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Cambridge University Press Poverty Participation and Democracy
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Cambridge University Press Distant Strangers
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Cambridge University Press Poverty and Morality Religious and Secular Perspectives Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics Hardcover
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Cambridge University Press Welfare Reform and its LongTerm Consequences for Americas Poor
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Cambridge University Press Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam
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Cambridge University Press The Lowest Rung Voices of Australian Poverty
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Cambridge University Press Poverty Work and Freedom
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Cambridge University Press Poverty and Life Expectancy
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Cambridge University Press Law and Precarity
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Cambridge University Press Hierarchy of Needs and the Measurement of Poverty and Standards of Living
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Cambridge University Press Great Gatsby and the Global South
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Cambridge University Press Redefining Development
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Cambridge University Press Intersectional Advocacy
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Cambridge University Press Intersectional Advocacy
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Cambridge University Press Chilean Economic Development under Neoliberalism
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Cambridge University Press Chilean Economic Development under Neoliberalism
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Cambridge University Press Hierarchy of Needs and the Measurement of Poverty and Standards of Living
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Cambridge University Press Towards More Inclusive Varieties of Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Poverty in Latin America
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Cambridge University Press The Political Logic of Poverty Relief
Book SynopsisThe Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how elections shape social programs aimed at aiding the poor. They also assess whether voters reward politicians for targeted poverty alleviation programs.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: 1. Poverty relief in Latin America; 2. Poverty relief in Mexico - a geographic approach; 3. Political machines and vote buying; 4. Clientelism and the political manipulation of Pronasol; Part II: The consequences of clientelism and entitlements; 5. Improving communities - transfers and basic public services; 6. Saving lives - social programs and infant mortality rates; 7. Electoral pay-offs of antipoverty programs; Conclusion - the future of social protection.
£31.90
Cambridge University Press Charity in Saudi Arabia
Book SynopsisIn this innovative study of everyday charity practices in Jeddah, Nora Derbal employs a ''bottom-up'' approach to challenge dominant narratives about state-society relations in Saudi Arabia. Exploring charity organizations in Jeddah, this book both offers a rich ethnography of associational life and counters Riyadh-centric studies which focus on oil, the royal family, and the religious establishment. It closely follows those who work on the ground to provide charity to the local poor and needy, documenting their achievements, struggles and daily negotiations. The lens of charity offers rare insights into the religiosity of ordinary Saudis, showing that Islam offers Saudi activists a language, a moral frame, and a worldly guide to confronting inequality. With a view to the many forms of local community activism in Saudi Arabia, this book examines perspectives that are too often ignored or neglected, opening new theoretical debates about civil society and civic activism in the Gulf.Trade Review'Nora Derbal presents a fascinating study of civil society in the authoritarian context of Saudi Arabia - a topic that is very much under-researched. It's highly original, impressively written and meticulously detailed. This is truly a piece of social science at its absolute best.' Paul Aarts, University of Amsterdam'A ground-breaking study of Saudi charity organizations interwoven with history, contemporary developments, and gender analysis. Comprehensively and holistically researched, rich in statistics and personal lived experience, it is a compelling read for anyone interested in the inner workings of Saudi society and the economy outside of official institutions and narratives.' Natana Delong-Bas, Boston College'Nora Derbal's book is timely, well-written and based on extensive fieldwork in Saudi