness, and contemporary citizenship.... Hopper challenges himself, his discipline, our collective social world, and each one of us to go beyond our moral witnessing to engaged advocacy and political action. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPart I: Classification and History 1. This Business of Taking Stock 2. Unearned Keep: From Almshouse to Shelter in New York CityPart II: Fieldwork and Framework Introduction: Ethnography in the Annals of Homelessness 3. Streets, Shelters, and Flops: An Ethnographic Study of Homeless Men, 1979–1982 4. The Airport as Home 5. Out for the Count: The Census Bureau's 1990 S-Night Enumeration 6: Homelessness and African American MenPart III: Advocacy and Engagement 7. Negotiating Settlement: Advocacy for the Homeless Poor in the United States, 1980–1995 8. Limits to Witnessing: From Ethnography to EngagementNotes References Index
£24.69
University of Toronto Press Remnants of Nation
Book SynopsisTreating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada.
£59.50
University of Toronto Press Money in Their Own Name The Feminist Voice in
Book SynopsisIn her analysis, McKeen underscores this persistent familialism that has been written and rewritten into Canadian social policy thereby denying women's autonomy as independent claims-makers on the state.
£29.70
Stanford University Press Poverty and Inequality
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of essays from leading public intellectuals that identifies major conceptual problems in the analysis of poverty and inequality and advances strategies for reducing poverty and inequality that are consistent with these new conceptual and methodological approaches.Trade Review"This slim volume offers ample food for thought to scholars with a serious interest in social or economic inequality. The star contributors— economists, sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers—present concepts, theories, and proposals that will stimulate those outside as well as within their home disciplines. While avoiding the circular reasoning characteristic of the 1960's 'culture of poverty,' these accessible essays enlarge the concept of poverty—and, I hope, of poverty research and policy—by elaborating the idea that social justice requires measurable equality of capabilities or opportunities, and not merely of economic resources."—Robert M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin—Madison"This impressive collection of essays brings together well-known economists, sociologists, and philosophers to discuss the pressing problems of inequality and poverty. Kanbur and Grusky recognize that these timely and difficult issues can only be dealt with by marshalling the intellectual power of our best minds, looking at poverty through the lens of multiple disciplines."—Joseph E. Stiglitz"...I highly recommend this book. It is essential reading for anyone studying occupational segregation, and valuable for scholars in a range of fields including gender studies, work, social inequality, and comparative-historical sociology."--Canadian Journal of Sociology OnlineTable of ContentsContents @toc4:Contributors iii Preface and Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Chapter One. Introduction: The Conceptual Foundations of Poverty and Inequality Measurement 1 @tocca:David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur @toc2:Chapter Two. Conceptualizing and Measuring Poverty 000 @tocca:Amartya Sen @toc2:Chapter Three. Poverty and Human Functioning: Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements 000 @tocca:Martha C. Nussbaum @toc2:Chapter Four. From Income to Endowments: The Difficult Task of Expanding the Income Poverty Paradigm 000 @toca:Franois Bourguignon @toc2:Chapter Five. Social Theory and the Concept "Underclass" 000 @tocca:William J. Wilson @toc2:Chapter Six. Race, Class, and Markets: Social Policy in the 21st Century 000 @tocca:Douglas S. Massey @toc2:Chapter Seven. Dependency and Social Debt 000 @tocca:Martha A. Fineman @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
£73.95
Stanford University Press Poverty and Inequality
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of essays from leading public intellectuals that identifies major conceptual problems in the analysis of poverty and inequality and advances strategies for reducing poverty and inequality that are consistent with these new conceptual and methodological approaches.Trade Review"This slim volume offers ample food for thought to scholars with a serious interest in social or economic inequality. The star contributors— economists, sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers—present concepts, theories, and proposals that will stimulate those outside as well as within their home disciplines. While avoiding the circular reasoning characteristic of the 1960's 'culture of poverty,' these accessible essays enlarge the concept of poverty—and, I hope, of poverty research and policy—by elaborating the idea that social justice requires measurable equality of capabilities or opportunities, and not merely of economic resources."