Poverty and precarity

Kensington and Chelsea - one of the wealthiest spots on planet Earth - is also one of the most unequal.

How are poverty and social inequality entrenched through a failing justice system?

How are poverty and social inequality entrenched through a failing justice system?

Much of the literature that addresses youth unemployment has been framed within an economic paradigm and much less attention has been focused on the role played by country-specific value orientations in structuring economic activity.

Much of the literature that addresses youth unemployment has been framed within an economic paradigm and much less attention has been focused on the role played by country-specific value orientations in structuring economic activity.

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book.

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts: the first half is Orwell's description of working-class life in industrial communities of the north of England, the second examines his own political views.

'A conscience-pricking look at the reality of life on Britain's streets .

The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.

"e;Progress and Poverty is not so much a book as an event.

One of twentieth-century America's most politically influential novels, The Jungle is Upton Sinclair's hard-hitting expose of the meat-packing industry.

"e;Danger!

"e;The Road"e; is a 1907 autobiographical memoir by American writer Jack London.

Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of "e;How the Other Half Lives"e; (1890) by Jacob Riis.

Read & Co.

This book analyzes social capital and preparations for natural hazards in the Philippines.

Actionable, road-tested approaches to understanding and tackling poverty in schoolsThe stark reality of poverty and disadvantage in our communities is one of the biggest challenges faced by schools today.

Thirty-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.

Government, civic organizations, and religion (the church) all play a major part in finding ways to help the plight of the homeless.

This book delivers the hard-hitting evidence to explain why blacks disproportionately suffer from limited access to technology, poor health, and inadequate professional health care treatment in the United States and throughout the world.

Elizabeth Gaskell uses her novel Mary Barton to compare and contrast the rich and the working class.

In a shabby New York side street in the mid-1880s, young American Cedric Errol lives with his mother in genteel poverty after his father, Captain Errol dies.

During the 1890s many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants.

On any given night, more than half a million Americans and Canadians find themselves sleeping on the streets, in shelters, cars, and other places not meant for human habitation.

Old Jago is tucked away in the East End of London, conveniently placed so the wealthy and the fortunate can forget all about it and its unlucky residents.

The People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London.

A thorough survey of the most complete, coordinated system of unemployment relief in the world, established on a permanent basis in 1914.

Wavers & Beggars is a call to examine our role in helping our neighbor next door and 10,000 miles away.

The gripping human story of how American volunteers fought famine in Bolshevik Russia, saving Lenin's revolutionary government from chaos and millions of people from starvation.

Birthright citizenship has a deep and contentious history in the United States, one often hard to square in a country that prides itself on being "e;a nation of immigrants.

Faith-Based Organizing: A Congregational Planning Resource for Addressing Poverty was prepared specifically for pastors and lay leaders who want to invite their whole congregations to engage in faith-based community organizing to address poverty and its root causes.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, complex capital flows have ravaged everyday communities across the globe.

Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fixate on ethnic culture as a static value set, disguising the fluidity and diversity of Chinese parenting.

Birthright citizenship has a deep and contentious history in the United States, one often hard to square in a country that prides itself on being "e;a nation of immigrants.

The Poverty of Privacy Rights makes a simple, controversial argument: Poor mothers in America have been deprived of the right to privacy.

Why are poor Americans so patriotic?

Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor.

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2012 gold medal winner in the self-help category of the prestigious Ippy Awards This book offers effective strategies to help erase poverty.

This book seeks to be relevant to the call to address inequalities, injustice, human rights, and social exclusion in a more integrated, holistic, and transformative manner.

The book deals with the concept of poverty, its causes and cures.

Are you ready to take a stand against poverty and counter culture?

Hunger is one of the most significant issues in America.

In 1964 the United States began its War on Poverty with the passing of the Economic Opportunity Act, and in the following year Canada announced a similar attack.

Food banks, welfare cheques, and shelters for the homeless are the modern face of a timeless problem.

This is a study of the ideas and attitudes expressed in the extensive literature on poverty, pauperism and relief published in England between the 1790s and the 1830s.

In Displacement City, outreach worker Greg Cook and street nurse Cathy Crowe present the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during the pandemic.

In Displacement City, outreach worker Greg Cook and street nurse Cathy Crowe present the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during the pandemic.

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.