books: end of poverty ...     books:       An End to Poverty?1 review Gareth Stedman Jones Profile Books Ltd, 2004 an important work I read this book after attending a lecture by Jones, and I can safely say it is an inspiration for anyone tired of the dry and superficial treatments of thinkers in this era. It is a good supplement to Gertrude Himmelfarb's Idea of Poverty simply because it takes seriously the proposals which Himmelfarb marginalizes as "utopian". Jones reexamines the legacy of Adam Smith in the context of the ...             For Crying Out Loud: Women's Poverty in the United States2 reviews South End Press, 1999 PERSONAL ESSAYS DESCRIBING TRUE TO LIFE EXPERIENCES As a former AFDC recipient, these essays reminded me of devastingly traumatic decisions that I had experienced while receiving aid and of the choices that were made. They are dramatically realistic everyday experiences that many low-income women, single parents, and working poor women should not be forced into making. Getting out of poverty is an lifetime battle that is a continuous ...             Our Day to End Poverty: 24 Ways You Can Make a Difference (BK Currents (Paperback))5 reviews Shannon Daley-Harris, Jeffrey Keenan Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007 Simple, powerful ways to make a difference This book is a must read for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world. It draws you in and grabs you with the idea that we can do something to make the world better. It begins with making a personal connection to poverty, helping us understand that it is real people who suffer and those people are directly connected to us. When they suffer we must see that it is our responsibility to ...             Crow Call2 reviews Michael Henson West End Press, 2006 Remembering buddy gray and the crows It has been a long time since I bought a book of poetry. Amazingly, I read it all the way through in one sitting and will go back to read each poem one at a time so that I can think/feel it. I lived on the edge of the hillsides surrounding downtown Cincinnati and remember the thousands of crows that used to roost there. The use of the crows to examine our modern world gives a special ...             The Tyranny of Kindness: Dismantling the Welfare System to End Poverty in America6 reviews Theresa Funiciello Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1993 Analysis of the hypocrisy that is the U.S. Welfare system. Funiciello has spent time on both sides of the welfare system and within which found an undeniable constant...the desparate need for change. In her informative masterpiece, she creates three short books. A personal account as a welfare receipient, the reality of non-profit organizations, and a look at possibilities in welfare reform. Each section is written with remarkable insight and is ...             Lives on the Line: American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet2 reviews Martha Shirk, Neil G. Bennett, ... Basic Books, 1999 Review from Publishers Weekly Review From Publisher's Weekly - Almost half of the nation's children live in officially defined poverty or near-poverty. Putting a human face on this and other statistics, the authors present a disturbing and provocative composite portrait of 10 families struggling to make ends meet--four white, two Hispanic, three black and one Hawaiian/Samoan. Bennett and Aber, both directors of Columbia ...             The People of the Abyss: The Underworld in the East End of Victorian London, 19021 review Jack London Diggory Press, 2008 Heart-breaking Masterpiece In this relatively short book, Jack London succeeds in exposing the utter misery of lower class life in London's East Side circa 1900. I often found myself revolted to the point of having to walk away and think happy thoughts. The fact that he donned the threadbare garment of the labourer and set out to live and work amoungst the poor allowed him the opportunity to expirience and record their ...             American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare25 reviews Jason DeParle Viking Adult, 2004 An immensely moving, informative, entertaining book I really loved this book. Its a very quick read and its also extremely informative. You will learn so much about what its like to live in poverty in the US. It also details the history of welfare in America, how it was changed, and where it stands now. The book is no liberal propaganda either. The NY Times reporter who wrote the book comes to some very surprising, often conservative-leaning ...             Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits: Women's Work, Women's Poverty1 review Randy Albelda, Chris Tilly South End Press, 1999 What my daughter will know before the "I DO." Wow! A wonderfully bibliographed text which will assist any thesis, essay, term paper or legal presentation on the subject of women's unpaid service and poverty. This poignant, exceptionally well-written and throughly documented book is a must for many audiences:1) anyone who is preparing for divorce (despite what the income or attorney promises,2) children of divorce who want to know why the ...             An End to Poverty?: A Historical Debate1 review Gareth Stedman Jones Columbia University Press, 2008 Brilliant Historical Underpining to Sachs' Current Work It is very disappointing to see so little information provided by the publisher on this book, not even a table of contents. The time has come for Amazon to demand a higher standard of due diligence by publishers. For those who wish to immerse themselves on the pros and cons of the debate over poverty, this is an essential intellectual foundation to the current work by Jeffrey Sachs who is ...             