Changing Directions
by Katherine L. Hughes, David Hitchcock, Carole Lushington, Ann Schofield, and Tom Sherry
Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollars worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the entire African continent. Yet the rising tide of oil money is not promoting stability and development, but is instead causing violence, poverty, and stagnation. It is also generating vast corruption that reaches deep into American and European economies. In Poisoned Wells Shaxson exposes the root causes of this paradox of poverty from plenty,...
Poverty Scholarship
by Lisa Gray-Garcia, Dee Garcia, and Poor Magazine Family
Bienfaisance Et Repression Au Xvie Siecle (Textes Et Documents de La Renaissance, #7)
by Coornhert and Van Hout
London in the eighteenth century was the greatest city in the world, and a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. If for a few the streets were paved with gold, for the majority it was a harsh world with little guarantee of money or food. For the poor and destitute, London's streets offered little more than the barest living. Yet men, women and children found a great variety of ways to eke out their existence, sweeping roads, selling matches, singing ballads and...
What Works Locally? (Work & Opportunity S.)
by Mike Campbell and Pamela Meadows
Who Dares Lives consists of three parts: Part I: The first part tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy as he begins to turn into a man. Lenord has endured poverty and hardship, but through tears and sweat his story turns from mud to glory. It is an inspirational memoir celebrating life’s ups and downs. Part II and III: Readers are made aware of unexpected events that can befall them. It ranges from the perils of modern society and personal safety to medical emergencies and even man-made a...
Report of Social Inclusion Forum 2022
by Department of Social Protection
Die Wettbewerbsfahigkeit Der Osterreichischen Grossstadte (Isr-Forschungsberichte, #19)
by Zoltan Csefalvay
After the Second World War, the idea that local community action was indispensable for the alleviation of poverty was broadly embraced by US policymakers, social scientists, international development specialists, and grassroots activists. Governmental efforts to mobilize community action in the name of democracy served as a volatile condition of possibility for poor people and dispossessed groups negotiating the tension between calls for self-help and demands for self-determination in the era of...
Poverty, Ethics and Justice (Political Philosophy Now)
by Hennie Lotter
Poverty violates fundamental human values through its impact on individuals and human environments. Poverty also goes against the core values of democratic societies. This title describes poverty in ways that depict this devastating human condition. It shows why inequalities associated with poverty require our serious moral concern.
Securing the Right to Employment: Social Welfare Policy and the Unemployed in the United States
by Philip Harvey
An exploration of the links between begging and rough sleeping in Glasgow and Edinburgh, assessing the emergence of "The Big Issue" street magazine on this relationship. The report looks at: why people beg; how people experience begging; in what circumstances people would stop begging; whether begging is closely associated with rough sleeping and/or other forms of homelessness; and whether "The Big Issue" provides its vendors with a real alternative to begging. The work argues that the multiple...
Business Transformation Through Web Services. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Volume 17, Issue 5.
Kenneth Gardens is Durban's largest low-income municipal housing estate. Initially built for `poor whites', Kenneth Gardens today is arguably one of the most socially diverse living spaces in the city. While the estate is significant in terms of its size, history and social make-up, very little has been written about it. This book provides a history of Kenneth Gardens through the oral history stories of its residents. It is a rich tapestry of narratives as told by people who resided in Kenneth...