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American Poverty: Presidential Failures and a Call to Action
ISBN: 9781612341941 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty has been a fact of American life since the nation s founding; every American president has faced this scourge during his administration in one way or another. Whether bound up in the problems of slavery, immigration, or the recent financial and housing crises, the cycle of poverty has bedeviled presidents, policymakers, legislators, and scholars for more than two centuries. Yet poverty is increasing, not disappearing. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen?Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs or...
Poverty has been a fact of American life since the nation s founding; every American president has faced this scourge during his administration in one...
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121,15 |
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The Street: A Journey Into Homelessness
ISBN: 9780875655000 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How many times have you walked by homeless people and pretended not to notice them? B. J. Lacasse, photographer and author of "The Street," decided to stop "not noticing" and photograph the homeless of Fort Worth to help the rest of us perceive those we usually try to ignore. In addition to photographing the homeless living in and around the city, she took the time to get to know them as well, keeping a journal of their stories and her observations. "The Street" is the end product of her journey into the lives of the homeless. These photos are poignant, heartbreaking, and at times difficult...
How many times have you walked by homeless people and pretended not to notice them? B. J. Lacasse, photographer and author of "The Street," decided to...
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113,84 |
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Why Global Poverty?: A Companion Guide to the Film "The End of Poverty?"
ISBN: 9780911312942 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global poverty did not just happen: it is the result of the geo-politics of injustice stretching back centuries and continuing to our day. This book presents notes on the production of the film "The End of Poverty?," a complete transcript of the film, and over seventy full interviews - including Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, John Perkins, Chalmers Johnson, Susan George, and Eric Toussaint - to give an in-depth account of the methods of global economic domination and ways to remedy worldwide injustice.
Global poverty did not just happen: it is the result of the geo-politics of injustice stretching back centuries and continuing to our day. This book p...
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75,83 |
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Partnership for Development: Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh
ISBN: 9781443840125 / Angielski / Twarda / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty has been identified as one of the world's biggest problems. The international community recognises that reducing global poverty is one of the major development challenges of the twenty-first century. The problem of poverty is particularly severe in Bangladesh, where a variety of poverty alleviation initiatives have been tried. The most recent one involves Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), which are collaborations between partners in different sectors. PPPs are assumed to be effective for reducing poverty as they are seen to optimise the use of scarce resources, promote economic...
Poverty has been identified as one of the world's biggest problems. The international community recognises that reducing global poverty is one of the ...
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255,10 |
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Poverty and Social Exclusion Around the Mediterranean Sea
ISBN: 9781461452621 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The events taking place in several of South Mediterranean countries since December 2010 show that multiple deprivations may be powerful drivers of political instability. Though improvements of the living conditions have been regularly principal demands along with civil and political liberties in the demonstrations, one of the main striking facts about this so-called "Arab Spring" is that poverty had not been given the same emphasis in southern Mediterranean countries during the last decades as in other areas of the developing and emerging world. Although the growing recognition that... The events taking place in several of South Mediterranean countries since December 2010 show that multiple deprivations may be powerful drivers of ... |
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401,58 |
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Basic Income Worldwide: Horizons of Reform
ISBN: 9780230285422 / Angielski / Twarda / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.
In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book t...
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401,58 |
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (Illustrated Edition)
ISBN: 9781611040623 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis sheds fascinating light on how our immigrants in the 1800's lived in New York City. A must-read for Americans whose family has been in the U.S. for only a few generations, this book tells what it was really like in the slums. Whether Irish, Italian, Jewish, Chinese or Polish, German, Russian, hordes of refugees ended up in New York on the promise of a better life. Entrepreneurs lured poor people from Eastern Europe and contracted out their labor in sweat shops in the US. The laborers lived in tenements, which were dark, unventilated cages in blocks of...
"How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis sheds fascinating light on how our immigrants in the 1800's lived in New York City. A must-read for Americans...
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47,69 |
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No One Home: Challenges & Costs of Vacant Properties
ISBN: 9781619428294 / Angielski / Twarda / 125 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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724,57 |
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Homelessness in America: National Assessments
ISBN: 9781619426610 / Angielski / Twarda / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the extent and nature of the issue of homelessness in the US. This title discusses the characteristics of persons experiencing homelessness, trends in shelters; the use of supportive housing programs; and, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing assistance.
Examines the extent and nature of the issue of homelessness in the US. This title discusses the characteristics of persons experiencing homelessness, ...
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1265,49 |
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SNAP's (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Role in Poverty Reduction & Increased Food Security
ISBN: 9781622571222 / Angielski / Twarda / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the United States, providing almost $72 billion in benefits in 2011. An important measure of SNAP's effectiveness is the extent to which the program reduces poverty. Evaluations of antipoverty effect of safety net programs often focus on the rate of poverty. However, the poverty rate reflects only one aspect of the antipoverty effect of a safety net program, whether or not adding program benefits to a family's resources lifts them above the poverty...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the United...
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816,43 |
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Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China
ISBN: 9780415653046 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text looks at societies in transition and the associated problem of urban poverty. Under this broad theme, the author aims to analyse the social and economic changes brought forward in Chinese cities by the country's on-going reform programme.
This text looks at societies in transition and the associated problem of urban poverty. Under this broad theme, the author aims to analyse the social ...
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222,96 |
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International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness
ISBN: 9780415649278 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of fifteen specially commissioned chapters, International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness provides comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, examining the nature and scale of the issue and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness. Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness i... |
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218,11 |
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Poverty Development: International Poverty Net
ISBN: 9781477218808 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,50 |
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Social Panorama of Latin American 2011
ISBN: 9789210210874 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2010 the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) proposed a comprehensive development strategy entitled "Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails". This edition of Social Panorama takes a more in-depth look at the chain that produces and reproduces social gaps; it addresses other spheres as well. It focuses on how structural heterogeneity (productivity gaps in the national economies), labour segmentation and gaps in social protection are linked along the chain. Demographic factors such as fertility differentiated by education and income level are discussed,...
In 2010 the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) proposed a comprehensive development strategy entitled "Time for equality:...
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140,54 |
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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
ISBN: 9781620810569 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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316,33 |
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Mobile Homes: Energy Assistance & Efficiency Issues
ISBN: 9781626189454 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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412,02 |
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Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research
ISBN: 9781405158107 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research presents a compilation of six decades of Basic Income literature. It includes the most influential empirical research and theoretical arguments on all aspects of the Basic Income proposal.
Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research presents a compilation of six decades of Basic Income literature. It includes the most i... |
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Confronting Homelessness : Poverty, Politics, and the Failure of Social Policy
ISBN: 9781588268235 / Angielski / Twarda / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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285,78 |
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought
ISBN: 9780140259841 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this thoroughly researched study of the poorest of the poor, we get to see how they manage, what sustains them, and the efforts, often ludicrous, to do something for them.
In this thoroughly researched study of the poorest of the poor, we get to see how they manage, what sustains them, and the efforts, often ludicrous, t...
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72,67 |
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Poverty, Politics, and Race: The View From Down Here
ISBN: 9781481185660 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty, Politics, and Race gives a true face to poverty, while knocking down stereotypes on race and the poor; and sheds light on how the politics of the past and present have magnified issues of race in America. The book also gives a personal look back at an important period in civil rights in America's history and sounds an alarm at the renewed and very open racial hatred that resurfaced with the election of the first African-American U.S. President. It takes a critical look at current events affecting the lives of average Americans through the prism of a Black woman who has experienced...
Poverty, Politics, and Race gives a true face to poverty, while knocking down stereotypes on race and the poor; and sheds light on how the politics of...
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