From a Native Son: Selected Essays on Indigenism, 1985-19954 reviews Ward Churchill South End Press, 2009 An Extraordinary Effort! Here is a book that everyone, Indian or non-Indian, should read by tomorrow at the very latest. Ward Churchill is an extraordinarily gifted Indian (a term he prefers over "Native American" or "Aboriginal") activist whose prose cuts like a curve-bladed scalpal. Churchill doesn't want to memorialize what American society likes to think of as ancient (and therefore, best forgotten) wrongs; he wants ...             I, candidate for governor: And how I got licked1 review Upton Sinclair End Poverty League, 1935 Surprising and Enjoyable This excellant account of the race for governor in California offers unique insight into the tactics and motivations of the canidates and their supporters with a wry but rarely bitter pen. Written by Sinclair almost imediately after the conclusion of the race, this journal of sorts sheds first hand light on the California of 1934. A California that disturbingly resembles the America of today. ...             Sickness and Wealth: The Corporate Assault on Global Health4 reviews South End Press, 2008 Health and Other Justice and Poverty Issues, Interwoven Sickness and Wealth is an enlightening and in-depth collection of essays on this, perhaps the most central, of corporate assaults. This book will raise any reader's awareness of how health care issues, especially in the third world, are naturally intertwined with the issues of poverty, environmental degradation, militarism, racism, issues of democratic participation and all issues of economic ...             The End of Work30 reviews Jeremy Rifkin Tarcher, 2004 Food For Thought For Our Future Some reviewers see this book as a "gloom'n'doom" "Malthusian" feeding of technophobia, but I disagree. Look at the news - reports of job losses despite increased productivity and corporate profits are not going to go away. Technological advances make this an inevitability. What Rifkin ultimately questions is how we deal with that - we could either head towards great social upheavals because of ...             Macburnie King in Soulmates: A Novel to End World Hunger (Ballard, John Henry, Soul to Soul Series,)1 review John Henry Ballard World Citizens, 1998 Review from KLIATT This is an adventure novel featuring MacBurnie King, an American teenager, on a life-changing journey to India. It combines a worthy message with a gripping story and appealing characters. MacBurnie persuades her class to adopt an Indian child through an agency to end world hunger, and for months she and the class exchange letters and photos with a woman named Lori working with this little ...             Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work5 reviews Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 1997 Throw away all the old data and read this Excellent statistical and investigative work that predates, but informs, much of the information we will get about the efficacy of welfare reform. Supports of both Charles Murray and Christopher Jencks will find materials in here that support and challenge their views. There are a few methodological problems with this book, however. Because the authors rely on word-of-mouth for their data sample, ...             Why I Wave the Confederate Flag, Written by a Black Man: The End of Niggerism and the Welfare State3 reviews Anthony Hervey Trafford Publishing, 2006 Why I Wave the Confederate Flag This book is one of the best I have read, not only does the author write with passion, but he brings the truth to you. This book allows you to look at your soul, it gives you an understanding of how we have been conditioned to think and act instead of taking responsibility for ourselves. It is a wonderful read.             The End of Poverty116 reviews Sachs, Jeffrey D. Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc., 2008 Inspiring, Intriguing, Engrossing If you are like me, you may often worry about the poor and the underprivileged across the world. You may wonder what it would take to help them achieve sustainable livelihoods which is the first step to ending poverty for them. You may even be wondering what role you could play in ending poverty in this world. Well, look no further because here is the book that is a must-read for anyone concerned ...             Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty, and Beyond3 reviews South End Press, 2002 Another great book from AK Press The downside of welfare reforn is well documented in this new anthology. Moreover, welfare issues are analyzed in the context of broad political shifts, including globalization, the end of the family wage, the sexual revolution, and rise of black liberation, feminism, and multiculturalism.             Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement8 reviews Janet Poppendieck Viking Adult, 1998 Offers much for thinkers, carers and activists alike Ever felt that you want to help out in the world? Ever felt that you didn't know how? Ever felt you did know how, but it still didn't feel right? Anyone who has experienced these dilemmas should read Poppendieck's stream of thoughts and conversations, collected together in `Sweet Charity.' Subtitled `Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement,' it takes us through the practicalities and ...              search for books 1985-1995, american, assault, bottomless, candidate, ceilings, confederate, corporate, currents, difference, dismantling, emergency, entitlement, families, governor, historical, indigenism, kindness, low-wage, macburnie, niggerism, paperback, poverty, selected, sickness, soulmates, struggle, underworld, victorian, written books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen electronics: TDK CDRW80TWNL2 CDRW80 Recordable CD we recommend Simple, powerful ways to make a difference leave a comment home  impressum - about us