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The Politics of Autism
Navigating The Contested Spectrum
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
In the first book devoted exclusively to the contentious politics of autism, noted political scientist and public policy expert John J. Pitney, Jr., explains how autism has evolved into a heated political issue disputed by scientists, educators, social workers, and families. Nearly everything about...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
While recent catastrophic events in New Orleans and Haiti may have magnified issues of social inequity, leaders have debated over poverty and discrimination for decades. Are the poor disadvantaged by the institutions of society or by the choices they make? Through two insightful volumes, the author...
by Karen Terry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
Who Cares?
Public Ambivalence and Government Activism from the New Deal to the Second Gilded Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. Who Cares? challenges this story by examining opinion polls and...
Why we need a Citizen’s Basic Income
The desirability and implementation of an unconditional income
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
In the five years since Money for Everyone was published the idea of a Citizen’s Basic Income has rocketed in interest to an idea whose time has come. In moving the debate on from the desirability of a basic income this fully updated and revised edition now includes comprehensive discussions on...
by David Garland
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a fundamental dimension of modern government....
Colorblind
The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Following the civil rights movement, race relations in the United States entered a new era. Legal gains were interpreted by some as ensuring equal treatment for all and that "colorblind" policies and programs would be the best way forward. Since then, many voices have called for an end to...
The Failed Welfare Revolution
America's Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960s and 1970s, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the nation's...
by James J. Willis
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
by Michael Gerson, Stephanie Summers, Katie Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
There is a perfect storm undermining something important about America: the opportunity for people born into poverty to advance over their lifetimes.This book explores how to unleash opportunity in five key areas: early childhood, the graduation gap, foster care, juvenile justice, and predatory...
The squeezed middle
The pressure on ordinary workers in America and Britain
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
As wages stagnate but living costs keep rising, the pressure on working people grows more intense. The issue of living standards has become one of the most urgent challenges for politicians in both Britain and America. 'The squeezed middle' brings together experts from both sides of the Atlantic to...
The Great Forgetting
The Past, Present and Future of Social Democracy and the Welfare State
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The Great Forgetting: The Past, Present, and Future of Social Democracy and the Welfare State reminds us that we were much happier when we were more equal, shared common goals, and trusted that government would be there for all of us when we needed it. The Great Forgetting emphasises that economic...
A Healthy Society
How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy, Updated and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition, is one doctor’s vision for a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician, Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes...
The White Welfare State
The Racialization of U.S. Welfare Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
The White Welfare State challenges common misconceptions of the development of U.S. welfare policy. Arguing that race has always been central to welfare policy-making in the United States, Deborah Ward breaks new ground by showing that the Mothers' Pensions--the Progressive-Era precursors to modern...