Social welfare, social policy and social services Books
Penguin Putnam Inc The Puppy That Came for Christmas
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The University of Michigan Press Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability
Book SynopsisBy combining the work of Michel Foucault, the insights of philosophy of disability and feminist philosophy, and data derived from empirical research, Shelley L. Tremain compellingly argues that the conception of disability that currently predominates in the discipline of philosophy is inextricably intertwined with the underrepresentation of disabled philosophers in the profession of philosophy.Trade ReviewA much-needed contribution to the general intellectual discussion of disability, to Foucault studies, and to feminist theory. Tremain plows into some central tenets of disability theories and some of the most taken-for-granted feminist criticisms of Foucault. She also indicts professional philosophy in North America for its structural exclusion of disabled scholars. The evidence she presents and the arguments she makes are strong and sound."" - Ladelle McWhorter, University of Richmond""Offers a master class on Foucault and feminist theory as it addresses the dangerous and biased exclusion of disability within academic philosophy."" - Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Freedom by a Hairs Breadth
Book SynopsisIn a world taking new political shape because of assertions of ethnic and national difference, violence often prevails. This book describes how the Tsimihety secured and maintained their freedom from political and cultural domination that began, from within Madagascar, in 1820 and continued through a colonial period to the present day.
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The University of Michigan Press Putting Faith in Partnerships
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The University of Michigan Press Striving to Save
Book SynopsisExamines savings in eighty-four working families with low incomes, including fifty-nine families who participated in a program of matched savings and financial education. This book concludes with recommended public policy approaches for increasing savings in households that are striving to save.Trade Review"Striving to Save will inform and inspire social policy with its breakthrough approach in understanding how low-income families make ends meet while striving to make a better life for themselves and their families. Scholarly work in savings, debt, household finance, and behavior economics will benefit from this pioneering study that provides real-life context for some of the most important issues of our day." - Tom Shapiro, Brandeis University "The central contribution of the book is to use original qualitative research to provide readers with a nuanced understanding of the financial difficulties facing low-income households, their financial decision-making processes, and their paths to saving and building assets over time. The book provides an essential corrective to the unidimensional view of poor households as unable and unwilling to save." - Michael Barr, University of Michigan"
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HarperOne To the End of June
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Penguin Putnam Inc Young and Restless
Book SynopsisGlamour's The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So FarVogue's Best Books of 2023 (So Far)Town & Country's The 41 Must-Read Books of Summer 2023A heartening inspiration(The New York Times), the untold story of the people who have helped spark America’s most transformative social movements throughout history: teenage girlsNine months before Rosa Parks kicked off the bus boycotts, Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was fifteen. In 1912, women’s rights activists organized a massive march in support of women’s suffrage. Leading them up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was not one of the mothers of the movement, but a teenage Chinese immigrant named Mabel Ping-Hua Lee. Half a century before the better-known movements for workers’ rights began, over 1,500 girls—some as young as ten—walked out of factories in Lowell, Ma
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Hill & Wang Second Avenue Caper
Book SynopsisWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Graphic NovelA Village Voice Best Graphic NovelA triumphant memoir of grassroots activism and change in New York City from renowned graphic novelist Joyce Brabner.Second Avenue Caper is the true story of a tight-knit group of artists and activists living in New York City in the early 1980s who found themselves on the front lines in the fight against AIDS.Struggling to understand the disease and how they could help, they made a deal with a bona fide goodfella, donned masterful disguises, piled into an A-Team van, and set off for the border, determined to save their bedridden friends by smuggling an experimental drug into the United States from Mexico.With their community in crisis and the world turned against them, this impassioned gang of misfits never gave up hope as they searched for ways to raise awareness and beat the plague. Fast-paced, poignant, and beautifu
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University of Arizona Press Doing without
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The University of Alabama Press The Quality of Mercy Southern Baptists and Social
Book SynopsisMany academics have assumed that America's Southern Baptists expressed little social conscience. This study challenges this view, arguing that Southern Baptists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were more attentive to social concerns than has been supposed.
