From the ale-house drunks of the Victorian era to the obese benefit scroungers of today, civilization has consistently pinned blame and shame for any societal issues on the poorer classes. In reality, the recent dismantling of crucial welfare state sections by both the U.K.'s La…
This excellent study makes an important contribution to our understanding of neoliberalism. It draws together and powerfully analyzes an array of market-oriented approaches, backed by governments and private actors, that have come to shape public discourse around poverty reducti…
This text is a comparative study of the political economy of pro-poor policies in two Indian states: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. By shedding light on the politics of resource allocation it attempts to show how traditionally rooted state policies benefit only certain sections of th…
A fundamental question about contemporary Africa is why does Africa remain so poor, long after the departure of the European Colonial domination and in the midst of so many natural resources??Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa provides new understandings of the persistent is…
Introduction : maximum feasible participation -- Jack Kerouac's delinquent art -- Black Arts and the Great Society -- Legal services and the cockroach revolution -- Writing urban crisis after Moynihan -- Civil rights and the Southern folk aesthetic -- Who belongs in the universi…
This book traces American writers' contributions and responses to the War on Poverty. Its title comes from the 1964 Opportunity Act, which established a network of federally funded Community Action Agencies that encouraged "maximum feasible participation" by the poor. With this …
This book traces American writers' contributions and responses to the War on Poverty. Its title comes from the 1964 Opportunity Act, which established a network of federally funded Community Action Agencies that encouraged "maximum feasible participation" by the poor. With this …
This book traces the literary legacy of the War on Poverty, showing how American writers developed an anti-formalist art that dovetailed with President Lyndon Johnson's call for more client involvement in Great Society welfare programs.
"Most Americans believe debtors' prisons are a thing of the past. Yet today, people are in jail by the thousands for no other reason than that they are poor. As the Justice Department found when it investigated police practices in Ferguson, Missouri, massive fines and fees are l…
"In one of the richest countries on Earth it has effectively become a crime to be poor. For example, in Ferguson, Missouri, the U.S. Department of Justice didn't just expose racially biased policing; it also exposed exorbitant fines and fees for minor crimes that mainly hit the …
"Most Americans believe debtors' prisons are a thing of the past. Yet today, people are in jail by the thousands for no other reason than that they are poor. As the Justice Department found when it investigated police practices in Ferguson, Missouri, massive fines and fees are l…