—Robert M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin—Madison"This impressive collection of essays brings together well-known economists, sociologists, and philosophers to discuss the pressing problems of inequality and poverty. Kanbur and Grusky recognize that these timely and difficult issues can only be dealt with by marshalling the intellectual power of our best minds, looking at poverty through the lens of multiple disciplines."—Joseph E. Stiglitz"...I highly recommend this book. It is essential reading for anyone studying occupational segregation, and valuable for scholars in a range of fields including gender studies, work, social inequality, and comparative-historical sociology."--Canadian Journal of Sociology OnlineTable of ContentsContents @toc4:Contributors iii Preface and Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Chapter One. Introduction: The Conceptual Foundations of Poverty and Inequality Measurement 1 @tocca:David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur @toc2:Chapter Two. Conceptualizing and Measuring Poverty 000 @tocca:Amartya Sen @toc2:Chapter Three. Poverty and Human Functioning: Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements 000 @tocca:Martha C. Nussbaum @toc2:Chapter Four. From Income to Endowments: The Difficult Task of Expanding the Income Poverty Paradigm 000 @toca:Franois Bourguignon @toc2:Chapter Five. Social Theory and the Concept "Underclass" 000 @tocca:William J. Wilson @toc2:Chapter Six. Race, Class, and Markets: Social Policy in the 21st Century 000 @tocca:Douglas S. Massey @toc2:Chapter Seven. Dependency and Social Debt 000 @tocca:Martha A. Fineman @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
£18.89
Stanford University Press The New Gilded Age
Book SynopsisThis book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality.Trade Review"Here is another strong, valuable, and timely addition to the 'Studies in Social Inequality' series, offering provocative arguments that will engage a wide audience of readers. Experts whose minds have been in the compelling clutch of stratification questions, attentive to scholarship surrounding class, race, and gender inequalities, will find in the book's five debates such an effective mixture of disciplinary voices that a refreshing review of their own assumptions and perspectives is nearly guaranteed. [T]his book invites a more nuanced and discerning reflection, low on rhetoric and high on reasoning. . . Highly recommended."—R. Zingraff, Choice"The major strength of this volume is its presentation of ongoing academic debates about inequality in a manner approachable to laymen . . . Not only does it offer a glimpse into how different disciplines approach inequality theoretically and methodologically, it also exemplifies how each discipline, with its unique approach, reaches the same conclusion: our current level of economic inequality is detrimental to society."—Martin T. Kosla, Journal of Children and Poverty"Americans are no longer so tolerant of the widening gap between the CEO and the average worker, between the very top and the very bottom of the income distribution. The mobility dreams of generations are coming unglued as long term unemployment deepens, threatening to scar young workers in ways that may follow them the rest of their days. The New Gilded Age assembles the very best scholars in economics, sociology, and political science to assess what these conditions mean for ordinary people and how the 'great awakening' to the threat that inequality poses could reshape the landscape of public opinion and, perhaps ultimately, public policy. It is an essential volume for scholars and citizens worried about the direction we are headed and the cost we will pay for inaction on the inequality front."—Katherine Newman, Johns Hopkins University, coauthor of Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged"Americans have finally awakened to the realities of The New Gilded Age. Those looking for answers to questions about the new inequality will find them in this trenchant book edited by David Grusky and Tamar Kricheli-Katz, who have brought together eminent thinkers to address the moral, political, and social problems stemming from today's hyper-inequality. The result is an engaging and highly readable survey of critical issues that should be read by anyone who cares about the future of the American experiment in egalitarian democracy."—Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University"The New Gilded Age features incredibly insightful and timely debates between leading philosophers, economists, political scientists, and sociologists on the sources and future of inequality in the United States. This well written and accessible volume is a must-read not only for scholars, but for educated laymen and policymakers as well."—William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
£84.15
Stanford University Press The New Gilded Age