£999.99
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Somos Latinas
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NASW Press Resiliency An Integrated Approach to Practice
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£61.59
Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts Inc. Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead The Frank
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Sage Publications Inc Introduction to Social Work
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£143.45
Picador USA Coretta
Book SynopsisThe True Story of Coretta Scott King Told Fully for the First TimeNamed a Washington Post Book to Read A New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice A USA Today New and Noteworthy Pick A Read It Forward Favorite Read A Parade Magazine Pick A Publishers Weekly Notable African-American Titles[Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy] reveals never-before-told aspects of Mrs. King's life....We learn of the brilliant mind and courageous spirit behind the enigmatic figure (Essence).Born in 1927 to daringly enterprising parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose. While enrolled as one of the first black scholarship students recruited to Antioch College, she became politically and socially active and committed to the peace movement. As a graduate student at the New
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Picador USA On Violence and On Violence Against Women
Book SynopsisA blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic.Why has violence, and especially violence against women, become so much more prominent and visible across the world? To explore this question, Jacqueline Rose tracks the multiple forms of today's violence historic and intimate, public and private as they spread throughout our social fabric, offering a new, provocative account of violence in our time.From trans rights and #MeToo to the sexual harassment of migrant women, from the trial of Oscar Pistorius to domestic violence in lockdown, from the writing of Roxanne Gay to Hisham Mitar and Han Kang, she casts her net wide. What obscene pleasure in violence do so many male leaders of the Western world unleash in their supporters? Is violence always gendered and if so, always in the same way? What is required of the human mind when it grants itself permission to do violence?On Violence and On Violence
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Hanover Square Press Alabama V. King
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Hanover Square Press Alabama V. King
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Johns Hopkins University Press War and Health Insurance Policy in Japan and the
Book SynopsisThose interested in debates about health care in Japan, the United States, and other countries, and especially scholars of comparative political development, will appreciate and learn from Yamagishi's study.Trade ReviewDaring, relevant and an excellent an excellent commencement within the English language literature on the origins of the Japanese welfare state... Beyond contributing substantively to the literature by covering hitherto uncharted terrain, Yamagishi's claims about the mechanisms underlying war-period health policy change deserve closer scrutiny and will be of interest to a broad audience. -- A.K.M. Skarpelis Social Science Japan Journal Historical investigation and international comparative analysis are two major approaches among the forces in the field, and Takakazu Yamagishi's War and Health Insurance Policy in Japan and the United States: World War II to Postwar Reconstruction has combined those two methodologies to produce a sharply focused, beautifully constructed, and clearly argued explanation of this historical making of the systems or medical insurance in Japan and the United States... Yamagishi has produced a wonderful book... The book will serve as one of the best introductions to the making of health care policies in the two countries and as a starting point to develop a more inclusive account of the paths to the different medical systems in two countries that face each other across the Pacific. -- Akihito Suzuki Journal of Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Prewar Development of Health Insurance1. Learning from Germany: Japan before 19372. Catching Up with Europe: The United States before 1941Part II: Health Security as National Security3. Creating a Public Health Insurance System: Japan, 1937– 19454. Forming a Hybrid Health Insurance System: The United States, 1941– 1945Part III: Health Insurance in the Postwar Period5. Consolidating the Hybrid Health Insurance System: The United States, 1945– 19526. Restoring the Public Health Insurance System: Japan, 1945– 1952ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Martin Luther King Jr.
Book SynopsisMartin Luther King Jr.: A Life in American History covers King's life, achievements, and challenges, placing his contributions within the context of American history.This indispensable resource explores the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. and includes a robust biographical narrative that discusses his early life and adult ministry from the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 to the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike in 1968. The book goes beyond the typical biography by exploring King's achievements within the context of American history. Chapters are organized chronologically, and a supplementary chapter, Why King Matters, explores King's cultural and historical significance. Carefully curated Cultural Connections are placed throughout the text to help students connect the dots between the subject and the larger context of social, political, intellectual, and pop culture in American history. The work also provides a detailed timeline and primary documeTable of ContentsSeries Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1. King’s Early Years and Education 2. Becoming a Leader 3. Challenging the Nation 4. Embracing a Larger Movement 5. The Nation and the World are Listening 6. People to People and People in Action 7. Birmingham and Standing Before God 8. The Man of the Year and the Nobel Prize Laureate 9. Going to Chicago 10. Beyond Vietnam to Memphis Why Martin Luther King Jr. Matters Timeline Primary Documents Bibliography Index
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Simon & Schuster Daring to Drive
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£18.04
Simon & Schuster Dear World
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Basic Books The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our
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Basic Books Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys
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£25.60
The University of Arkansas Press After the Tsunami
Book SynopsisTells the story of Indonesian college graduate students who came to US universities on scholarships following the 2004 tsunami that killed 173,000 in Banda Aceh. Former presidents Bill Clinton and George H W Bush championed the programme, intended to help rebuild the human capital in Aceh Provence.
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Georgetown University Press United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response
Book SynopsisThe Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the United States for the first time in sixty years. More than a decade later, according to Catholic social ethicist Thomas Massaro, a disturbing gap exists between the laws we have enacted as a nation and the moral concerns we profess as a people. Massaro contends that ethicists too often focus on strictly theoretical concerns rather than engaging concrete social and political issues, while public policy experts are uncomfortable drawing ethical judgments about legislation. United States Welfare Policy takes a fresh approach to the topic by using Catholic social teaching as a lens through which to view contemporary American welfare policies, citing the tradition's emphasis on serving the needy—including a preferential option for the poor—and the common good. Massaro maintains that the most important outcome of welfare policy is not the cost-effectiveness of programs, but the well-being of individual families. The concluding analysis of this thoughtful study applies Catholic ethical concerns to specific aspects of welfare reform, including the funding mechanisms for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, work participation requirements affecting the bond between mothers and children, eligibility rules, the intrusion of family caps into reproductive decisions, and the imposition of disproportionate burdens upon particular demographic groups. Massaro offers possible alternatives in each case and, as the fight over reauthorization of the welfare act continues, he calls on Catholic churches and clergy and laity to take action and advocate publicly for a more ethical approach to welfare reform.Trade ReviewMassaro's holistic reliance on theology, political narrative, and an assessment of the law's measurable human impact contributes to a fuller picture of welfare reform than [is] available in most accounts. * Commonweal *A valuable resource in setting out what religious social ethics require of a more just welfare policy. * Politics and Religion *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Catholic Social Teaching: General Approaches to Social Policy Vehicles of Catholic Social TeachingThe Methodology of Catholic Social Teaching: Three CaveatsThe Central Vision of Catholic Social TeachingPositions Regarding Two Key InstitutionsThree Principles for Social Policy 2. The Historical Context of U.S. Welfare Policy The Roots of American Social PolicyThe New Deal and its LegacyThe "Permanent Crisis" of AFDCThe Role of Charitable and Faith-Based Organizations in the Social Welfare System 3. At the Crossroads: The Welfare Reform Law of 1996 The Block-Granting of WelfareTime Limitation of BenefitsWork RequirementsAnti-Illegitimacy MeasuresOther New Conditions on BenefitsOther Provisions of the 1996 Welfare LawThe Way Forward 4. The Bishops' Contribution to the Welfare Reform Debate The New Welfare Consensus of the 1980s and the Bishops' DemurralDocuments of the U.S. Catholic Church on Welfare Reform: 1994-96Five Guidelines for Social Policy 5. Implementing Welfare Reform, 1996-2006 Further Developments in Federal Welfare Policy, 1996-2002The Fallout of the 1996 Overhaul: Fears, Reaction and ResultsPatterns of State Implementation 6. The Politics and Ethics of Welfare Reauthorization The Politics of ReauthorizationOngoing Ethical Concerns Regarding Welfare PolicyPublic Church Contributions to Social Policy: Present and Future Bibliography Index
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Georgetown University Press United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response
Book SynopsisThe Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the United States for the first time in sixty years. More than a decade later, according to Catholic social ethicist Thomas Massaro, a disturbing gap exists between the laws we have enacted as a nation and the moral concerns we profess as a people. Massaro contends that ethicists too often focus on strictly theoretical concerns rather than engaging concrete social and political issues, while public policy experts are uncomfortable drawing ethical judgments about legislation. "United States Welfare Policy" takes a fresh approach to the topic by using Catholic social teaching as a lens through which to view contemporary American welfare policies, citing the tradition's emphasis on serving the needy - including a preferential option for the poor - and the common good. Massaro maintains that the most important outcome of welfare policy is not the cost-effectiveness of programs, but the well-being of individual families. The concluding analysis of this thoughtful study applies Catholic ethical concerns to specific aspects of welfare reform, including the funding mechanisms for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, work participation requirements affecting the bond between mothers and children, eligibility rules, the intrusion of family caps into reproductive decisions, and the imposition of disproportionate burdens upon particular demographic groups. Massaro offers possible alternatives in each case and, as the fight over reauthorization of the welfare act continues, he calls on Catholic churches and clergy and laity to take action and advocate publicly for a more ethical approach to welfare reform.Trade ReviewMassaro's holistic reliance on theology, political narrative, and an assessment of the law's measurable human impact contributes to a fuller picture of welfare reform than [is] available in most accounts. Commonweal A valuable resource in setting out what religious social ethics require of a more just welfare policy. Politics and ReligionTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Catholic Social Teaching: General Approaches to Social Policy Vehicles of Catholic Social TeachingThe Methodology of Catholic Social Teaching: Three CaveatsThe Central Vision of Catholic Social TeachingPositions Regarding Two Key InstitutionsThree Principles for Social Policy 2. The Historical Context of U.S. Welfare Policy The Roots of American Social PolicyThe New Deal and its LegacyThe "Permanent Crisis" of AFDCThe Role of Charitable and Faith-Based Organizations in the Social Welfare System 3. At the Crossroads: The Welfare Reform Law of 1996 The Block-Granting of WelfareTime Limitation of BenefitsWork RequirementsAnti-Illegitimacy MeasuresOther New Conditions on BenefitsOther Provisions of the 1996 Welfare LawThe Way Forward 4. The Bishops' Contribution to the Welfare Reform Debate The New Welfare Consensus of the 1980s and the Bishops' DemurralDocuments of the U.S. Catholic Church on Welfare Reform: 1994-96Five Guidelines for Social Policy 5. Implementing Welfare Reform, 1996-2006 Further Developments in Federal Welfare Policy, 1996-2002The Fallout of the 1996 Overhaul: Fears, Reaction and ResultsPatterns of State Implementation 6. The Politics and Ethics of Welfare Reauthorization The Politics of ReauthorizationOngoing Ethical Concerns Regarding Welfare PolicyPublic Church Contributions to Social Policy: Present and Future Bibliography Index
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Other Press LLC Raif Badawi, The Voice of Freedom: My Husband,
Book SynopsisA powerful first-person account of Ensaf Haidar’s life wither her husband, Saudi Arabian social activist Raif Badawi, and her worldwide campaign to free him from imprisonment Ensaf Haidar's unforgettable account of her marriage to imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi tells the story of the survival of their love against all odds, and of her courageous fight for her husband’s freedom.When Ensaf and Raif married in 2002 they shed tears of joy; they had overcome the resistance of her family and the rigid conventions of Saudi Arabian culture, and their battle to be together was finally won. But an even greater challenge lay ahead. After the romance of their clandestine courtship, the triumph of their wedding day, and the ups and downs of married life, Ensaf discovers that Raif is becoming active in the liberal movement. Their partnership grows stronger as Raif works tirelessly, daring to question the social order of Saudi Arabia — until his activities attract the attention of the religious police. With Raif under increasing surveillance, Ensaf reluctantly accepts exile as the only way to protect their three young children, hoping that Raif will soon join them.But Raif's arrest and subsequent sentence — to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes — change everything. Ensaf must take up the fight for her husband’s life, galvanizing global support and campaigning for his freedom — and their right to be reunited as a family again. This profoundly moving memoir is both a love story and an inspiring account of the making of not one but two heroic human rights activists.
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Temple University Press,U.S. Welfare Discipline: Discourse, Governance and
Book SynopsisTakes stock of the new forms of welfare and offers new methods to understand themTrade Review"Schram critiques current trends in welfare policy and argues for using new approaches in studying welfare policy and governance. The new approach features a compassionate emphasis on reducing harm in order to allow for diversity while building community in an era of globalization." The Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "This book should challenge assumptions about redistributive politics in the United States and advance the study of the welfare state. It is particularly ideal for teaching undergraduate or Masters-level policy students." Perspectives on Politics
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Temple University Press,U.S. Welfare Discipline: Discourse, Governance and
Book SynopsisTakes stock of the new forms of welfare and offers new methods to understand themTrade Review"Schram critiques current trends in welfare policy and argues for using new approaches in studying welfare policy and governance. The new approach features a compassionate emphasis on reducing harm in order to allow for diversity while building community in an era of globalization." The Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "This book should challenge assumptions about redistributive politics in the United States and advance the study of the welfare state. It is particularly ideal for teaching undergraduate or Masters-level policy students." Perspectives on Politics
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Temple University Press,U.S. Jobs and Economic Development in Minority
Book SynopsisExamines economic development and job creation in different physical and social settings to forge a new agenda for community economic development in minority neighborhoodsTrade Review"This book is highly recommended, and its in-depth treatment of the historical and social context of concentrated poverty and policy alternatives would make it particularly useful in a graduate seminar...The editors have done a remarkable job of putting together a volume in which each chapter seems to build on the examples and policy recommendations of the others. Rather than being an assortment of articles on a theme, the chapters together create a 'collective wisdom' of community economic development." Journal of American Ethnic History "Jobs and Economic Development in Minority Communities provides a state-of-the-art compilation of current thinking on the issue of minority economic development. Given the economic distress that continues to plague minority communities in the United States, the book will be of interest to a broad array of urban planners and scholars." The Journal of Planning Education and Research "The compendium's most valuable contribution is its challenge to prevailing assumptions about the regional character of job markets and best practices in workforce and enterprise development...Practitioners and applied scholars will find useful frameworks for promoting, designing, and implementing holistic, community-based metropolitan economic development plans. The collection's challenges to status quo thinking about 'best practices' translate into reasoned approaches for nongentrifying, nondisplacing, and economically and socially effective economic development." Economic Development Quarterly "[A]n extremely valuable addition to debates focused on stimulating jobs and economic development in minority communities. It importantly -- and quite correctly -- emphasizes the need to sensitize community development activities according to geographical, cultural, and socio-political contexts and the need for interventions to be both cross-cutting and multi-dimensional." - Journal of Town Planning Review, issue 4, 2008Table of Contents1: Introduction: Jobs and Economic Development in Minority Communities Realities, Challenges, and Innovation (Ong, P. and Loukaitou-Sideris, A.) Part I: The Context 2: Metropolitan Dispersion and Diversity: Implications for Community Economic Development (Blumenberg, E.); 3: Impacts of the New Social Policy Regime (Houston, D. and Ong, P.); Chapter 4: The Regional Nexus: The Promise and Risk of Community-Based Approaches to Metropolitan Equity (Pastor, M., Benner, C., and Matsuoka, M.) Part II: Labor Market Development 5: Workforce Development in Minority Communities (Stoll, M.); 6: Employment Opportunities Beyond the 'hood: African American and Hispanic Applicants in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia (Zonta, M.); 7: Economic Development in Latino Communities: Incorporating Marginal and Immigrant Workers (Valenzuela, A) Part III: Business Development 8: The Role of Black-owned Businesses in Black Community Development (Boston, T.); 9: New York City's Asian Immigrant Economies: Community Development Needs and Challenges (Hum, T.); 10: Indian Gaming as Community Economic Development (Jojola, T. and Ong, P.) Part IV: Complementary Strategies 11: Social Networks and Social Capital: Latinos in Pico Union (Loukaitou-Sideris, A. and Hutchinson, J.); 12: Linking Housing to Community Economic Development with Community Benefits Agreements: The Case of the Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice (Leavitt, J.); 13: Synchronizing Social Services with Labor Market Participation: Implications for Community Economic Development in Minority Neighborhoods (Takahashi, L); 14 Conclusion: Lessons for Community Economic Development (Loukaitou-Sideris, A. and Ong, P.)
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. A Nation of Takers: America’s Entitlement
Book SynopsisIn A Nation of Takers: America’s Entitlement Epidemic, one of our country’s foremost demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, details the exponential growth in entitlement spending over the past fifty years. As he notes, in 1960, entitlement payments accounted for well under a third of the federal government’s total outlays. Today, entitlement spending accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget. Drawing on an impressive array of data and employing a range of easy-to-read, four-color charts, Eberstadt shows the unchecked spiral of spending on a range of entitlements, everything from Medicare to disability payments. But Eberstadt does not just chart the astonishing growth of entitlement spending, he also details the enormous economic and cultural costs of this epidemic. He powerfully argues that while this spending certainly drains our federal coffers, it also has a very real, long-lasting, negative impact on the character of our citizens. Also included in the book is a response from one of our leading political theorists, William Galston. In his incisive response, he questions Eberstadt’s conclusions about the corrosive effect of entitlements on character and offers his own analysis of the impact of American entitlement growth.
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University of New Orleans Press We Are Syrians: Three Generations. Three
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Berrett-Koehler The Self-Made Myth: And the Truth About How
Book SynopsisHow we view the creation of wealth and individual success shapes our choices on taxes, public investments in schools and vital infrastructure, regulations, the legitimacy of extravagant CEO pay, and more. America canât more forward if we donât have a clear understanding of how wealth is actually produced.This book challenges the by-bootstraps-alone narrative beloved by anti-government conservatives to offer a more holistic view of the success of Americaâs business leaders and entrepreneurs. While acknowledging the importance of hard work, creativity, and leadership, it highlights several crucial, often unrecognized factors, with a particular emphasis on the ways government and society support and assists individuals: public education, research and development grants, social services, roads and highways, laws and regulations that establish a stable business environment, and many more. Miller and Lapham explore the historic roots of the self-made myth and offer profiles of business leaders who, in their own words, identify the kinds of government support and assistance that were crucial to their success. They also disprove the arguments of individuals like Donald Trump who have tried to perpetuate their own self-made myths of their success.
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Berrett-Koehler Pharmacy on a Bicycle; Innovative Solutions for
Book SynopsisDespite $21 billion spent on health-related projects, every year millions of people in poor countries die from diseases that are easy and inexpensive to prevent or cure. We know exactly what these people need, we just donât know how to get it to them effectively. People are dying not because we can't solve a medical problem but because we canât solve a logistics problem. The solution is a new kind of bottom-up health care that is delivered at the source. We need micro-clinics, micro-pharmacies, and micro-entrepreneurs located in the remote, hard-to-reach communities they serve. By building a new model that "scales down" to train and incentivize health care workers in their own villages and towns, we can create an army of health professionals who can prevent tragedy at a fraction of the cost of top-down bureaucratic programs. The key is to unleash the same forces of innovation and entrepreneurship that work in first-world business cultures, and to train, aid, and incubate health workers on site. The book is filled with practical solutions for governments, NGOs, and local and global businesses. It also contains examples of dozens of exemplary programs on the ground that are implementing these innovative solutions and saving lives.
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Georgetown University Press Work and the Welfare State: Street-Level
Book SynopsisWork and the Welfare State places street-level organizations at the analytic center of welfare-state politics, policy, and management. This volume offers a critical examination of efforts to change the welfare state to a workfare state by looking at on-the-ground issues in six countries: the US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. An international group of scholars contribute organizational studies that shed new light on old debates about policies of workfare and activation. Peeling back the political rhetoric and technical policy jargon, these studies investigate what really goes on in the name of workfare and activation policies and what that means for the poor, unemployed, and marginalized populations subject to these policies. By adopting a street-level approach to welfare state research, Work and the Welfare State reveals the critical, yet largely hidden, role of governance and management reforms in the evolution of the global workfare project. It shows how these reforms have altered organizational arrangements and practices to emphasize workfare's harsher regulatory features and undermine its potentially enabling ones. As a major contribution to expanding the conceptualization of how organizations matter to policy and political transformation, this book will be of special interest to all public management and public policy scholars and students.Trade ReviewThe strength of Persuasion and Power is its exhaustive research, reflected in numerous vignettes and research that compellingly illustrate successful concepts, benefits, and failures of strategic communication. Scholars and strategic communicators alike will be impressed with Farewell's research and proposed solutions to enhance strategic communication. Persuasion and Power is a must-read for those with an interest in strategic communication. Military Review This book is the first to bring a street-level approach to international research on welfare state policy, politics, and management, offering a clear and coherent interpretation of how workfare-style policies are taking shape on the ground. Social Service Review This book is the first to bring a street-level approach to international research on welfare state policy, politics, and