Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Poverty & Homelessness

With more than 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation.

Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good.

But it looks ahead. It encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially poor, and to know that we are all...

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Hunger and undernutrition are widespread in many advanced capitalist societies. Hunger is now publicly acceptable despite undermining common standards of human decency and abro-gating the basic right of people to adequate food as guaranteed in domestic and international law.

First World Hunger examines this crisis and the politics and practice of food security and welfare reform (1980-1995) in five "liberal" welfare states (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US). Through national case studies it explores the nature and causes...

The 1,400-mile extension of I-69 south from Indianapolis, if completed, will connect Canada to Mexico through Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. This so-called NAFTA highway has been in development for two decades, and while segments are under construction today, others may never be built. Eagerly...

Katz highlights how throughout American history, the poor have been regarded as undeserving: people who do not deserve sympathy because...

Could you survive in your car if you had no other place to live? This book shows you how.

Based on the author's own car dwelling experience and extensive research, Car Living When There's No Other Choice: Tips & Strategies for Survival & Safety is a book of resources to help people whose living situations have taken a short-term turn for the worse, who have never previously lived in a vehicle, and who need vital information to help them ride out the storm successfully until circumstances change. In this practical and comprehensive guide, you will discover:

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The Non-Governmental Development Organisations (NGDOs) have, over the past two decades, entered centre stage in their active participation in the social, political and economic issues affecting both the developing and developed world. This book offers a highly stimulating and concise summary of the NGDO sector by examining their history and metamorphosis; their influence on the social, political and economic landscapes of the Northern and Southern governments and societies. The author analyses competing theoretical and conceptual debates not only regarding their contribution to the global...