Book SynopsisIncome inequality is an increasingly pressing issue in the United States and around the world. This book explores five critical issues to introduce some of the key moral and empirical questions about income, gender, and racial inequality.Trade Review"Here is another strong, valuable, and timely addition to the 'Studies in Social Inequality' series, offering provocative arguments that will engage a wide audience of readers. Experts whose minds have been in the compelling clutch of stratification questions, attentive to scholarship surrounding class, race, and gender inequalities, will find in the book's five debates such an effective mixture of disciplinary voices that a refreshing review of their own assumptions and perspectives is nearly guaranteed. [T]his book invites a more nuanced and discerning reflection, low on rhetoric and high on reasoning. . . Highly recommended."—R. Zingraff, Choice"The major strength of this volume is its presentation of ongoing academic debates about inequality in a manner approachable to laymen . . . Not only does it offer a glimpse into how different disciplines approach inequality theoretically and methodologically, it also exemplifies how each discipline, with its unique approach, reaches the same conclusion: our current level of economic inequality is detrimental to society."—Martin T. Kosla, Journal of Children and Poverty"Americans are no longer so tolerant of the widening gap between the CEO and the average worker, between the very top and the very bottom of the income distribution. The mobility dreams of generations are coming unglued as long term unemployment deepens, threatening to scar young workers in ways that may follow them the rest of their days. The New Gilded Age assembles the very best scholars in economics, sociology, and political science to assess what these conditions mean for ordinary people and how the 'great awakening' to the threat that inequality poses could reshape the landscape of public opinion and, perhaps ultimately, public policy. It is an essential volume for scholars and citizens worried about the direction we are headed and the cost we will pay for inaction on the inequality front."—Katherine Newman, Johns Hopkins University, coauthor of Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged"Americans have finally awakened to the realities of The New Gilded Age. Those looking for answers to questions about the new inequality will find them in this trenchant book edited by David Grusky and Tamar Kricheli-Katz, who have brought together eminent thinkers to address the moral, political, and social problems stemming from today's hyper-inequality. The result is an engaging and highly readable survey of critical issues that should be read by anyone who cares about the future of the American experiment in egalitarian democracy."—Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University"The New Gilded Age features incredibly insightful and timely debates between leading philosophers, economists, political scientists, and sociologists on the sources and future of inequality in the United States. This well written and accessible volume is a must-read not only for scholars, but for educated laymen and policymakers as well."—William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
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Stanford University Press Foreclosed America
Book SynopsisForeclosed America offers a portrait of the people who lost their homes in the foreclosure crisis-who they are, how and where they live after losing their homes, and what they have to say about their finances, their neighborhoods, and American politics.Trade Review"Isaac Martin and Christopher Niedt offer the most compelling portrait yet of the people and communities affected by the foreclosure crisis. In their brisk analysis, they provide an autopsy of the crisis and the anemic policy response. With an unrelenting focus on people, they deepen the democratic imperatives that must inform the housing policies of the future."—john powell, Director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, University of California, Berkeley"The losses suffered by Americans from the foreclosure crisis cannot simply be measured in dollars. The harms of home loss are to families, communities, society, and our political process. Foreclosed America takes a long overdue big picture look at the fallout from foreclosure."—Katherine Porter, University of California, Irvine School of Law, editor of Broke: How Debt Bankrupts the Middle Class"Isaac Martin and Christopher Niedt offer the first examination of the human impacts of the foreclosure crisis, and in so doing speak to our collective failure to rise to the challenge of Wall Street's domination of our politics and public policy. In bringing these dispossessed and invisible homeowners into full view, Martin and Niedt call upon us to address once and for all the roots and impacts of the crisis."—Brian Kettenring, Co-Executive Director, Center for Popular DemocracyTable of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Ten million people chapter abstractThis chapter describes the mortgage foreclosure crisis from the standpoint of mortgage borrowers. It begins with an overview of the typical foreclosure process. It narrates how deregulation of mortgage lending and secondary mortgage markets led to a bubble, and then to the historic crash in 2007. It reviews existing research on the crisis and notes the absence of studies concerned with the people who lost their homes. It also introduces the National Suburban Poll, a survey data set that permits a representative overview of these dispossessed Americans. 2Who are the dispossessed Americans? chapter abstractThis chapter describes the people who lost homes because they could not pay their mortgages between 2007 and 2012. Younger homeowners, parents of young children, and people of color are overrepresented among them, but the typical adult who lost a home, like the typical person who did not, is a white person in early middle age with some college education and no children. What they have in common is bad luck and financial hardship. People who lost homes in the financial crisis have lower incomes, less stable finances, and more anxiety about their finances than otherwise identical people who did not lose homes in the crisis. They are more likely to be divorced or unemployed. Statistical models and personal narratives suggest that among people who were financially vulnerable to losing a home in the crisis years, all it took was bad luck to push them over the brink. 3Communities in crisis chapter abstractThis chapter describes the living arrangements and neighborhoods of individuals who lost their homes in the crisis. Most of them live in suburbs close to where they work. They generally have not moved far, and a quarter of them are even living in the same neighborhoods where they lived when they lost their homes. But their present housing arrangements are more precarious. Most are renting or living in shared housing. Many have doubled up at least temporarily by moving in with kin, friends, or roommates. They report big problems in their neighborhoods, from unemployment and unaffordable housing to crime, drugs, and violence. Their former neighbors—people who say that they know a neighbor who lost a home—are more likely to report abandoned or run-down homes as a big neighborhood problem. 4Disenfranchised and disillusioned chapter abstractThis chapter argues that the policy response to the foreclosure crisis has ignored the needs of dispossessed Americans because they are not a powerful voting bloc. They are less likely to stay registered and less likely to vote than other Americans, because losing a home makes it hard to stay registered to vote and hard to maintain the relationships that turn people out to the polls on election day. The dispossessed and the other adults in their households are also disillusioned with politics. They think government should do more to reduce economic inequalities, but they do not have confidence that it will. The lack of confidence in government may reflect their experiences of the crisis: federal policy responses focused on restoring housing markets to functioning, but have done little to redress the suffering of those who lost their homes when those markets failed.
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John Wiley & Sons Feeding the Future School Lunch Programs as Global Social Policy
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John Wiley & Sons Feeding the Future School Lunch Programs as Global Social Policy
Book SynopsisA century ago, only local charities existed to feed children. Today 368 million children receive school lunches in 151 countries, in programmes supported by state and national governments. Jennifer Geist Rutledge investigates how and why states have assumed responsibility for feeding children, chronicling the origins and spread of school lunch programmes around the world.Trade Review"Interesting, persuasive, and clearly written. Rutledge investigates the origins and spread of school lunch programs around the world in her truly insightful book." -- Kimberly Morgan * professor of political science and international affairs, George Washington University *"Rutledge powerfully highlights the broad reach of school lunch programs at the global scale as well as compellingly characterizing and explaining this as a global policy promoted by global institutions such as the UN." -- Gerard W. Boychuk * coeditor of After '08: Social Policy and the Global Financial Crisis *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Introduction 2 Hunger, Education, and Agriculture 3 The First Wave in Europe: Women and Welfare 4 The United States: Surplus, Security, and Schools 5 The Second Wave: The UN’s World Food Programme6 Changes and Challenges: The Competing Pressures of Home-Grown School Feeding and Conditional Cash-Transfer Programs7 Conclusion Appendix: Data and MethodsNotesReferencesIndex
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MW - Rutgers University Press Blaming the Poor The Long Shadows of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images about Poverty
Trade Review"Greenbaum's powerful and important book provides valuable and little-known context for the Moynihan Report. She traces the ideas in that report as they were adopted and challenged over time." -- Brett Williams * American University *"I applaud Susan Greenbaum's timely book, with its sober reasoning, scrupulous scholarship, theoretical acumen, lucid prose, and penetrating and spirited critique of mainstream perspectives on poverty." -- Stephen Steinberg * Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York *"An intimate portrayal of social science researchers' and policy makers' roles in shaping perceptions of the poor in the US … By examining the ways in which the tangle of pathology thinking has shaped housing, criminal justice, and antipoverty programs, Greenbaum highlights that the real winners of these programs are the non-poor. She argues that dismantling racialized stereotypes of the poor and holding open discussions with those who experience poverty will lead to more sustainable solutions to poverty ... Essential. All academic levels/libraries." * CHOICE *"Blaming the Poor is a thorough examination of the anti-poverty trend that began with 'the thesis that broken families cause poverty' and continues fifty years later to demonize poor African Americans." * Contemporary Sociology *"Wonderfully engaging ... Susan Greenbaum has written an important book, which deserves a wide audience among both practitioners and academics." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"Greenbaum's text offers an accessible review of approaches to poverty in the second half of the twentieth century that can help educate students of all kinds about how we ended up in the mess we find ourselves in today." * H-Citizenship *"[Blaming the Poor] is an exceptional challenge to common conservative opinions of poverty… Politicians and policymakers of all backgrounds and political stances should read this book." * Poverty & Public Policy *"A fascinating synthesis of existing scholarship on poverty and policy that draws on Greenbaum's fieldwork to extend the existing literature in helpful and provocative ways." * North American Dialogue *Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Research and Politics: The Culture of Poverty KnowledgeChapter 3. Kinship and Family Structure: Ethnocentric MyopiaChapter 4. There Goes the Neighborhood: Deconcentration and Destruction of Public HousingChapter 5. Crime, Criminals and Tangles of PathologyChapter 6. Commercializing the Culture of PovertyChapter 7. Ending Poverty as We Know It: And Other Apparently Unreachable Goals Notes Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press Blaming the Poor The Long Shadows of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images about Poverty
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£105.40
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Bound for Work Labor Mobility and Colonial Rule
Book SynopsisDiverging from the studies of southern African migrant labor that focus on particular workplaces and points of origin, Bound for Work looks at the multitude of forms and locales of migrant labor that individuals - under more or less coercive circumstances - engaged in over the course of their lives.
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University of Minnesota Press DIY Detroit Making Do in a City without Services
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kimberley Kinder’s DIY Detroit is a clever, beautifully written account of everyday life in the wake of conventional market collapse and decades of austerity. It describes the ways that Detroiters have adapted, often defensively, always informally, sometimes illegally, to life without conventional markets and routine municipal services."—Jason Hackworth, author of Neoliberal City"The book moves easily between personal and neighborhood stories, and big-picture reflections. The thinking is of high quality and the prose is readable rather than academic."—Planning Magazine"Geographic, ethnographic, and often narratively compelling."—Consumption Markets & Culture"HIghly readable."—CHOICE"DIY Detroit is filled with these simultaneously inspiring and heartbreaking tales of perseverance and innovation. Worthwhile."—Reason.com"DIY Detroit is frankly the Detroit book I have been waiting for. It adds a much-needed perspective to the literatures on urban decay and collective self-provisioning activities."—H-Net Reviews"Ultimately, Kinder has produced a timely and detailed account of how residents are getting by amidst disinvestment. Her ability to bring her characters and neighborhoods alive by elucidating otherwise unremarkable moments and encounters is impressive. DIY Detroit is an eminently accessible text, stemming, in part, from Kinder’s skill at crafting crisp sentences and her choice to leave citations to the endnotes."—Antipode "An engaging and informative read, which also makes a compelling argument for the value of qualitative urban research."—Housing Studies "DIY Detroit is a beautifully written book. Kinder’s account provides important insights into ongoing debates over the future of the so-called comparative gesture in a more geographically pluralistic urban geography." —AAG Review of BooksTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Self-Provisioning in Detroit1. Do-It-Yourself Cities2. Seeking New Neighbors3. Protecting Vacant Homes4. Repurposing Abandonment5. Domesticating Public Works6. Policing Home Spaces7. Producing Local KnowledgeConclusion: Triumphs of Hope over ReasonAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Pathways Out of Poverty