Arabia. It is a welcome addition to the literature that places civil society initiatives in Saudi Arabia, especially in the Hijaz, in a wider socio-political context and problematises simplistic notions of state-society relations and authoritarian rule.' Toby Matthiesen, Ca' Foscari University'a penetrating addition to the research literature on charity' Jonathan Benthall, Books of the Year 2022, Times Literary SupplementTable of Contents1. Introduction: Civil society theory, charity, and inequality in Saudi Arabia; 2. Meanings of welfare: The First Women's Welfare Association in Jeddah; 3. Managing poverty and national development: The Society of Majid bin ʿAbd al-ʿAziz for Development and Social Services; 4. Negotiating citizenship and belonging: The Young Initiative Group; 5. Fun, freedom, and personal growth amid rising repression: The Hikers; 6. Conclusion: Civil society activism and everyday Islam in Saudi Arabia.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Poor People
Book SynopsisThat was the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asked in cities and villages around the globe. The result of Vollmann''s fearless inquiry is a view of poverty unlike any previously offered. Poor People struggles to confront poverty in all its hopelessness and brutality, its pride and abject fear, its fierce misery and quiet resignation, allowing the poor to explain the causes and consequences of their impoverishment in their own cultural, social, and religious terms. With intense compassion and a scrupulously unpatronizing eye, Vollmann invites his readers to recognize in our fellow human beings their full dignity, fallibility, pride, and pain, and the power of their hard-fought resilience.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Downeast
Book SynopsisIn Downeast, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one of the most challenging and geographically isolated regions on the Eastern seaboard. Their stories reveal surprising truths about rural America and offer hope for its future. “It’s almost impossible not to care about these fierce young women and cheer for their hard-won successes” (Kirkus) in this “heartfelt portrait” and “worthy tribute” (Publishers Weekly).Nestled in Maine’s far northeast corner, Washington County sits an hour’s drive from the heart of famed and bustling Acadia National Park. Yet it’s a world away. For Willow, Vivian, Mckenna, Audrey, and Josie—five teenage girls caught between tradition and transformation in this remote region—it is home. Downeast follows their journeys of heartbreak and hope in uncertain times, creating a nuanced a
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Penguin Books Ltd The Classic Slum Salford Life in the First
Book SynopsisA study which combines personal reminiscences with careful historical research, the myth of the ''good old days'' is summarily dispensed with; Robert Roberts describes the period of his childhood, when the main affect of poverty in Edwardian Salford was degredation, and, despite great resources of human courage, few could escape such a prison.Table of Contents1 Class Structure2 Possessions3 Manners and Morals4 Governors, Pastors and Masters5 The Common Scene6 Food, Drink and Physic7 Alma Mater8 Culture9 The Great Release10 High Days and AfterAppendices1 Conducted Tour2 Snuffy3 Bronze MushroomsSelect BibliographyIndexIllustrationsThe photographs, which have not been published before, were taken around the early 1900s by a Worsley man, Samuel Coulthurst, who went about Salford dressed as a rag and bone merchant with his camera concealed on a handcart.1. Corner shop2. A muffler–white, if possible, for the Lord's day3. Some were too poor to buy at the old clothes shops4. General dealer5. The clothiers6. Women of the time I7. Women of the time II8. Water for the wheel: a knife and scissors grinder9. Hawkers at rest10. 'The short way out of Manchester'11. A barrel organ called Tuesdays and Saturdays12. Theatre by the market13. Boys haggling at the hen market
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Penguin Putnam Inc Tales of Two Americas
Book SynopsisThirty-six major contemporary writers examine life in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself. From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only the American Dream but our very lives. In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world’s most exciting writers
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The University of Chicago Press Debt Dispossession Farm Loss in Americas
Book SynopsisThe farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience.
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University of Chicago Press Targeting Investments in Children Fighting
Book SynopsisA substantial number of American children experience poverty, and there are numerous programs designed to alleviate or even eliminate poverty. This book tackles the problem of evaluating these programs by examining them using a common metric: their impact on earnings in adulthood.
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The University of Chicago Press Bargaining for Brooklyn
Book SynopsisWhen middle-class residents fled American cities in the 1960s and '70s, government services and investment capital left too. Countless urban neighborhoods entered phases of precipitous decline, prompting the creation of community-based organizations to bring resources back to the city. This book examines such organizations that drive urban life.Trade Review"This is a valuable work that will influence the way sociologists understand the cycle of development of poor, urban neighborhoods. Nicole Marwell makes a unique contribution with an analytic strategy that emphasizes the important role played by community-based organizations, actors that have been generally ignored in urban sociology." - Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk"
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The University of Chicago Press The Economics of Poverty Traps NBER National
Book SynopsisWhat circumstances or behaviors turn poverty into a cycle that perpetuates across generations? The answer to this question carries especially important implications for the design and evaluation of policies and projects intended to reduce poverty. Yet a major challenge analysts and policymakers face in understanding poverty traps is the sheer number of mechanismsnot just financial, but also environmental, physical, and psychologicalthat may contribute to the persistence of poverty all over the world. The research in this volume explores the hypothesis that poverty is self-reinforcing because the equilibrium behaviors of the poor perpetuate low standards of living. Contributions explore the dynamic, complex processes by which households accumulate assets and increase their productivity and earnings potential, as well as the conditions under which some individuals, groups, and economies struggle to escape poverty. Investigating the full range of phenomena that combine to generate pove
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The University of Chicago Press Miss Cutler and the Case of the Resurrected Horse
Book SynopsisSocial workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this study examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war.Trade Review"Peel has written the first work of twenty-first-century history, and it stands as a model of how historians think and write multivocal accounts of the past. Convincing, provocative, and a pleasure to read." (Daniel Walkowitz, New York University)"
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MIT Press Ltd The Myth That Made Us
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WW Norton & Co The Art of Freedom Teaching the Humanities to the
Book SynopsisA conversation in a prison cell sparks an ambitious undertaking to attack the roots of long-term poverty.Trade Review"Earl Shorris was the most authentic and radical of educators: he thought the poor were human, entitled to know as much as anyone else. Told with verve and humor, this memoir might inspire a revolution." -- John R. MacArthur, president and publisher, Harper’s"To read The Art of Freedom is to learn what should be the first and fundamental purpose of an American education. More instructive than any academic analysis or government policy paper, Earl Shorris’s book furnishes both the how and the why to empower the nation’s public schools." -- Lewis Lapham, editor, Lapham’s Quarterly"Earl Shorris was one of a kind and his story should inspire us all." -- Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus, The Nation"Shorris demonstrated, in 17 short years, that well-designed and well-taught courses can ‘pierce the structure of the surround of force’ that holds poor people down. Many changes must be made before the culture of the streets becomes a culture of learning. But Earl Shorris has earned the right to rest in peace." -- Glenn C. Altschuler - San Francisco Chronicle
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Random House USA Inc This Is All I Got
Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • From an award-winning journalist, a poignant and gripping immersion in the life of a young, homeless single mother amid her quest to find stability and shelter in the richest city in AmericaLONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD • “Riveting . . . a remarkable feat of reporting.”—The New York Times Camila is twenty-two years old and a new mother. She has no family to rely on, no partner, and no home. Despite her intelligence and determination, the odds are firmly stacked against her. In this extraordinary work of literary reportage, Lauren Sandler chronicles a year in Camila’s life—from the birth of her son to his first birthday—as she navigates the labyrinth of poverty and homelessness in New York City. In her attempts to secure a safe place to raise her son and find a measure of freedom in her life, Camila copes with dashed dreams, failed relationsh
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Penguin Putnam Inc Hand to Mouth
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Diversified Publishing Poverty by America
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.“Urgent and accessible . . . Its moral force is a gut punch.”—The New Yorker ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023: The Washington Post, Time, Esquire, Newsweek, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Elle, Salon, Lit Hub, Kirkus ReviewsThe United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws
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Pluto Press Footwork
Book SynopsisAn original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour cityTrade Review'A rare glimpse into the physical world and urban spaces of rough sleepers who live in the city though often unacknowledged. A sensitive and evocative account' -- Professor Setha Low, City University of New York'A brilliant, insightful and at times very funny portrait of hidden lives and those who care for them. This is a beautifully written and erudite book about city life that exudes a deep but irreverent sense of humanity' -- Les Back, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London'Combines extensive ethnographic research and scholarship, poetic writing and remarkable empathy to illuminate the lives of those who survive and sleep on city streets and to show brilliantly the mobile, skilful, humane ways in which care and outreach workers seek relate to and help them' -- Professor Harry Ferguson, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1. Sleepwalking City 2. Lost and Found 3. First Aid 4. Round About 5. The Line Inside 6. Leftovers 7. Coming Across 8. Learning to See 9. Change Blind Epilogue Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press In Their Place
Book SynopsisA radical geography of the representation of impoverished communities in BritainTrade Review'Poverty is such a strong word and is not used as much as it needs to be. I am very grateful that this book does not shy away from those difficult words and also those difficult conversations about poverty in Britain today' -- Lisa Mckenzie, author of Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain'Forensically maps the 'Othering' of poor people, charting the stigmatisation, exoticisation, spatial marginalisation and even aestheticisation of their neighbourhoods' -- Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group'Stephen Crossley has become one of the leading critical voices in the debate on poverty and inequality in the UK, and this remarkable and elegant book is a superb illustration of why his voice is so important' -- Tom Slater, Reader in Urban Geography, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Series Preface 1. Introduction: The Spaces of Others 2. Swamps and Slums: Exoticising the Poor 3. Tales of Two Cities 4. Neighbourhood Effects or Westminster Effects? 5. Streetwise? 6. The Heroic Simplification of the Household 7. Piles of Pringles and Crack: Behind Closed Doors 8. Less Public, More Private: The Shifting Spaces of the State 9. Studying Up Notes Index
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Pluto Press Ground Down by Growth
Book SynopsisHow do India’s ‘untouchables’ and 'tribals' fit into the global economy?Trade Review'An exceptional book coming from researchers who lived with the most marginalised people to present the India of dislocation and despair' -- Anand Teltumbde, writer, civil rights activist and Senior Professor of Business Management, IIIT Hyderabad'Explodes the myth of the modernising power of capitalism. This sensitive and acute analysis shows that, far from doing away with inherited inequalities of power, Indian capitalism uses and intensifies them' -- Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi'A kaleidoscopic view of how established social forms morph and realign to produce deepening inequality and persistent, patterned disadvantage. Super-rich material and compelling analysis' -- Tania Murray Li, Anthropology, University of Toronto'Highly recommended for its careful attention to ethnographic detail, its systematically comparative approach and its grasp of political economy' -- Journal of Contemporary Asia'Undoubtedly a high quality contribution to the field of anthropological research' -- International Labour ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Preface Preface by Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 1. Tribe, Caste and Class - New Mechanisms of Exploitation and Oppression - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 2. Macro-economic Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in India - K.P. Kannan 3. Tea Belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala - Jayaseelan Raj 4. Cuddalore, Chemical Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu - Brendan Donegan 5. Bhadrachalam Scheduled Area, Telangana - Dalel Benbabaali 6. Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh - Richard Axelby 7. Narmada Valley and Adjoining Plains, Maharashtra - Vikramaditya Thakur 8. The Struggles Ahead - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche Appendix: Tables and Figures Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
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Pluto Press Organizing Insurgency
Book SynopsisThe Global South is the epicentre of workers’ struggles todayTrade Review'In these depressing times, when the neoliberal consensus has acquired an aura of inevitability akin to the Laws of Physics, it is a breath of fresh air to read serious scholarship that challenges this consensus' -- Norman Finkelstein'The rising anti-imperialist struggles in both the underdeveloped and developed countries are signalling the resurgence of the world proletarian-socialist revolution. Immanuel Ness makes a just call for forging a global workers' movement by reinvigorating and further developing the trade union movement, the workers' parties and political movements to fight for the rights and interests of the working class and the rest of the suffering people' -- Professor Jose Maria Sison, Chairperson Emeritus of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines and Co-Founder of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines'Important' -- Richard Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst'Timely and relevant. The theoretical framing around political organisation of the working class for social transformation is much-needed. Its energetic, provocative scholarship with insightful case studies from across the South makes it essential reading for academics and activists alike' -- Anita Hammer, Senior Lecturer of Organisational Studies and Human Resources, University of Essex'A valuable book that addresses the necessity of revolutionary organization in times of socialist ideological resurgence. Essential reading to anyone wishing to understand the proletarianization of the Global South. Its in-depth examination of modern forms of imperialist exploitation and revolts contribute to comprehending areas rarely covered by mainstream social science' -- Ali Kadri, National University of Singapore'A rich combination of theoretical insights and valuable case-studies from the Global South - a much-needed reminder that the agenda of social transformation requires a strong and sustained political intervention to turn protests into a powerful movement' -- Prabhat Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University'Challenges the prevailing racializing perception of the Southern worker held in the North as powerless and without agency. 'Organizing Insurgency' is a must read for an understanding of imperialism, which has normalized a lack of awareness of the sustaining role of the southern agricultural and industrial workers in global capitalism' -- Himani Bannerji, York UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Forging a New Global Workers’ Movement 1 PART I - THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF LABOUR IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 1. The Labour Atlas: The Southern Working Class Holding Up the World 2. Workers’ Movements in the South: Inequality, Poverty, and Enduring Relevance of Rural Proletariat and Informal Sector Workers PART II - CASE STUDIES: RURAL AND INFORMAL LABOUR STRUGGLES 3. Primitive Steel Manufacturing for the Global Consumer Market: Capital, Super-exploitation, and Surplus Value in Wazirpur, India 4. The Enduring System of Global Agricultural Commodity Production and First World Commodity Extraction: The Case of Mindanao, the Philippines 5. Global Capitalism: Corporate Restructuring, Labour Brokering, and Working-class Mobilization in South Africa 6. Conclusion: Labour Struggles and Political Organization Notes Index
£20.89
Johns Hopkins University Press The Persistence of Poverty in the United States
Book SynopsisHaving been sobered by this thought, the student may ponder what more might conceivably be done to reduce the incidence of that endemic economic and social disease.-from the PrefaceTrade ReviewProviding an overview of the poverty problem in the US, Garth Mangum, Stephen Mangum and Sum discuss the extent of and recent trends in poverty. By carefully mining government statistics, they provide a detailed demographic and geographic profile of today's poor... Recommended. Choice 2004 Brief, and authoritative. Future Survey 2003 A coherent treatment of the facts and causes of, as well as the strategic solutions to, American poverty. The book is solidly grounded in a concise analysis and elegant presentation of poverty data. -- Gary Klass Perspectives on Political Science 2004 In a concise manner, the authors are able to illustrate the magnitude of poverty and offer some excellent alternatives for its alleviation. -- Roberto Pedace Journal of Economic Issues 2004 A slim, readable and informative work which provides a wealth of information about poverty in the United States. -- James Midgley Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 2004Table of ContentsThe rediscovery of poverty; A demographic profile of the nation's poor; The changing geography of poverty; The causes of poverty; Approaches and consequences of redefining poverty; Is poverty in the United States inescapable?
£26.73
Beacon Press The Cost of Being Undocumented
£23.89
Teachers College Press Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
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Teachers College Press Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
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The University Press of Kentucky Reformers to Radicals The Appalachian Volunteers
Book SynopsisThe Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the southeastern United States.
£39.15
University of Minnesota Press DIY Detroit
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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Michigan State University Press Visions of Poverty Asen Robert Assistant
Book SynopsisTo understand the welfare policy debates of the last half of the 20th century, the various images of poor people that were present must be considered. This work explores these images and the policy debates of the retrenchment era, recounting the ways in which images of the poor appeared.
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Russell Sage Foundation Credit Where Its Due
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Georgetown University Press Searching for Americas Heart RFK and the Renewal
Book SynopsisFueled by a vision of economic justice he shared with Robert Kennedy, related here, this title advocates an active federal government in correcting inequities in American life. Based partly on initiatives begun by Kennedy, it advocates government support for school reform and more community-based economic development initiatives.
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