... women into work and feared they would be left in dire poverty with their welfare checks cut off. Their fears proved unfounded in one sense: welfare caseloads plummeted between 1996 and 2000. However, the contribution of welfare reform, higher minimum wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the booming...

...This chapter attacks four myths that make Congress less inclined to reauthorize welfare programs than it ought to be. The first myth is that poor women and their children benefit from generous cash welfare payments. The second is that anti-poverty programs do not actually fight poverty. The third...

...This chapter examines Henry George's decision to pursue his radical plan of social reform in New York City. George set out to New York in the first week of August 1880. It had been eleven years since his last visit to the city, when the extremes of poverty and plenty so disturbed him. This chapter...

... of culture (or religion, ideas, or artistic practices) but also views migration as a cultural act and from a transnational perspective. It also discusses the relationship between immigrant poverty and community development in sending societies and treats culture as a dimension of all social relations...

... poverty and unemployment among Muslims, creates a new paradigm that illustrates the impact of culture on development. Global Convention of People of Indian Origin India Gulf migration diaspora India stateless population emigration Emigration Act of 1983 labor migration migrant workers gross...

... in a country where poverty is depressingly visible all the time. poverty Everybody Loves a Good Drought India Palagummi Sainath underprivileged elite liberalization agricultural subsidies budget cuts One evening, a couple of summers ago, The Times of India organized a free classical...

... decision making goal setting interpersonal dynamics poverty purpose sense of relationship choices S M A R T goals socioeconomic status welfare reform 1990s behavioral strategies cash assistance program child care college degree education employment fathers homeownership low wage jobs...

...; the evolution of values and their cultural implications; the institutionalization of globalization versus the growing chaos; regional integration; the role of nongovernmental organizations; the natural environment; demographic processes and migration; poverty and social inequality; the knowledge-based economy...

... a more democratized form of government on Afghan soil. These reforms are evocative of the still broader ideals for eradicating terrorism and lifting the poor out of their poverty; yet such reforms often fail to meet the demands imposed upon the governments of poor countries, as the latter often cannot...

... migration promotes growth and what kind of indicators beyond GDP should be considered. Challenging a number of misconceptions, such as the assumption that redressing poverty and alleviating underdevelopment in immigrant communities are solely economic pursuits, chapters acknowledge the inherent cultural...

... and money also normalized parents’ intimate challenges and allowed them to better understand how relationship conflict and unfulfilled hopes for marriage are shaped by conditions of poverty. arguments communication skills Gottman John marriage Marriage Clinic The Gottman marriage education programs...

... inequalities lead to curtailed commitments. family research Healthy Marriage Initiative 2002 inequality marriage relationships evidence based marriage education programs extended kin families middle class marriage culture money poverty relationship choices romantic love selection effect class...

..., the book focuses on the actual practices of the Robin Hood Foundation, a nonprofit organization that makes grants available of about $120 million a year to community-based organizations in New York City to alleviate poverty. In this introduction, the seven steps that define RM are outlined and the full...

...This chapter outlines the first four (of seven) steps by which philanthropists put Relentless Monetization into action, using the Robin Hood Foundation as an example. The first step is to adopt a mission statement, such as fighting poverty. The second step is to translate the mission statement...

... achieve that mission, Relentless Monetization calls for monetizing each distinct outcome. For example, in the case of a funder whose mission is to ameliorate poverty, those outcomes might include helping chronically unemployed women find work in the construction industry, or abused women get orders...

... of thousands of millions of people because of their sex that poses a threat to any woman who is driven into poverty, into destitution. It also explains how, in the armed conflicts that are devastating the world, women suffer mass rape and forced pregnancies in addition to the horrors of war. In Europe, poverty...

...This chapter examines the system of political economy that Henry George would develop in Progress and Poverty. It begins with an overview of the turmoil of the 1870s, which culminated in the bloody Great Uprising, and the rise of social Darwinism that reflected a decisive departure...

...Once known as “Pariahs,” Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India’s most subordinated castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and provoke public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this book follows the conception...

... and women. Poverty is being feminized in all the member states. The budget for the fourth medium-term community action program on equal opportunities for women and men has been cut by half by the council, and the third antipoverty program has been tabled. The Kalanke ruling has placed drastic restrictions...