management, offering a clear and coherent interpretation of how workfare-style policies are taking shape on the ground. School of Social Service Administration Magazine, U of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Introduction1. Work and the Welfare State Evelyn Z. Brodkin2. Street-Level Organizations and the Welfare StateEvelyn Z. Brodkin Part II: What's at Issue: Politics, Policies, and Jobs3. The American Welfare State: Two Narratives Michael Lipsky 4. The Policies of Workfare: At the Boundaries between Work and the Welfare State Evelyn Z. Brodkin and Flemming Larsen5. Double Jeopardy: The Misfit between Welfare-to-Work Requirements and Job Realities Susan Lambert and Julia HenlyPart III: Governance and Management: Workfare's "Second Track" 6. Triple Activation: Introducing Welfare-to-Work into Dutch Social AssistanceRik van Berkel7. Active Labor Market Reform in Denmark: The Role of Governance in Policy Change Flemming Larsen8. Performance Management as a Disciplinary Regime: Street-Level Organizations in a Neoliberal Era of Poverty GovernanceJoe Soss, Sanford Schram, and Richard Fording Part IV: Street-Level Organizations and the Practices of Workfare9. Commodification, Inclusion, or What? Workfare in Everyday Organizational LifeEvelyn Z. Brodkin 10. Race, Respect, and Red Tape: Inside the Black Box of Racially Representative Bureaucracies Celeste Watkins-Hayes 11. Good Intentions and Institutional Blindness: Migrant Populations and the Implementation of German Activation PolicyMartin Brussig and Matthias Knuth 12. Front-line Workers as Intermediaries: The Changing Landscape of Disability and Employment Services in AustraliaGregory Marston Part V: Administrative Justice: Challenging Workfare Practices13. Challenging Workfare Practices: Conditionality, Sanctions, and the Weakness of Redress Mechanisms in the British "New Deal"Michael Adler14. Redress and Accountability in US Welfare AgenciesVicki Lens Part VI: Conclusion 15. Work and the Welfare State Reconsidered: Street-Level Organizations and the Global Workfare ProjectEvelyn Z. BrodkinReferences Contributors
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Black Rabbit Books Extreme Stories about Disappearances
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Black Rabbit Books Extreme Stories about ESP
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Bold Type Books Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
Book Synopsis From a leading prison abolitionist, a moving memoir about coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving incarceration—and a call to break free from all the cages that confine us. Marlon Peterson grew up in 1980s Crown Heights, raised by Trinidadian immigrants. Amid the routine violence that shaped his neighborhood, Marlon became a high-achieving and devout child, the specter of the American dream opening up before him. But in the aftermath of immense trauma, he participated in a robbery that resulted in two murders. At nineteen, Peterson was charged and later convicted. He served ten long years in prison. While incarcerated, Peterson immersed himself in anti-violence activism, education, and prison abolition work. In Bird Uncaged, Peterson challenges the typical “redemption” narrative and our assumptions about justice. With vulnerability and insight, he uncovers the many cages—from the daily violence and trauma of poverty, to policing, to enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarceration—created and maintained by American society.Bird Uncaged is a twenty-first-century abolitionist memoir, and a powerful debut that demands a shift from punishment to healing, an end to prisons, and a new vision of justice.
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University Press of Colorado Hashtag Activism Interrogated and Embodied: Case
Book SynopsisHashtag Activism Interrogated and Embodied analyzes the ways that hashtags repurpose and reclaim societal narratives, considering how these digital interactions carry over into external spaces and are embodied by both participants and spectators alike.
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Verso Books Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of
Book SynopsisIn austerity Britain, disabled people have become the favourite target. From social care to the benefits system, politicians and media alike have made the case Britain's 12 million disabled people are a drain on the public purse. In Crippled, leading commentator Frances Ryan exposes the disturbing reality, telling the story of those most affected by this devastating regime. This includes a paralyzed man forced to crawl down the stairs because the council wouldn't provide accessible housing; the malnourished woman sleeping in her wheelchair; and the young girl with bipolar forced to turn to sex work to survive. Through these personal stories, Ryan charts how in recent years the public attitude towards disabled people has transformed from compassion to contempt: from society's 'most vulnerable' to benefit cheats. Crippled is a damning indictment of a safety net gone wrong, and a passionate demand for an end to austerity measures hitting those most in need.Trade ReviewFrances Ryan reminds us what real investigative journalism looks like - except that this is a book, compelling in the case it makes. Vulnerable, disabled people are treated with conscious cruelty by politicians who have closed their eyes to the despair they have caused. We know that the welfare state has been almost wrecked, but Frances Ryan's impeccable research shows, in detail, what this means in the daily lives of those with disabilities. Keep this book on your shelves, refer it often, and use the ammunition in its pages to bring back compassion and dignity for all our citizens.' -- Ken Loach, director of I, Daniel Blake"This devastating depiction of the impact of austerity on disabled people should shake our political system to its foundations. Frances Ryan forensically exposes the scandalous politics that have left so many disabled people cold, hungry, living in poverty and pain and often suicidal. It's a cry from the heart but more importantly it's a determine demand for change." -- John McDonnellRyan is an expert in her field. Furthermore, as a disabled person writingabout disabled peopleas rights and issues, her voice is a vital additionto the debate. Essential reading. -- Baroness Tanni Grey-ThompsonNo one has done more to shed light on how austerity is harming disabled peoples lives. This book is so important, it should be read at least by every policy maker in the country. -- Jess Phillips, MPFrances