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsI. The Role of the Private Sector: Studies and Evidence.- 1. Reducing Poverty: The Overall Framework.- 2. Escaping from Poverty: Household Income Dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela.- 3. Long-term Economic Mobility and the Private Sector in Developing Countries: New Evidence.- 4. Informal Self-Employment: Poverty Trap or Decent Alternative?.- II. The Private Sector at Work: Cases from Around the World.- 5. Generating Upward Mobility: The Case of Korea and Private Sector Development.- 6. The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies.- 7. Opportunities off the Farm as a Springboard Out of Rural Poverty: Five Decades of Development in an Indian Village.- 8. The Problem of African Entrepreneurial Development.- III. The Business Environment.- 9. The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development.- 10. Obstacles Facing Smaller Business in Developing Countries.- IV. Public Policy And Public Attitudes.- 11. Bringing SMEs into Global Markets.- 12. The Role of Government in Enhancing Opportunity for the Poor: Economic Mobility, Public Attitudes, and Public Policy.
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John Wiley & Sons The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution
Book SynopsisReviews techniques and tools that can be used to evaluate the poverty and distributional impact of economic policy choices. This title describes the most robust techniques and tools, from the simplest to the most complex, and aims to identify best practices. It also addresses an evaluation technique and its applications.
£41.36
John Wiley & Sons Reproductive HealthThe Missing Millennium Devel
Book SynopsisAddresses a large knowledge and capacity gap in the Reproductive Health community and provides tools for key actors to empower positive change. This work is a synopsis of the materials developed for WBI's learning program on Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform.
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Duke University Press The Space of Boredom
Book SynopsisBruce O'Neill shows how the Bucharest, Romania's homeless are unable to fully participate in a society that is increasingly organized around practices of consumption, leaving them mired in an unshakeable boredom and the slow deterioration of their lives that are symptomatic of the alienation brought on by globalization.Trade Review“An excellent and thorough exploration of the mundane emotion of boredom. This ethnography is certainly necessary reading for anyone working in the area of homelessness, especially, but also those interested in the impacts of global capitalism more broadly.” -- Christopher M. Kloth * Anthropology Book Forum *“The Space of Boredom offers a detailed and sensitive cartography . . . both of what the author calls ‘boredom’ and of the particular context he studied. The image he paints of a looming, barren autumn—which the homeless live, but which hangs over all of us—should be of concern everywhere.” -- George Tudorie * Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations *"A historically rich and theoretically innovative ethnography of contemporary homelessness and social exclusion in Bucharest." -- Peter Soles Muirhead * Allegra Lab *"This book is a brilliant social story." -- Jean Martin Caldieron * Journal of International and Global Studies *“An insightful investigation. The Space of Boredom stands as useful tool for policymakers involved in the integrated alleviation of homelessness and the general development process of the city.” -- Mirela Paraschiv * Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis *"A significant contribution to the anthropological literature on neoliberalism and structural violence . . . O’Neill is evidently attuned to his informants, and portrays thoughtfulness and reflexivity throughout the ethnography. . . . An important book." -- Evy Vourlides * Anthropological Quarterly *"O’Neill’s book serves as excellent doc-umentary evidence on particular cases of homeless people in Bucharest. . . . Chapter by chapter the reader is introduced to the sad but still fascinating realm of people at the margins of a marginal European society." -- Bogdan Voicu * Slavic Review *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. Space-Time Expansion 19 2. Bleak House 44 3. The Gray Years 72 4. Bored to Death 96 5. Bored Stiff 122 6. Defeat Boredom! 147 Conclusion 175 Notes 185 Bibliography 229 Index 245
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