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Faces of Poverty
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Jill Duerr Berrick |
Over the course of a year, Berrick spent numerous hours as a participant-observer with five women and their families, documenting their daily activities, thoughts, and fears as they managed the strai… |
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Partners, Not Rivals
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Martha Minow |
"What happens when private companies, nonprofit agencies, and religious groups manage what government used to - in education, criminal justice, legal services, and welfare programs? As for-profit com… |
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Illusions of prosperity
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Joel Blau |
"In Illusions of Prosperity, Blau launches a far-reaching assault on the idea that "the market" knows best. Blau writes that while the share of the national income held by the bottom four-fifths of t… |
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Welfare policy for the 1990s
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Phoebe H. Cottingham,David T. Ellwood |
viii, 349 p. : 24 cm |
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The high cost of good intentions
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John F. Cogan |
"Federal entitlement programs are strewn throughout the pages of U.S. history, springing from the noble purpose of assisting people who are destitute through no fault of their own. Yet as federal ent… |
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Today's economic issues
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Nancy S. Lind |
"Both the Democratic and Republican parties proclaim that they have the best interests of the nation and its people at heart. Both are also adamant that they have the best proposals and positions on … |
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Dynamic Welfare State
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David Stoesz |
pages cm |
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Something for nothing
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Brian Tracy |
"The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing."-Thomas JeffersonThe United States of America is the greatest country in the world,… |
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Welfare as we knew it
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Noble, Charles |
Compared to other rich Western democracies, the U.S. does less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. In Welfare As We Knew It, Charles Noble offers a groundbrea… |
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Evaluating Human Services
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Reginald O. York |
xxv, 438 p. : 24 cm |
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Under attack, fighting back
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Mimi Abramovitz |
In this short, eye-opening book, Mimi Abramovitz describes the heartless assault on impoverished single mothers in the name of "ending welfare dependency." Outlining the history of Aid to Families wi… |
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Visions of Poverty
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Robert Asen |
"Images shape the debate surrounding poverty. In 1996, then President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform legislation repealing the principal federal program providing monetary assistance to poor fami… |
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Unwanted Claims
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Joe Brian Soss |
viii, 247 p. : 24 cm |
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Where Does the Money Go?
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Scott Bittle,Jean Johnson |
From the editors of the award-winning nonpartisan Web site Public Agenda Online comes this irreverent and candid guide to the federal budget crisis that breaks down into plain English exactly what th… |
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