Ryan reminds us what real investigative journalism looks like - except that this is a book, compelling in the case it makes. Vulnerable, disabled people are treated with conscious cruelty by politicians who have closed their eyes to the despair they have caused. We know that the welfare state has been almost wrecked, but Frances Ryan's impeccable research shows, in detail, what this means in the daily lives of those with disabilities. Keep this book on your shelves, refer to it often, and use the ammunition in its pages to bring back compassion and dignity for all our citizens. -- Ken Loach, director of I, Daniel BlakeThis devastating depiction of the impact of austerity on disabled people should shake our political system to its foundations. Frances Ryan forensically exposes the scandalous politics that have left so many disabled people cold, hungry, living in poverty and pain and often suicidal. It's a cry from the heart but more importantly it's a determined demand for change. -- John McDonnell'A fascinating insight into the harsh realities of living as a disabled person in the 21st century. A must read for anyone with a conscience' -- Lee Ridley, Lost Voice Guy"I wish I could force everyone in the UK to read this book. It's a ferocious, thoroughly substantiatedindictment of this government's maltreatment of its disabled children, women and men. It's not a secret that austerity is a choice, but Frances Ryan intimately maps this calculated evil and the cost, in lives, it exacts." -- Rob DelaneyA brilliant, bitter blend of polemic and reportage that is certainly worthy of Orwell but which, more importantly, is eminently worthy of the betrayed citizens whose lives have been blighted by Tory austerity. It's high time a writer should do our disabled friends, family, colleagues and neighbours justice. It is forensic in its condemnation. It will make you rage. -- Lucy Rhiannon CosslettFiercely angry, compulsory, and shocking reading - shining a vital light on the cruelty austerity Britain has meted out to those with disabilities. Do not look away. Read this and fight back. -- Angela ClarkeFrances and her columns were a constant source of inspiration as we researched and prepared I, Daniel Blake. She never loses sympathy for the human experience, nor lets the personal story undermine the razor sharp analysis of power. Crippled is another stunning piece of investigative journalism. It does make the blood boil, and cuts right through the propaganda. -- Paul Laverty, Screenwriter of I, Daniel BlakeA devastatingly on-point critique of austerity politics and the worsening attitudes towards those with disabilities. * Morning Star *A devastating look at both the policies that impact disabled people and the toxic rhetoric behind them - and what needs to change to make it right. * Vice *In Crippled, Frances Ryan, a fine journalist, broadcaster and campaigner for disability rights, robustly stacks up the evidence that ought to put politicians - especially chancellors - in the dock. -- Yvonne Roberts * Observer *Crippledis a timely read that could bring anyone out of a Brexit news-induced stupor. * politics.co.uk *Comprehensively and competently dissects the spin behind austerity, and its most unpardonable effects. -- https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2019/june/live-review-dr-frances-ryan-crippled-waterstones/ * LeftLion *A powerful polemic * Guardian *This powerful book by respected journalist, Frances Ryan is the perfect wake-up call for anyone sleep-walking through austerity -- Simon Duffy * Fabian Review *A blistering polemic, full of telling details. * Guardian *A powerful book ... Austerity kills and it is killing disabled people. Ryan does a brilliant job of describing the human costs. * Fabian Society *Frances Ryan's Crippledpowerfully brings into sharp focus the lived experiences of disabled people. -- Sam Smethers * Fawcett Society *Timely * Red Pepper *Everyone should read this book * Labour Briefing *A powerful statement of a compelling social issue ... [that] should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, political activists, government policy makers, and non-specialist general readers. -- Susan Bethany * Midwest Book Review *Read [Crippled], get angry and act: some of society's most marginalised people are depending on it. * Independent *Ryan takes us on a tour of Britain to demonstrate how the rights of disabled people have been curtailed. Crippled marshals wide-ranging research and on-the-ground reportage as well as bristling with anger. It's sobering, but fundamentally necessary. * Financial Times [for the audiobook edition] *
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Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Supervision for Early Years Workers: A Guide for
Book SynopsisThis guide is designed to provide a framework and support for early years settings and their staff to implement the expectation of the "Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2014" 3.21 "Providers must put appropriate arrangements in place for the supervision of staff who have contact with children and families". It will: Outline a definition of staff supervision and explore its applicability to Early Years settings Provide a framework and include templates, which may be used for effective use of the model Explore the difference staff supervision makes for outcomes for children and the emotional impact safeguarding children may have on practitioners Explain how supervision links to maintaining safe settings for children.
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Haus Publishing Not for Patching: A Strategic Welfare Review
Book SynopsisIn his famous report of 1942, the economist and social reformer William Beveridgewrote that the war was a 'revolutionary moment in the world's history' and so a time 'forrevolutions, not for patching.' The Beveridge Report outlined the welfare state that Attlee'sgovernment would go on to implement after 1946, instituting, for the first time, a nationalsystem of benefits to protect all from 'cradle to the grave.' Since then the welfare system hasbeen patched, beset by muddled thinking and short-termism. The government spends overGBP171bn a year on welfare and yet, since the Beveridge Report, there has been no strategicreview of the system. Compare that to Defence which, with its comparatively small budgetof GBP35bn, is subject to a strategic review at least every decade. Reform of the welfare systemneed not mean dismantlement, but serious questions must be asked about how a welfarestate as we understand it remains sustainable into the 21st century.
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Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Work
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume in a series that explores the mental health of parents and its impact on child welfare, and which acts as a yearly update on key research, policy developments and practice innovations, both in the UK and around the world. This publication is a unique opportunity to explore and share ideas about 'success' and what 'leads to success' from the different perspective of parents, children and the professionals who work with them. Much like its predecessor, it draws together a range of experts in the field - researchers, policy makers, practitioners and service users - to identify both the opportunities and challenges, as well as to explore what works in which contexts, for whom and why.
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Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Ten Rules for Delivering a Diagnosis of Autism or
Book SynopsisDiagnosis of learning disabilities or autism can happen at any point in an individual's life. While this should mean freedom to move forward with information to access all that's needed to live a fulfilling and rewarding life, the huge obstacles that exist in reality can make a diagnosis a cause for dismay. Furthermore, the way in which the diagnosis is delivered is often done without thought or preparation and consequently ensures lasting emotional trauma to the individuals involved and their loved ones. The aim of this thought-provoking booklet is to directly challenge the method and moment a diagnosis is given, so that it can become the defining opportunity to set individuals and their families off on a positive, hopeful path rather than a negative, diminished one. Each 'rule' speaks powerfully with the voice of the individual or family on the receiving end of diagnosis. Together, the 10 rules provide a useful starting point for discussion and a catalyst for action. Each is followed by suggestions for positive practices. The booklet also contains additional background information on good practice, together with references and sources of further information. The booklet has been written for anyone involved in providing diagnoses and follow-up support to autistic people, those with learning disabilities and their families, together with allied professionals, carers and student in relevant disciplines. It can be used for a wide range of purposes, including staff induction, learning disability and autism awareness training, individual professional development and reflection, and team discussions about the quality of practice and services provided.
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Amberjack Publishing Company Life Detonated: The True Story of a Widow and a
Book Synopsis"A raw, somber emotional journey that concludes with hope and a measure of forgiveness." - Kirkus Reviews The gripping true story of Kathleen Murray, a young mother whose life was changed on September 11, 1976 when her husband, Brian Murray, a NYPD bomb disposal expert, was killed by a terrorist's bomb. It details her childhood in the Bronx, her journey out of poverty with Brian's help, and her own determination to take care of her two young sons after Brian's death. While Kathleen heals, she launches a lawsuit against the city of New York to find out the real reason the bomb exploded, and at the same time begins a relationship through letters with one of the hijackers, Julie Busic. All the while, Kathleen becomes one of the founders of Survivors of the Shield, a group that advocates for and provides support and assistance to the spouses and children of New York City police officers killed in the line of duty.
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Belt Publishing Trust the Circle: The Resistance and Resilience
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Rutgers University Press Preventing Child Maltreatment in the U.S.:
Book SynopsisPreventing Child Maltreatment: Multicultural Considerations in the United States is the first book in a concentrated series that examines child maltreatment across minoritized, cultural groups. Specifically, this volume examines core multicultural concepts (e.g., intersectionality, acculturation, spirituality, oppression) as they relate to child maltreatment in the United States, while the other books take a closer look at particular ethnic or racial communities in this country. Additionally, this book examines child maltreatment through the intersection of feminist, multicultural, and prevention/wellness promotion lenses. Recommendations for treatment in each book build on a foundation of prevention and wellness promotion, along with multicultural and feminist theories. Throughout this book, five case studies, which are introduced in Chapter One, are revisited to help the readers make important and meaningful connections between theory and practice.Trade Review"This book applies an essential multicultural lens as well as a feminist perspective to our understanding of the definitions and contextual origins of child maltreatment in order to inform prevention efforts. The strengths-based and culturally informed approach to the difficult topic of child maltreatment taken by the authors of this volume make it essential reading for anyone working in the area of child welfare." -- Elizabeth Gershoff * co-editor of Ending the Physical Punishment of Children: A Guide for Clinicians and Practitioners *"This book is thought-provoking, full of relevant and contemporary research and innovation, and a call to action. Clinicians, educators, policy-makers, and prevention and treatment specialists will benefit from this summary of variables gleaned through experience, exploration, and study. History evolves and mutates, and this book truly reflects lessons learned from past mistakes, while offering alternative concepts and approaches. A true gift!" -- Eliana Gil * Founder of Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, LLC, Fairfax, VA *"This book applies an essential multicultural lens as well as a feminist perspective to our understanding of the definitions and contextual origins of child maltreatment in order to inform prevention efforts. The strengths-based and culturally informed approach to the difficult topic of child maltreatment taken by the authors of this volume make it essential reading for anyone working in the area of child welfare." -- Elizabeth Gershoff * co-editor of Ending the Physical Punishment of Children: A Guide for Clinicians and Practitioners *"This book is thought-provoking, full of relevant and contemporary research and innovation, and a call to action. Clinicians, educators, policy-makers, and prevention and treatment specialists will benefit from this summary of variables gleaned through experience, exploration, and study. History evolves and mutates, and this book truly reflects lessons learned from past mistakes, while offering alternative concepts and approaches. A true gift!" -- Eliana Gil * Founder of Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, LLC, Fairfax, VA *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Child Maltreatment2 Core Multicultural Concepts3 Prevention of and Intervention in Child Maltreatment4 Using Feminism and Multiculturalism to Address Child Maltreatment5 Conclusions, Recommendations, and Future DirectionsReferencesIndex
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