Poverty and precarity

Sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich are widespread, and they influence Americans'' political preferences.

This book provides a socio-legal examination of the media's influence on the development and implementation of criminal justice policy.

US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the “defining issue of our time.

Understanding the complex dimensions of global poverty is crucial for tackling its diverse challenges.

What Works in Development?

The number of children living in families with incomes below the federal poverty level increased by 33 percent between 2000 and 2009, resulting in over 15 million children living in poverty.

First published in 1993.

In this comparative, historical survey of three East Asian countries, Jong-sung You explores how inequality hinders democratic control of corruption.

Offering an important addition to existing critiques of governance feminism and carceral expansion based mainly on experiences from the Global North, this book critically addresses feminist law reform on violence against women, from a decolonial perspective.

From the 1890s onwards, social reformers, volunteer lawyers, and politicians increasingly came to see access to affordable or free legal advice as a critical part of helping working-class people uphold their rights with landlords, employers, and retailers - and, from the 1940s, with the welfare state.

Capitalist growth is widely heralded as the only answer to the crisis still sweeping the global economy.

An investigation which assesses how social policy affects human behaviour in the areas of temporary absence from paid work, early retirement and unemployment.

A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabitand the insidious ways this realm harms us all.

In 1947, grocer Johnny Lombardi went on air for the first time to share the sounds of "e;sunny Italy"e; with the radio listeners of Toronto.

This novel resource for course content review of pediatric nursing and NCLEX-RN preparation features a potent learning technique, the use of unfolding case studies to enhance critical thinking skills and enable students to think like a practicing nurse.

An attempt to define, measure and explain poverty is presented in this volume by means of a newly developed theoretical model.

Abandoned airports.

'Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things.

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared an "e;unconditional war"e; on poverty in the form of sweeping federal programs to assist millions of Americans.

Building Abolition: Decarceration and Social Justice explores the intersections of the carceral in projects of oppression, while at the same time providing intellectual, pragmatic, and undetermined paths toward abolition.

This book seeks to advance the emerging field of international poverty law.

Rarely has such a contentious and complex issue emerged in twenty-first century development as that of water.

This classic memoir is "e;an absorbing tale"e; of life in Appalachian Kentucky during the Great Depression (The Washington Post).

This book examines the underlying assumptions and implications of how we conceptualise and investigate poverty.

This edited collection brings together essays that explore personal debts to government.

Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades.

The Poverty of Nations is a study about the status and trends in human well-being as it varies from nation to nation worldwide.

50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty.

Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries.

The Osage Orange Tree, a never-before-published story by beloved poet William Stafford, is about young love complicated by misunderstanding and the insecurity of adolescence, set against the backdrop of poverty brought on by the Great Depression.

The eleventh edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences is an introduction to the study of social inequality.

'This book flips your world upside down.

This book provides an up-to-date, accessible introduction to the relationship between families, prisons and penal policies in the United Kingdom.

An overview of the role played by federalism in anti-poverty policy and in poverty law.

In this seminal book, Krumer-Nevo introduces the Poverty-Aware Paradigm: a radical new framework for social workers and professionals working with and for people in poverty.

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Over the past quarter-century China has seen a dramatic increase in income inequality, prompting a shift in China's development strategy and the adoption of an array of new policies to redistribute income, promote shared growth, and establish a social safety net.

Wohnungslosigkeit hat viele Gesichter.

In developing countries, squatter developments that house more than one-third of the urban population are without infrastructure and built from materials at hand.

Evidence for the negative effects of segregation and concentrated poverty in America's cities now exists in abundance; poor and underrepresented communities in segregated urban housing markets suffer diminished outcomes in education, economic mobility, political participation, and physical and psychological health.

This collection of documents contextualizes the ways in which Americans have addressed the evolving challenges of poverty throughout U.

The Handbook on Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among Marginalized Populations offers state-of-the-art volumes on seminal and topical issues that span the fields of sentencing and corrections.

Sinnvolle und sinnstiftende Arbeitsplätze für ausgesteuerte Langzeiterwerbslose zu schaffen und die mittel- und längerfristige Integration in den Ersten Arbeitsmarkt - so lautet das erfolgreich realisierte Ziel der St.

Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment.

Ways in which poverty can be reduced in both countries and regions through business, entrepreneurship and government has been a hot issue for researchers and policymakers in recent years.

In Give a Man a Fish James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa, in which states make cash payments to their low income citizens.

Much pro-life ministry is focused on encouraging women to say yes to life rather than terminate their pregnancies.

Calcutta is notorious for its pavement dwellers, street children, and scavengers that have become a portrait of the worst sort of human degradation.