What the financial diaries of working-class families reveal about economic stresses, why they happen, and what policies might reduce themDeep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children.
This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time.
An inside look at how community service organizations really workVolunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime.
This pioneering book is the first to explore the experiences of homeless people in Russia in the late Soviet period and during post-socialist transition.
This pioneering book is the first to explore the experiences of homeless people in Russia in the late Soviet period and during post-socialist transition.
Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, patterns of change to the former communist nations of Europe are now discernible in a way that was impossible to see in the initial years.
Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, patterns of change to the former communist nations of Europe are now discernible in a way that was impossible to see in the initial years.
Bangladesh has low levels of urbanization but a high urban population in absolute terms, being one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
Bangladesh has low levels of urbanization but a high urban population in absolute terms, being one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
By stressing the importance of subjectivity and interpretation, social constructionism offers a different conception of reality from the traditional approach to housing policy analysis.
By stressing the importance of subjectivity and interpretation, social constructionism offers a different conception of reality from the traditional approach to housing policy analysis.
Most existing housing offers a poor fit for older people and people with disabilities, and new construction adds less than 2 per cent to the housing each year.
Most existing housing offers a poor fit for older people and people with disabilities, and new construction adds less than 2 per cent to the housing each year.
This title was first published in 2000: An exploration of the ways in which social welfare in two countries, half a world apart, may have similarities.
This title was first published in 2000: An exploration of the ways in which social welfare in two countries, half a world apart, may have similarities.
The global financial and economic crisis that hit the world since 2008 has affected the lives of many people all over the world and resulted in declining incomes, rising unemployment, foreclosures, forced residential moves, and cut-backs in government expenditure.
The global financial and economic crisis that hit the world since 2008 has affected the lives of many people all over the world and resulted in declining incomes, rising unemployment, foreclosures, forced residential moves, and cut-backs in government expenditure.
Housing is crucial to the quality of life and wellbeing for individuals and familes, but the availability of adequate or affordable housing also plays a vital role in community economic development.
Housing is crucial to the quality of life and wellbeing for individuals and familes, but the availability of adequate or affordable housing also plays a vital role in community economic development.
Home ownership plays a significant role in locating the middle class in most western societies, associated with market, consumerism, democracy and "e;people like us"e;, the significant features of the middle class for any society.
Home ownership plays a significant role in locating the middle class in most western societies, associated with market, consumerism, democracy and "e;people like us"e;, the significant features of the middle class for any society.
