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  • Une couverture sanitaire universelle pour un développement durable inclusif

    Une synthèse de 11 études de cas pays

    par Akiko Maeda, Edson Araujo, Cheryl Cashin, Joseph Harris, Naoki Ikegami, Michael R. Reich ...
    Collections series Directions in Development - Human Development
    La CSU a pour objectifs de s'assurer que tous peuvent avoir accès à des services de santé de qualité, de préserver l'ensemble des individus contre les risques à la santé publique et de protéger toutes les personnes contre l'appauvrissement attribuable à la maladie. Des pays aussi divers que le Brésil, la France, le Japon, la Thaïlande et la Turquie ont réussi à mettre en œuvre la CSU et illustrent ... En savoir plus

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  • American Dream

    Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare

    par Jason DeParle ...
    In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle, author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism. At the heart of the story are three cousins whose different lives follow similar trajectories. Leaving welfare, Angie puts her heart in her work. Jewell bets on an ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

  • So Rich, So Poor

    Why It's so Hard to End Poverty in America

    par Peter Edelman ...
    "A competent, thorough assessment from a veteran expert in the field." — Kirkus ReviewsIncome disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today's economy has stultified wage growth for half of America's workers—with even worse results at the bottom and for people of color—while bestowing billions on the few at the very top.In this ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Blaming the Victim

    par William Ryan ...
    The classic work that refutes the lies we tell ourselves about race, poverty and the poor.Here are three myths about poverty in America:– Minority children perform poorly in school because they are “culturally deprived.”– African-Americans are handicapped by a family structure that is typically unstable and matriarchal.– Poor people suffer from bad health because of ignorance and lack of interest ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Divided

    The Perils of Our Growing Inequality

    par Adam Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama ...
    Essays on the dangers of the wealth and income gap, collected by the New York Times–bestselling author of It's Even Worse Than You Think.This collection includes writings by a wide range of voices—including Adam Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Studs Terkel, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, and David Cay Johnston—illuminating the reality of economic inequality in America ... En savoir plus

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  • Making Volunteers

    Civic Life after Welfare's End

    par Nina Eliasoph ...
    Collections series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
    An inside look at how community service organizations really workVolunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-depth, humorous, wrenching, and at times ... En savoir plus

    $79.19 CAD

  • The Failed Welfare Revolution

    America's Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy

    par Brian Steensland ...
    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 existing welfare system with a revolutionary program to guarantee Americans basic economic ... En savoir plus

    $42.89 CAD

  • Within Our Reach

    par Lisbeth Schorr ...
    In this solidly researched book, the authors demonstrate that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailed account of the problem, they describe twenty-four programs that have proved successful in changing the lives of seriously disadvantaged children. ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Looking Away

    Inequality, Prejudice and Indifference in New India

    par Harsh Mander ...
    This feeble blemished light, this dawn mangled by night, this is not the morning we had all so longed for... -Faiz Ahmed Faiz In the two decades since the early 1990s, when India confirmed its allegiance to the Free Market, more of its citizens have become marginalized than ever before, and society has become more sharply riven than ever. In 'Looking Away', Harsh Mander ranges wide to record and ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair

    One Family's Passage Through the Child Welfare System

    par Susan Sheehan ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Is There No Place on Earth for Me? comes a poignant account exposing the harsh realities of the foster care system."No reader with a conscience, no reader with a heart, will come away from this complicated, infuriating and unforgettable book untouched or unmotivated to instill long-overdue change."--Michael Dorris, author of The Broken ChordOn October 7, ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Dead on Arrival

    The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America

    par Colin Gordon ...
    Collections series Politics and Society in Modern America
    Why, alone among industrial democracies, does the United States not have national health insurance? While many books have addressed this question, Dead on Arrival is the first to do so based on original archival research for the full sweep of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of political, reform, business, and labor records, Colin Gordon traces a complex and interwoven story of ... En savoir plus

    $58.29 CAD

  • 101 Reasons for a Citizen's Income

    Arguments for Giving Everyone Some Money

    par Malcolm Torry ...
    101 Reasons for a Citizen’s Income offers a short, accessible introduction to the debate on a Citizen’s Income, showing how a universal, unconditional income for every citizen would solve problems facing the UK’s benefits system, tackle poverty, and improve social cohesion and economic efficiency. For anyone new to the subject, or who wants to introduce friends, colleagues or relatives to the idea ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD